Self
Carlsbad, CA, United States
Catherine Ames is a patient advocate, writer, and speaker. She recently graduated with high honors from the University of Southern California with a B.A. in Law, History and Culture and a minor in Theater, summa cum laude. She lives with Lupus, POTS, Dysautonomia, Fibromyalgia, an Immune Deficiency, Migraine, Chronic fatigue, and more.
Currently, Catherine is a Coelho Disability Law Fellow at Loyola Marymount University. She was also a USC Provost’s Undergraduate Fellow who conducted original primary research on the history of disability discrimination at the university.
Catherine is author of the popular column, Chronically Catherine - a Sex and the City inspired autobiographical column that offers candid insights, witty humor and personal stories of life as a young person with chronic illness and disability. She’s spoken on her column at ACR 2022 and the 2023 STAT Breakthrough Summit, as well as on KNBCLA.
As a founding member of the Young Patient’s Autoimmune Research and Empowerment Alliance (YP AREA), Catherine has been working to advance AREA’s mission for the past year. The alliance advocates for the involvement of young people with autoimmune conditions in all stages of autoimmune research. She serves on the grant-writing and strategic planning committee and the marketing committee.
14T123: A Thousand Tiny Deaths: Attending to Grief in Patients with Rheumatic Diseases
Tuesday, November 14, 2023
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM PT
Disclosure(s): No financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose
