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August 2020
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August 2020
CMV Mom Hopes to Spread CMV Awareness at Mrs. America Pageant
Posted:
2/8/2023
Category:
Advocacy
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Awareness
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Community
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Parent Perspective
CMV mom Kelsi Gagne is participating in the Mrs. America pageant in April. She plans to use this platform to increase awareness and health literacy of cCMV. Read more about her journey.
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Together We Stand, United We March On
Posted:
8/28/2020
Category:
Advocacy
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Community
We are so proud of what we've collectively built over the years, and we want to continue to strengthen and expand this work. As the African Proverb states, "If you want to go quickly, go alone. If you want to go far, go together."
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Volunteer Spotlight: Lisa Eickel
Posted:
8/24/2020
Category:
Advocacy
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Awareness
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Community
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Fueling Our Mission
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Parent Perspective
Meet Lisa Eickel, our Community Alliance Chair from Virginia! Lisa is a busy mom to three boys and a speech language pathologist.
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Early Career Research Award Recipient: Dr. Pesch
Posted:
8/24/2020
Category:
Clinical
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Fueling Our Mission
Dr. Megan Pesch is a Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrician at the University of Michigan and one of our 2020 early career CMV research award recipients! Dr. Pesch's research will investigate social-emotional and behavioral concerns in children with congenital CMV.
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Early Career Research Award Recipient: Dr. Kakkar
Posted:
8/24/2020
Category:
Clinical
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Fueling Our Mission
Dr. Fatima Kakkar is a pediatric infectious disease specialist and clinician-researcher at CHU Sainte-Justine in Montreal and her research will focus on determining the best newborn screening test for the province of Quebec. She is one of our 2020 early career CMV research award recipients!
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Early Career Research Award Recipient: Jennifer Jenks
Posted:
8/18/2020
Category:
Clinical
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Fueling Our Mission
Jennifer Jenks is an MD PhD student in the Medical Scientist Training Program at Duke University School of Medicine and is one of our 2020 early career CMV research award recipients! Jennifer's research investigates the rational design of CMV vaccines.
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