Professor Lucy Wedderburn, Consultant Paediatric Rheumatologist at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) and co-lead of the MAPJAG study, appeared on ITV News this month (July 2025) to discuss groundbreaking new research into childhood arthritis.
The segment, which aired nationally, highlighted how the MAPJAG study is helping scientists understand why children respond differently to treatment, and how tissue samples taken during routine procedures could lead to more personalised therapies in the future.
Lucy shared how close collaboration with families and children has been essential in enabling this research to happen safely and ethically. Her appearance also helped shine a light on the often invisible impact of juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) and the need for more child-focused research.