Areas of Interest
The autonomic nervous system is the body’s way of constantly responding and adjusting to changes in order to keep the body in balance. Certain physical disorders may cause dysregulation of these involuntary responses. We hope to better understand the role of autonomic function on symptoms of individuals with lifelong illnesses.
The brain-body connection describes how mood and stress can affect the health of your body. Is the reverse true? How does disease in the body affect your mental state? ARID seeks to support research that explores the body-brain connection with the goal of finding ways to improve overall health.
People with the same condition do not always present with the same symptoms. Deep phenotyping goes beyond the diagnosis and takes a closer look at the individual’s experience which provides insight into the different ways a disease may affect individuals.
