Lymphatic Education
& Research Network

A guest blog by Deborah P. Carey. Photo: Deborah at the New York City Marathon when her husband Jim ran the race to support LE&RN.

Why is yet another person telling their cancer story? These tales of how someone coped or didn’t cope with cancer tended to sound similar over time. Eighteen

Photo above: Diane Gilman on set; credit: Diane.Gilman Instagram.

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QVC/HSN “Queen of Jeans” to begin serving as LE&RN Ambassador and advocate for those with lymphedema (LE)

NEW YORK, NY – August 22, 2019 – The Lymphatic

A guest blog post by Amanda Sobey. Amanda blogs at www.amandasobey.com. You can also follow her on Facebook and Instagram at @am.sobey.

Since 2002, I have battling an incurable illness known as lymphedema (LE).

At the time of diagnosis, little information was known about treating this

Sarah Sheppard, M.D., Ph.D., currently a post-doctoral fellow and attending physician at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, under the supervision of Hakon Hakonarson, M.D., Ph.D., received a Travel Award from LE&RN to attend the Lymphatic Forum in Austin, TX. We asked Dr. Sheppard to

Lauren Sestito, currently a Ph.D. candidate in Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, GA, under the supervision of Dr. Susan Thomas, received a Travel Award from LE&RN to attend the Lymphatic Forum in Austin, TX. We asked Lauren to share her thoughts on that

Glicella Salazar-De Simone, Ph.D., currently a postdoctoral research scientist at Columbia University, under the supervision of Carrie Shawber Ph.D., received a Travel Award and a Top Poster Award from LE&RN to attend the 2019 Lymphatic Forum in Austin, TX. We asked Glicella to share her

John Pawlak, currently a Ph.D. candidate at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, under the supervision of Dr. Kathleen Caron, received a Travel Award from LE&RN to attend the Lymphatic Forum in Austin, TX. We asked John to share his thoughts on that experience with us and to tell

Anish Mukherjee, currently a Ph.D. candidate at Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia, under the supervision of Dr. J. Brandon Dixon, received a Travel Award from LE&RN to attend the Lymphatic Forum in Austin, TX. We asked Anish to share his thoughts on that experience with us

Christopher Morris, currently a Ph.D. student at Imperial College London, under the supervision of Professor Moore Jr., received a Travel Award from LE&RN to attend the Lymphatic Forum in Austin, TX. We asked Christopher to share his thoughts on that experience with us and to tell us a bit

Wanshu Ma, currently a postdoctoral fellow at Northwestern University, Chicago, under the supervision of Dr. Guillermo Oliver, received a Travel Award from LE&RN to attend the Lymphatic Forum in Austin, TX. We asked Wanshu to share her thoughts on that experience with us and to tell us a bit