Lymphatic Education
& Research Network

Jorge A. Castorena-Gonzalez, 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 Travel Award from LE&RN to attend the Lymphatic Forum in Austin, TX. We asked Jorge to

Join LE&RN on August 8, 2019, at 1pm EDT (12pm CDT, 11am MDT, 10am PDT) for this free Livestream Symposium presented by Dr. Kimiko Yamada. Just click on the event link, "Emerging and Alternative Therapy Approaches." 

Dr. Kimiko Yamada is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Physical Therapy at

A guest blog post Karen Ashforth, OT MS CLT-LANA.

[This is a 25-minute read.]

Thank you for joining us for the fourth article in the “Understanding Fibrosis” series. In the first article, we looked at the basics of fibrosis, and its link to lymphedema. Then, we examined the types of

In recognition of the 10-year anniversary of the New York #LymphWalk, we are posting a series of blogs focusing on just a few of the many people who have contributed to its success over the years. Here we talked to Cynthia Shechter, who has been a long-time participant and whose northern New

Dr. Yang Lee is a research fellow in the Vascular Biology Program at Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School. Under the supervision of Hong Chen, Ph.D., Yang received a Travel Award from LE&RN to attend the Lymphatic Forum in Austin, TX. We asked Yang to share his thoughts on

Paul “Li-Hao” Huang, currently a research trainee at Washington University School of Medicine, Pathology and Immunology Department, under the supervision of Dr. Gwendalyn Randolph received a Travel Award from LE&RN to attend the Lymphatic Forum in Austin, TX. We asked Paul to share his

above photo: "Lymphomaniacs" team at the 2018 New York #LymphWalk.

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NEW YORK, NY – July 16, 2019 – The very first Walk to Fight Lymphedema & Lymphatic Diseases was held in 2010 on Long Island. It was attended by a small but fiercely

This free Symposium will be presented on Wednesday, July 17, 2019, at 1 pm EDT (12 pm CDT, 11 am MDT, 10 am PDT)  by Dr. Stephen F. Sener, M.D. Dr. Sener is Professor of Surgery, Breast and Soft Tissue Surgery, University of Southern California; Associate Medical Director of Perioperative

In June, the Lymphatic Education and Research Network (LE&RN) and the American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery (ASRM) awarded Alex Wong, M.D., the second annual LE&RN/ASRM Combined Pilot Grant for the project titled “Animal Model for Secondary Head and Neck Lymphedema.”

"This funding

Wenjing Xu, Ph.D., currently a postdoc at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, under the supervision of Kathleen Caron, Ph.D., received a Travel Award from LE&RN to attend the 2018 Lymphatic Forum in Austin. She also won the Poster Award. We asked Wenjing to share her thoughts on