Céline Dion puts Colorado on the map for autoimmune disease research

• Amanda Piquet, the director of the Autoimmune Neurology Program at CU Anschutz, was named the inaugural chair.

What she's saying: "We are using this to bring in patients from out of state, to help them with [stiff person syndrome], to get to a diagnosis faster, get them on treatments. And then the second component is to advance our research," Piquet told CPR.

What's next: CU Anschutz is helping with a clinical trial, expected to launch this fall, for a new therapy related to the disease.