Friday I was at the NIH for rare disease day – here is my Tweet storify. [View the story “Rare disease day” on Storify]
Tag Archive: Rare disease day
Mar
22
Who decides on disease days and do they make a difference?
I am becoming aware that virtually every day of the year is special. I don’t mean that in some philosophical way but perhaps you have noticed a recent trend? It started for me a few years ago when I started taking note of World TB day. This falls on Sunday the 24th march 2013. I …
Mar
02
Rare disease funding disparity
Day 2 of the NIH rare disease day did not disappoint. Lets just say it was all about the numbers. My extensive tweets can be found with the hashtag #RDD@NIH. John Gallin from the NIH clinical center has 1255 physicians, 240 beds and studies 463 rare diseases. Danilo Tagle from NCATS described their lab on …