Researcher | Research Overview
Dr. Lauren Henderson is an Attending Physician in Rheumatology at Boston Children’s Hospital and an Instructor in Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School. She oversees the daily operations of the New-onset JIA Registry and the Rheumatic Diseases of Childhood Biorepository at Boston Children’s Hospital. In addition, she serves as the subcommittee chair for the CARRA (Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance) federated biorepository that includes more than 60 pediatric rheumatology sites in the US and Canada. Her research focuses on the role of regulatory T cells in the pathogenesis of juvenile idiopathic arthritis.