Donna Appell, Founder and Executive Director of the HPS Network, was profiled by Global Genes for the month of June as a Rare Leader. The profile summarizes how Appell became interested in Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome and how she started the HPS Network. The article also...
The HPS Network has acquired a donor management platform, DonorView, as part of the grant award from CZI (Chan Zuckerberg Initiative). The platform will not only help us manage and communicate with our donors more efficiently, but it offers a variety of tools that...
Donna Appell, President and Executive Director of the HPS Network, joined two other panelists on a company-wide webinar for Blue Cross/Blue Shield as part of its Rare Disease Webinar Series: Patient and Family Perspectives. Appell explained HPS to the audience, and...
The National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD), based in Washington DC, has launched a CONVID 19 Critical Relief Program for those with rare diseases. The financial relief program will help meet non-medical, yet critical, expenses. These expenses may include...
Twelve people with HPS or their direct family/caregivers are taking part in focus groups to help refine an HPS symptom scale tool. The tool is a collaboration of the National Institutes of Health and the HPS Network. It will help quantify which symptoms of HPS affect...
