Durhane Wong Rieger elected as Chair of the Patient Advocacy Constituent Committee

We are pleased to announce the election of Dr Durhane Wong Rieger, President & CEO of the Canadian Organization for Rare Disorders (CORD), as the Chair of the Patient Advocacy Constituent Committee (PACC).

Durhane Wong Rieger, PhD, is the President & CEO of the Canadian Organization for Rare Disorders (CORD). She is also the President & CEO of the Institute for Optimizing Health Outcomes (Canada), Chair of the Consumer Advocare Network and Chair of Canadian Heart Patient Alliance.

Additionally, Dr Durhane is involved in many international projects on rare diseases. She serves as Chair of the Council for Rare Disease International, member of the Steering Committee of the UN NGO Committee for Rare Diseases, Board member of Asia Pacific Rare Disease International, member of the Editorial Board of The Patient- Patient Centred Outcomes Research, member of the Global Commission to End the Diagnosis Odyssey for Rare Diseases and member of Health Technology Assessment International Patient /Citizen Involvement Interest Group.

She takes over the Chair position from Sharon Terry, President and CEO of Genetic Alliance, who continues as member of IRDiRC’s Patient Advocacy Constituent Committee.

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