Lymphatic Education
& Research Network

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

Dear LE&RN Supporting Members and other advocates,

At the recent LE&RN/NAVBO-sponsored Lymphatic Forum in Austin, TX, LE&RN asked researchers to join the fight for expanded research funding. In response, over 100 attending researchers heeded the call to action and signed a

Dear LE&RN Supporting Members and Advocates,

This week, over 140 advocates from across the United States will descend on Washington, D.C., to muster legislative support for increased funding of lymphatic research at NIH and the DoD. We will meet with the Veterans Administration to discuss

Photo Credit: Cpl. Teagan Fredericks, United States Department of Veterans Affairs

Dear LE&RN Supporting Members and Advocates,

LE&RN is fighting to get the Department of Defense and Veteran’s Administration to drastically increase its research and services impacting military personnel. We

Pictured above: NYS Assemblymember Linda B. Rosenthal, LE&RN President and CEO William Repicci, and LE&RN Spokesperson Kathy Bates.

Dear LE&RN Supporting Members and allies,

On October 2, 2018, Governor Andrew Cuomo signed a first-in-the-nation Act, authored by LE&RN. The public health

Bill now includes "lymphatic research" in Committee recommendations

Dear LE&RN Supporting Members and other LE/LD Advocates,

TOGETHER we are making progress. 

The U.S. Senate just passed its second minibus bill, which now goes to the House. Assuming passage there, it will go to the