What the HHT?
A blog for the HHT community
Posts by Valaree Machen
Help Keep Us On the Cutting Edge
The turn of the calendar to December marks the kickoff of our year-end appeal, and this year we are asking for your continued support to help keep us #OnTheCuttingEdge. The milestones we have our sights set on next are the kinds of things we could have only dreamed about just a few short years ago. A future exists where therapies – not surgeries – treat the chronic aspects of this disease. And that future is closer than you might realize!
Cure HHT remains a driving force for medical and scientific advancements in HHT, and throughout the month, we will be highlighting the transformational work being done…
Read MoreNEW! Text to Give
You can now support Cure HHT this holiday season via text! As an added bonus, when you make a donation through your mobile device, you can choose to receive future HHT news and updates directly to your phone. Message & data rates may apply. Donate today to have your gift DOUBLED by a generous group of donors. To give, text “donate” to (410) 237-0199.
Read MoreNew Therapeutic Development Arm Takes Shape
A Message From Marianne Clancy, Cure HHT Executive Director:
As you have read in the fall edition of our newsletter, our foundation has invested in the creation of a new “Therapeutic Development Arm” to help us more directly collaborate with the medical and scientific community to fast-track life-changing breakthroughs in HHT.
I am writing to you now to share the tremendously exciting news that Dr. Murali Chakinala will be joining Cure HHT in the role of Senior Clinical Research Advisor. In this role…
Read MoreNew Therapeutic Development Arm Takes Shape
A Message From Marianne Clancy, Cure HHT Executive Director:
As you have read in the fall edition of our newsletter, our foundation has invested in the creation of a new “Therapeutic Development Arm” to help us more directly collaborate with the medical and scientific community to fast-track life-changing breakthroughs in HHT.
I am writing to you now to share the tremendously exciting news that Dr. Murali Chakinala will be joining Cure HHT in the role of Senior Clinical Research Advisor. In this role, Dr. Chakinala will be responsible for leading our strategy for engaging with industry to grow the clinical research and scientific opportunities for Cure HHT. He will also play a pivotal role in collaborating with our CHRN roadmap teams to prioritize and help operationalize the most impactful projects.
Read MoreLynne Sekarski, RN receives the Heroes in Action Award from the March of Dimes
In recognition of her tireless work with pediatric HHT patients at the Washington University School of Medicine HHT Center of Excellence, the March of Dimes organization presented Ms. Sekarski, HHT pediatric nurse and long-time CoE Coordinator, with this incredible honor for her years of dedicated service caring for children with HHT. She was nominated by the many grateful families she has worked with, along with colleagues and supervisors. We are so incredibly proud of the work Ms. Sekarski does for our HHT community. Congratulations!
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