The Vasculitis Foundation (VF) is pleased to announce an exciting new initiative: Vasculitis-Building Outcomes, Leading Discoveries (V-BOLD), which combines three of the VF’s most critical programs: Fellowships, Vasculitis Centers, and Research.
The American College of Rheumatology (ACR), in partnership with the Vasculitis Foundation (VF), released three new guidelines for the treatment and management of systemic vasculitis.
Along with a first-place winner, there are two honorable mentions in the Vasculitis Foundation’s (VFs) 2021 Recognizing Excellence in Diagnostics (V-RED) award program.
Dragana Odobasic, PhD, a research fellow at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, was awarded the Vasculitis Foundation’s (VF) “Dr. Chris Cox-Marinelli Young Investigator Award” in May for her study, Tolerogenic Dendritic Cells for Antigen-Specific Immunosuppression in MPO-ANCA Vasculitis. The award, a one-year grant totaling $49,822, was created in memory of Chris Cox-Marinelli, MD, who was a strong advocate for promoting the development of junior investigators toward a career in vasculitis.
Join the Vasculitis Foundation (VF) this Saturday, May 23, for a live Q&A webinar where vasculitis experts will discuss what they know about COVID-19 and immune-suppressed patients. The program starts at 9 a.m. Central Time.
The Race is On! That’s the theme for Vasculitis Awareness Month 2020, which runs May 1 through May 31, 2020, and shines a spotlight on vasculitis—a rare, but often serious autoimmune blood vessel disorder.
This is an announcement about Dr. Linda Brady winning the 2018 V-RED Award from the Vasculitis Foundation. She was nominated by her patient for making a critical, early diagnosis of autoimmune vasculitis.
The VF has produced a new video as part of its Vasculitis Awareness Month campaign, that features patients sharing the one thing they wished people knew about their disease.
The VF produced a new video called "Connect the Dots" especially for Vasculitis Awareness Month 2018. The short, animated video reminds medical professionals to "Think Vasculitis" when they have a patient exhibiting a cluster of chronic, unremarkable symptoms that don't respond to traditional treatment.
The VF announces the launch of Vasculitis Awareness Month 2018 that runs through May. The VF is holding special webinars, providing educational materials, and featuring other resources to inform both the patient and medical communities about autoimmune vasculitis.
VF Bob is a new campaign launched by the Vasculitis Foundation to honor the late Bob Sahs, one of the organization's greatest awareness advocates. The goal of the campaign is to both spread awareness about autoimmune vasculitis, and to promote the work of the Vasculitis Foundation to support patients and fund research into vasculitis.
Brandon Hudgins, professional long-distance runner, GPA/Wegener’s patient and leader of VF Team Brandon, has shared his story in his recently released book, “Going the Distance: The Journey of a Vasculitis Patient on the Road to Olympic Glory.”
On June 23-25 the Vasculitis Foundation held its 2017 Vasculitis Symposium in Chicago. More than 300 patients, doctors, and researchers came together to present and learn the latest information concerning autoimmune vasculitis.
Brandon Hudgins, an elite runner and autoimmune vasculitis patient, will be attending the Vasculitis Foundation's 2017 International Vasculitis Symposium, June 23-25, 2017, in Chicago. Hudgins was a qualifier for the 2016 Olympic Trials, and has the distinction of being only the 449th American to run a sub four-minute mile. Hudgins will be signing autographs and talking with other young adult vasculitis patients at the event.
The 2017 Vasculitis Symposium in Chicago will bring together some of the world's leading experts in autoimmune vasculitis. Patients and their families will also be coming to learn the latest medical and research news about vasculitis.