One of FSR’s Awareness Campaign partners, the American Lung Association is hosting a webinar featuring FSR Scientific Advisory Board member Lisa Maier, MD MSPH from National Jewish Health, as well as sarcoidosis patient Tia Gray. This presentation will give a...
It’s Rare Disease Day! Each year, Rare Disease Day falls on the last day of February. This is a day for the rare disease community to come together and celebrate what we have in common as well as what makes us all, well….rare! We hope to raise awareness...
Several of FSR’s Patient Ambassadors have been making waves to raise awareness of sarcoidosis with their local legislators. While many ambassadors and other volunteers work towards obtaining state proclamations recognizing April as Sarcoidosis Awareness Month in...
Our online support community has continued to grow over the past few years, reaching 40,000 online members this month! The Stop Sarcoidosis support community is hosted on the platform Inspire, which provides a space for online support communities that allow patients...
FSR Executive Director Ginger Spitzer attended the 2017 ATS Public Advisory Roundtable Planning Meeting on Nov 17-18 in Miami. Our membership in PAR allows FSR to continue our work toward advocating for patients and ensuring the patient perspective into clinical and...
Ginger Spitzer, the Executive Director for the Foundation for Sarcoidosis Research, will be a panelist at this year’s Drug Information Association’s Annual Conference. The DIA 2017 Annual Meeting is the largest, longest-running event in the life sciences...
As we announced earlier this month, Penn Medicine launched the first ever Apple Researchkit app for sarcoidosis patients. Spearheaded by Dr. Misha Rosenbach, a member of FSR’s Scientific Advisory Board, the app aims to not only provide patients across the country (and...
The National Organization for Rare Disorders is starting a patient-driven campaign to highlight the significant impact that the Affordable Care Act has had on patients with rare and chronic diseases. Some noticeable changes for these patients was prohibiting...
FSR’s partner Inspire, which serves as the platform for our online support group- “Stop Sarcoidosis”- has hit 1 million members! Inspire provides a space for online support communities that allow patients to connect with others like them, regardless of geography....
