A team from the HPS Network attended the 114th American Thoracic Society International Conference in San Diego in May to hear the latest in pulmonary research, and to generate awareness of Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome (HPS). More than 116,000 pulmonary doctors,...
Dr. Arlene Drack, an ophthalmologist from the University of Iowa, will speak to families affected by Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome (HPS) at the HPS Network Conference, March 8 – 10, 2019 at the Long Island Marriott in New York. Dr. Drack is a clinician scientist...
The American Society of Human Genetics announced the question for the 2019 Essay Contest. The annual contest is open to students from around the world in grades 9 – 12. The winning submission will be awarded $1,000 and $1,000 in lab equipment for the...
Steve Shank, an HPSer who received a double lung transplant two years ago, shared his story with Minnesota KARE 11 News in July. Steve had hoped to participate as a bicyclist in the American Transplant Games, but sadly had to stay home after being hospitalized with an...
Caren Shank returned to Iowa this past June to join with her husband’s ophthalmologists and give a presentation about Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome at the 2018 Iowa Eye Annual Meeting. The presentation was called “The Importance of Gene Testing in Albinism – It Is Not...
