The next installment of the “Challenges in Pediatric Neuroscience Research Webinar Series”, will be on May 12th, 2023 from 2-3 PM EST. In this episode of our ongoing series, we will be speaking with Dr. Heather Hazlett, a pediatric neuropsychologist at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, about remote neuropsychological assessments. This type […]
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Prof. Guillaume Canaud (Necker Hospital for Children, AP-HP, France) offered a great presentation on “Targeted therapy for patients with PIK3CA-related overgrowth spectrum“ at the RE(ACT) Congress in Berlin (Germany). Check out his impressions on the IRDiRC Conference x RE(ACT) Congress at the following link: here.
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The European Partnership on transforming health and care systems (THCS), a Cofund action under the Horizon Europe Programme designed to support coordinated national and regional research and innovation programmes along with capacity building, networking, dissemination and other key activities to support health and care systems transformation, will launch its first Joint Transnational Call (entitled “Healthcare […]
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Solve-RD, a research project funded by the European Commission for five years (2018-2022), having the ambitious goals set out by the International Rare Diseases Research Consortium (IRDiRC) to deliver diagnostic tests for most rare diseases by 2020, invites all its partners to attend the Solve-RD Final Meeting 2023 in Prague (Czech Republic) or online. The […]
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The next EATRIS-Plus Summer School in Personalised Medicine will take place in person on 17-20 April 2023 in Lisbon, Portugal. EATRIS-Plus Summer School in Personalised Medicine is organised within the framework of EATRIS-Plus Project, which is a flagship initiative in personalised medicine, coordinated by EATRIS-ERIC. The overarching topic of the summer school is multimodal biomarkers and diagnostics. […]
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Save the date for the 9th Rare Disease Summer School organized by ITINERARE, a recently established University Research Priority Program of the University of Zurich focusing on “Innovative Therapies in Rare Diseases”. The Summer School will take place at the Kartause Ittingen, Warth (Canton Thurgau) close to Zurich from July 4th to 7th, 2023. The program includes lectures by national and international rare disease experts on topics […]
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a new funding opportunity for the FDA Rare Neurodegenerative Disease Grant Program to support efficient natural history studies and/or biomarker studies that fill unmet needs for rare neurodegenerative diseases for children and adults. Through the support of prospective natural history and/or biomarker studies with high quality and interpretable data elements, FDA […]
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The Interdisciplinary Scientific Committee (ISC) is a multi-stakeholder, multi-disciplinary group of experts in rare diseases medical research with a strong expertise in data sharing, registries, biobanks and natural history studies. ISC has one opening for a new member with experience in rare diseases data sharing, ontologies, natural history, biobanking and registries. Interested candidates are invited […]
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As Rare Disease Day 2023 is approaching, the Chinese Organization for Rare Disorders invites you to attend the Global Workshop on Access to Rare Disease Diagnosis and Treatment, on 28th February 2023, at 19:00-22:30 Beijing time. Founded in 2013 by Kevin HUANG, the Chinese Organization for Rare Disorders (CORD) functions as a platform, hub and advocacy NGO […]
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Don’t miss the Rare Diseases Twitter Chat hosted by NCATS today, February 22, from 1 to 3 p.m. EST. Joni Rutter, PJ Brooks and other experts will answer questions from the community on key topics in the rare diseases space. Follow NCATS’ Twitter account and use #RareDiseasesChat to ask your questions before or during the […]
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