COVID-19 and the Lymphatic Disease Community

COVID-19 and the Lymphatic Disease Community

Dear friends and advocates,
 
With the advent of COVID-19, the world finds itself in the midst of a pandemic. Those with lymphatic disease understand this dynamic all too well. You have been living in the midst of a lymphedemic that has largely been ignored. However, thanks to our community’s

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Melanie Rose Chaite, November 26, 1993 — February 12, 2020

Melanie Rose Chaite
November 26, 1993 — February 12, 2020

On February 12, 2020, many members of our community lost a dear friend and we all lost a hero. Melanie Chaite was born with lymphatic disease and lymphedema, and she struggled with these enormous health challenges throughout her life.

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Meet Hae Jin Kim, Ph.D., 2019 Travel Award Winner

Meet Hae Jin Kim, Ph.D., 2019 Travel Award Winner

Hae Jin Kim, Ph.D., currently a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Department of Medical Pharmacology and Physiology of the University of Missouri, under the supervision of Dr. Michael J. Davis received a poster award at the Lymphatic Forum in Austin, TX. We asked Hae Jin to share her thoughts on

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Meet Laura Alderfer, 2019 Travel Award Winner

Meet Laura Alderfer, 2019 Travel Award Winner

Laura Alderfer, currently a Ph.D. student at the University of Notre Dame (Notre Dame, IN), under the supervision of Dr. Donny Hanjaya-Putra received a travel award from LE&RN to attend the Lymphatic Forum in Austin, TX.  We asked Laura to share her thoughts on that experience with us and to

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Meet Boksik Cha, 2019 Travel Award Winner

Meet Boksik Cha, 2019 Travel Award Winner

Boksik Cha, currently a senior researcher at the Daegu-Gyeongbuk Medical Innovation Foundation, under the supervision of Dr. Sathish Srinivasan at OMRF, received a Travel Award from LE&RN to attend the 2019 Lymphatic Forum in Austin, TX. We asked him to share his thoughts on that experience

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