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The Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance (CARRA) is an international organization of pediatric rheumatologists who have joined together to answer critical clinical research questions. CARRA is committed to advancing the health and quality of life of children living with rheumatic disease and arthritis and has developed an ambitious scientific agenda that identifies critical clinical science needs and opportunities in the pediatric rhuematology field. CARRA has created a multi-center network of pediatric rheumatology research centers across North America that is working together on investigations. Such collaboration increases the number of children who participate in studies and reduces the research time it takes to reach valuable conclusions.

CARRA was formed through consensus of the pediatric rheumatology community in 2002 and is comprised of 249 members, including pediatric rheumatologists and pediatric rheumatology trainees representing ~90% of all pediatric rheumatologists in the US and Canada. CARRA’s mission is to be the primary clinical research organization in North America responsible for preventing, treating and curing rheumatic diseases in children and adolescents through fostering, facilitating and conducting high quality clinical research.