Lymphedema & Lymphatic Disease Matters News from LE&RN, September 2019

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LE&RN heads to DC to fight for research—and for curesLE&RN is fighting for LE/LD cures, which will require increased research funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). LE&RN CEO, William ("Bill") Repicci (pictured third from right) and Scientific Medical Advisory |
2nd annual LE&RN/ASRM Combined Pilot Grant awarded to Dr. Alex WongIn June, 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 |
Support LE&RN's midyear appealAt the Washington D.C. #LymphWalk in March, activist Tina Himaya said, "I now feel that I have hope that, in my lifetime, there will be a cure for lymphedema." |
From coast to coast and in between — it's LymphWalk season!The next #LymphWalk is this Sunday, June 2, at Sloan’s Lake Park in Denver, Colorado. (CO #LymphWalk organizers and CO Chapter Co-Chairs Marie Apodaca and Angela Marquez pictured above.) Bianca Curtiss-Schmidt, an |
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LE&RN heads to D.C.!On March 29, over 140 advocates from across the United States, led by LE&RN, will descend on Washington, D.C., to lobby for increased funding and attention for lymphedema and lymphatic diseases. Read about LE&RN's efforts and activities in D.C. in this |
4th annual World Lymphedema Day, March 6Events all over the world are being posted on WorldLymphedemaDay.org as we lead up to the fourth annual World Lymphedema Day, March 6. Check them out, and add your own. The petition to designate “LD Awareness & Cures” as the World |