Jaime Guzman

Clinical Epidemiology is a “basic science for clinical medicine”, it is the scientific process of learning from groups of patients to develop better ways to prevent, diagnose, treat and monitor diseases. Dr. Guzman applies clinical epidemiology methods to childhood rheumatic diseases in collaboration with other researchers and clinicians. He advises on the design, planning, analysis and interpretation of clinical studies. Dr. Guzman is a physician who cares regularly for children with rheumatic diseases, the same children he hopes to help with his research. Three of his current projects investigate: 1) what are the top priorities of children with arthritis and their parents in dealing with arthritis, and how to foretell what a given child can expect from the disease; 2) how physical activity impacts arthritis in children; and 3) whether mobile technologies can help document the impact of arthritis and its treatment on the day-to-day lives of children.