Clinical Trials: Why you should care and why you should participate. How do we know what we know?

<p>Join MitoAction and Dr. Jerry Vockley from&nbsp;<a href="https://www.chp.edu/our-services/rare-disease-therapy/doctors-and-staff/jerry-vockley" target="_blank" rel="noopener">University of Pittsburgh Children&rsquo;s Hospital</a>&nbsp;on Friday, May 14, 2021 for our monthly expert series presentation!</p> <h5>About the Speaker</h5> <p><img class="alignleft wp-image-63841" src="https://149400206.v2.pressablecdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Vockley-Speaker-Photo-300x300.png" sizes="(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px" srcset="https://149400206.v2.pressablecdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Vockley-Speaker-Photo-300x300.png 300w , https://149400206.v2.pressablecdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Vockley-Speaker-Photo-150x150.png 150w , https://149400206.v2.pressablecdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Vockley-Speaker-Photo-100x100.png 100w , https://149400206.v2.pressablecdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Vockley-Speaker-Photo.png 400w " alt="" width="160" height="160" /></p> <p><strong>Gerard Vockley, MD, PhD</strong>, is an internationally recognized leader in medical genetics and the field of inborn errors of metabolism. He joined Children&rsquo;s Hospital of Pittsburgh as chief of the Division of Medical Genetics in 2004 and was named professor of pediatrics at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and professor of human genetics at the university&rsquo;s Graduate School of Public Health.</p> <p>Dr. Vockley, a native of Homestead, Pa., earned a bachelor&rsquo;s degree in biology from Carnegie Mellon University in 1978 and completed his medical degree and a doctorate in genetics at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, in 1984. Following his residency in pediatrics at the Denver Children&rsquo;s Hospital in 1987, he completed a fellowship in pediatrics and human genetics at Yale University School of Medicine.</p> <p>In 1991, Dr. Vockley joined the faculty of the Mayo Clinic School of Medicine, where he was engaged in teaching, clinical service and research until he moved to