The National Lymphedema Network (NLN) Board of Directors and Scientific Conference Committee invite you to attend the 2017 International Conference, The Future of Lymphedema Care: Patient Engagement & Clinical Collaboration. The Conference will be held Wednesday, October 11, through Saturday,

photo: Linda V. Noreen pictured with her sons

a guest blog post by Matthew Noreen

My name is Matthew Noreen. I am one of two sons of a beautiful woman and mother, Linda V. Noreen. This is her story of living with and dying from complications of a very misunderstood and

Dong Li, currently a Research Scientist at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, under the supervision of Dr. Hakon Hakonarson, received a Travel Award from LE&RN to attend the 2017 Lymphatics Forum in Chicago. We asked Dong Li to share his thoughts on that experience with us and to tell

I am Samia Bachmann, currently completing Ph.D. studies in the lab of Prof. Michael Detmar at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich. I first became aware of the lymphatic system during my studies to become a veterinarian. However, I only began to really appreciate this

Ajit Muley, currently a Ph.D. postdoctoral research scientist at Columbia University (Medical Center campus), under the supervision of Dr. Carrie Shawber received a Travel Award from LE&RN to attend the 2017 Lymphatics Forum in Chicago. We asked Ajit to share his thoughts on that experience

Dr. Vincenza Cifarelli, currently an Instructor in Medicine at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis under the supervision of Dr. Nada Abumrad, received a Travel Award from LE&RN to attend the 2017 Lymphatics Forum in Chicago. We asked Vincenza to share her thoughts on that

Echoe Bouta, Ph.D. at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical school under the supervision of Timothy Padera, Ph.D., received a Travel Award from LE&RN to attend the 2017 Lymphatics Forum in Chicago. We asked Echoe to share her thoughts on that experience with us and to tell us a

Li-Hao “Paul” Huang, Ph.D., currently a post-doctoral scholar at Washington University School of Medicine, Pathology and Immunology Department, under the supervision of Dr. Gwen Randolph, received a Travel Award from LE&RN to attend the 2017 Lymphatics Forum in Chicago. We asked Paul to share

Salli Antila, currently a MD/PhD student at the University of Helsinki, under the supervision of Dr. Kari Alitalo, received a Travel Award from LE&RN to attend the 2017 Lymphatics Forum in Chicago. We asked Salli to share her thoughts on that experience with us and to tell us a bit about her

Florent Morfoisse, currently a postdoc at the GIGA Center, University of Liege, Belgium, under the supervision of Professor Agnes Noel, received a Travel Award from LE&RN to attend the 2017 Lymphatics Forum in Chicago. We asked Florent to share his thoughts on that experience with us and to