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Jody Quinn is a patient advocate for psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis. She volunteers with several non-profit organizations raising awareness of psoriatic disease. Jody meets with both state and federal agencies in Washington DC and Massachusetts to promote funding for research into psoriatic disease, in order to improve the quality of life for patients and advance legislation that provides better access to treatments and health care providers.
Jody was diagnosed with mild psoriasis and moderate- to- severe psoriatic arthritis after 15 years of suffering and misdiagnosis; and she tells her story to help provide a better understanding for of the disease and highlight the need for early detection.