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October 2018
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October 2018
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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Compete 4 CMV Spotlight: Jeff Rich
Posted:
10/18/2018
Category:
Community
Meet Jeff Rich. A longtime friend of founders, Kristen and John Spytek. Father of three. And, soon-to-be Compete 4 CMV - NYC Marathon finisher!
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Board Member Spotlight: Albert Park
Author: Dr. Albert Park
Posted:
10/11/2018
Category:
Community
Meet Dr. Albert Park. Dr. Park is Chief of Pediatric Otolaryngology at the University of Utah and principle investigator for the ValEAR study. His focus is in pediatric hearing loss, identifying a great number of babies with congenital CMV.
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Compete 4 CMV Spotlight: Pete Zoob
Posted:
10/8/2018
Category:
Community
Meet Pete Zoob. A longtime friend of founders, Kristen and John Spytek, and soon-to-be eight-time marathoner! We're grateful he's making #8 a Compete 4 CMV race.
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Raising Awareness of Congenital CMV in New Jersey
Posted:
10/4/2018
Category:
Advocacy
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Awareness
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Fueling Our Mission
Meet 2018 Public Health Awareness Mini Grant Recipients Allison Goldschlag-Reinking and Laurie Navin of The Central Jersey Family Health Consortium, and learn more about their project to implement a comprehensive educational program about congenital CMV in their region.
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What I Took Away from the CMV Public Health & Policy Conference
Author: Kristen H Spytek
Posted:
10/1/2018
Category:
Advocacy
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Community
Our community of parents, advocates, early interventionists, state health employees, clinicians, researchers, scientists, and stakeholders, were well-represented in Burlington last week, and what was extremely encouraging to me, is that both individually and together, we all continue to operate on full cylinders at the very epicenter of what we’re each trying to ultimately do – save babies and prevent birth defects due to congenital CMV.
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