Mia Barron, RN, BSN

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Lupus Clinical Research Nurse Coordinator
Medical University of South Carolina
Division of Medicine/Rheumatology
96 Jonathon Lucas Street, Suite 912
Charleston, SC 29425
Phone: (843) 792-8997
Fax: (843) 792-7121
barronm@musc.edu

Mia Barron is a native of rural Edisto Island, South Carolina. She graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in nursing at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) in Charleston, SC. She complemented her undergraduate studies with volunteer work and became an active member of a variety of diverse organizations. While pursuing her BSN degree, she gained an opportunity to become employed as a nursing research assistant in the College of Nursing studying an intervention to increase cancer knowledge and decrease cancer fatalism among the rural elderly. As a result of completing her BSN degree, she became employed as a registered nurse in the Heart and Vascular Unit at MUSC.

She is currently the first Lupus Clinical Nurse Coordinator at MUSC for the Rheumatology division. Her primary responsibilities consist of overseeing the development of all lupus research protocols and clinical trials, recruiting individuals primarily from the minority population and verifying data placed into the lupus database. She is extremely proud of the role as the Project Manger for a Lupus Educational Awareness Program that was initiated by our Collaborators at the Office on Women's Health in Washington, DC and the Project Sugar Initiative Group at MUSC. She also works closely with the Lupus Foundation of America as co-facilitator of the lupus support group in Charleston, SC.

She is dedicated and constantly working to develop strategies to educate the community, patients, families and healthcare providers about systemic lupus. Her ultimate goal is geared toward improving the quality of life of individuals affected by lupus and addressing the biopsychosocial effects of the disease.

Content last updated September 19, 2008.