Conducting research in a pandemic: The power of social media

• Jonathan S. Hausmann,
• Paul Sufka,
• Suleman Bhana,
• Jean W. Liew,
• Pedro M. Machado,
• Zachary S. Wallace,
• Wendy Costello,
• Philip C. Robinson,
• Jinoos Yazdany,
• Rebecca Grainger,
• Emily Sirotich

Affiliations

Jonathan S. Hausmann

Program in Rheumatology, Department of Immunology, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA;Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA

Paul Sufka

HealthPartners, St. Paul, MN, USA

Suleman Bhana

Crystal Run Health, Middletown, NY, USA

Jean W. Liew

Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA

Pedro M. Machado

Centre for Rheumatology, Division of Medicine, University College London, London, UK

Zachary S. Wallace

Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

Wendy Costello

Irish Children’s Arthritis Network (iCAN), Tipperary, Ireland

Philip C. Robinson

School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Queensland, Queensland, Australia

Jinoos Yazdany

Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA

Rebecca Grainger

Department of Medicine, University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand

Emily Sirotich

Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada;Canadian Arthritis Patient Alliance, Toronto, Ontario, Canada