Published May 31, 2018 by NORD
On Thursday, May 17 at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington, D.C. the rare disease community came together to celebrate NORD’s 35th Anniversary and to recognize the amazing accomplishments …
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Read morePublished May 21, 2018 by NORD
We are looking forward to bringing all stakeholders in rare diseases together once again for our annual Rare Diseases and Orphan Products Breakthrough Summit. We hope to see you there! …
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Read morePublished May 10, 2018 by NORD
Join us on May 17 via Facebook Live!
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Dr. Robert M. Campbell, Jr. is Director of the Center for Thoracic Insufficiency Syndrome (CTIS) and an Attending Physician in the Division of Orthopaedic Surgery at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia …
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Read morePublished April 25, 2018 by NORD
The GBS|CIDP Foundation International, one of the first member organizations of NORD, works towards a future when no one with Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS), chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP), and related …
Read morePublished April 25, 2018 by NORD
Richard Pazdur, M.D. is the Director of the Food and Drug Administration’s Oncology Center of Excellence (OCE), which leverages the combined skills of the FDA’s regulatory scientists and reviewers with …
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Read morePublished April 25, 2018 by NORD
Patrick Dunegan and his wife, Jennifer, met at church, spending time together serving their local community as Kentucky Colonels and through volunteer work with the Jewish Hospital of Louisville. Each …
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Read morePublished April 25, 2018 by NORD
Elisabeth Dykens, Ph.D., a clinical psychologist and researcher studying rare genetic syndromes, has long been a leader in the field of intellectual and developmental disabilities. Since she began her research …
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Read morePublished April 25, 2018 by NORD
In 2009, Sociology professor Maria Kefalas, Ph.D., and her husband welcomed their fourth child to the world. They named her Calliope Joy (Cal for short) to symbolize the overwhelming joy …
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Read morePublished April 25, 2018 by NORD
A passion for patient advocacy, which has become her life’s work, stems from great personal loss for Ellen Sigal, Ph.D. After exhausting all of her options including an experimental therapy, …
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