Ohio HTC Adds Female Clinic
We're excited to share the news that a Toledo, Ohio Clinic of Excellence, Northwest Ohio Hemophilia Treatment Center, will be adding an adolescent female and…
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Free CDC Webinar on Thalassemia
The CDC is offering this #free provider webinar on Tuesday 8/13/2019 from 2 to 3 pm EDT: "In this webinar, we will review the range of…
FWGBD Honors Hematologist Peter Kouides, M.D.
We're excited to announce we've bestowed our “Ann-Marie Nazzaro” Award on Dr. Peter Kouides – a Rochester, New York-based hematologist and Medical Advisory Committee member. Our team…
Understanding Why When There’s HMB: A Multidisciplinary Approach
When Ayesha Zia, MD (pictured, right, with FWGBD Executive Director Kerry Funkhouser) was growing up in Pakistan, family dinner table conversations did not shy away…
Free Provider Webinar from the CDC
Register Online Today Guest Presenter: Janet L. Kwiatkowski, MD, MSCE,…
FWGBD Welcomes Two MAC Members
The Foundation for Women & Girls with Blood Disorders is pleased to announce our new Medical Advisory Committee (MAC) members. These new members have backgrounds…
Listen, Learn, Lead: How a Portland Hematologist Is Pioneering Treatment for Girls with Bleeding Disorders
When we caught up with Kristina Haley, D.O. of Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) in Portland, she was fresh out of the 2018…
Announcing Six NEW ASH Clinical Practice Guidelines on VTE
Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a highly prevalent and far-reaching public health problem that, despite effective new options for prevention…
Register Now for FWGBD’s Uterine Hemostasis Colloquium II
Uterine Hemostasis Colloquium II Preceding the HTRS/NASTH 2019 Scientific Symposium https://www.htrs.org/HTRS/Education-Events/HTRSNASTH-2019-Scientific-Sympoisum Program Co-Chairs: Andra H. James, MD, MPH, and Kenneth G. Mann, PhD Program Description:…
RFI from NHLBI: To Improve Treatment of Patients with the Severe Hemophilia A Phenotype
Soliciting Input for future research at the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute on Factor VIII (FVIII) immunogenicity and FVIII inhibitor prevention/eradication in patients with…
Improved Quality of Life for Adolescents with Heavy Menstrual Bleeding
What exactly is “quality of life”? To match objective measurements of menstrual bleeding and pair them with a rather subjective quality of life ideal, Tazim…
Grant Recipient Uses Mobile Device Observation in Sickle Cell Pain Study
Technology takes center stage in a new epidemiologic study of acute vaso-occlusive pain associated with menstruation in women with sickle cell disease (SCD). Deva Sharma,…
Our Grant Funds a Mission, at Once Global and Personal
When she began her medical training in India at Maulana Azad Medical College, Ruchika Sharma, MD noticed an alarming reality: “I saw a population of…
Collaboration Is Queen: Our Grant Fosters Interdisciplinary Medicine
Speaking with Julia Coleman, MD on the phone, you immediately get a vivid sense of her enthusiasm, one that doesn’t come through in email –…
Grant Opportunity: 2019 HTRS Mentored Research Award Program
The Hemostasis and Thrombosis Research Society’s Mentored Research Award Program (HTRS MRA) provides financial support for qualified fellows or junior attending/junior faculty pursuing clinical, translational, or basic…