Improving child and adolescent well-being by capturing the voices and lived experiences of children and their families. Consortium members are leading projects using the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) to measure physical, social, and mental health of children with chronic conditions.
Some summers are unforgettable. While her days were not always sunny during the summer of 2005, it is a time that remains close to Raine Talley’s heart as a cancer survivor. Toward the end of second grade, it seemed like Talley could not get rid of a terrible cold, but the illness dragging her down turned out to be acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), a cancer of the bone marrow and blood.