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“Fatherhood is My Driving Force.” Greg Patterson’s Vasculitis Story

June 5, 2023

Blog Greg Patterson, who describes himself as a “weekend warrior long-distance runner,” was in the middle of the Peachtree 10K Road Race in Atlanta, Georgia,

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A Patient’s Perspective: Roadblocks to Care Must be Addressed

May 9, 2023

Blog Every morning, Jane would wake up feeling fine. Every afternoon, an intense wave of dizziness would overcome her. She went to a neurologist who

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Pei-Yu Chen, BS, MS, PhD, Awarded Two-Year Grant Through VF’s Young Investigator’s Award Program

May 8, 2023

Blog Pei-Yu Chen, BS, MS, PhD, Senior Research Scientist, Cardiovascular Medicine, at Yale University, has been awarded a two-year grant through the Vasculitis Foundation’s Young

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Loss & Love: Navigating Motherhood with Vasculitis

April 28, 2023

Blog Annaruth Diller has three children. Fourteen-year-old twin boys, Alan and Blake, and a thirteen-year-old daughter, Cianah. She describes Alan as “creative, kind, and artistic.”

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David Massicotte-Azarniouch, MD, Awarded Two-Year Grant Through VF’s Young Investigator’s Award Program

April 28, 2023

Blog David Massicotte-Azarniouch, MD, Assistant Professor at the University of Ottawa and Associate Scientist at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute in Ontario, Canada, has been

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ALERT: Changes Coming to Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program Coverage

April 12, 2023

Blog Do you or a family member currently have health coverage through Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP)? If so, you may need

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Introducing Our 2022-2023 VCRC-VF Fellow: Gözde Kübra Yardimci, MD

April 7, 2023

Blog Gözde Kübra Yardimci, MD, began her one-year Vasculitis Clinical Research Consortium (VCRC)-Vasculitis Foundation (VF) Fellowship in July 2022 at Mount Sinai Hospital, University of

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Introducing Our 2022-2023 VCRC-VF Fellow: Marta Casal Moura, MD, MSc, MSPH

March 7, 2023

Blog Marta Casal Moura, MD, MSc, MSPH, began her one-year Vasculitis Clinical Research Consortium (VCRC)-Vasculitis Foundation (VF) Fellowship in July 2022. For anti-neutrophil autoantibody (ANCA)-associated

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GPA Patient’s Advice for Others Facing a Similar Diagnosis: Remain Positive—You Can Beat This

February 23, 2023

Blog In late summer of 1992, Dan Prozialeck began experiencing chronic congestion, coughing and sinus infections, throat pain, and excruciating joint pain. He had been

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Steroids and Snow Peas: A Tale of Victory Over Vasculitis

February 17, 2023

Blog “How in God’s Green Earth can YOU be so chipper?” queried a fellow shopper after I assaulted her cerebellum with my litany of GPA/Autoimmune/

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