On the show today, it’s all about Rare Disease Advisory Councils – or RDACs, for short. RDACs provide a platform for the rare community to have a stronger voice in state government. Joining us is NORD Director of Policy Heidi Ross, your one-stop human shop to understanding what these councils… Read More
Today on NORDpod, we welcome back Lesli Nordstrom, Director of Marketing and communications at NORD. As returning champion to the show, she’s back to get real about the rare disease community with reflection on the past 18 months. The pandemic’s impact cannot be understated. Millions of lives have been uprooted… Read More
On the show today, Matthew Zachary welcomes Jo-Ann D’Angelo, a Parry-Romberg syndrome patient and the Founder of The Parry-Romberg Syndrome Foundation. PRS, as it is known in acronym land, is an extremely rare facial disfigurement that impacts the bone, muscle, and dental only on one side of the face. There… Read More
On the show today: Jeff Goldstein, President, and Founder of the Lung Transplant Foundation, a nonprofit organization that provides education and emotional support for transplant recipients and their caregivers and raises money for lung transplant research. Jeff was diagnosed in his mid-40s… Read More
On the show today, we are talking all things adolescent and young adult (AYA) rare disease. Back when I was CEO at Stupid Cancer, we’d always say that AYA cancer was not better or worse, just different. And the same holds true for this community. Joining… Read More
