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JoAnn Criblez and The Jingle Boys entertained an audience of HPS Network supporters at Jingles and Jazz, held Dec. 12 at the Tilles Center Atrium, Long Island University Post. The fundraiser to benefit the HPS Network featured a range of holiday favorites, mostly...

Sabrina Sakoda, president and founder of Dream Bridge, will be at the 2020 HPS Network Conference to talk about her work screening RARE around Japan. Sakoda raised the money to have RARE, a documentary about a drug trial to treat Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome, translated...

A team from the HPS Network attended the American Thoracic Society (ATS) Annual Meeting, held May 17 – 22 in Dallas. The group was able to interact with more than 14,000 lung physicians, researchers, and representatives from pharmaceutical companies, at the HPS...

Thanks to the hard work of our members and donors, the HPS Network will be able to partner again with the American Thoracic Society (ATS) Foundation to fund another HPS research grant. The $40,000 per year runs for two years and is funded half by the HPS Network, and...

The HPS Network visited the Kotton Lab in Framingham, Mass in July to learn more about how the lab is using stem cells derived from the blood of people with HPS to find clues to treat the lung disease of HPS. The lab collected blood samples at the HPS Conference two...

The Brantner family manned an HPS Network booth at the Annual Clinical Genetics Meeting, April 1-2, 2019 in Seattle. They spoke with people working directly with patients in genetics departments across the country about HPS, how to test for HPS and the services...

Attendees at the 26th Annual HPS Network Conference, held in Uniondale NY in March, created a video to wish the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) at the National Institutes of Health a happy 50th anniversary. NHLBI was pleased with the video and plans...

  Global Genes and the Rare Compassion project are teaming up to match patients and families affected by a rare disease with medical students eager to understand our lives better. If you would be willing to share your HPS story, the ups and downs and real...

The HPS Network and the American Thoracic Society (ATS) are partnering to offer a Patient Education Day April 27th in Carolina, Puerto Rico. The event will offer information about the pulmonary fibrosis of HPS as well as many other aspects of living with...

A book illustrated by kids at the 26th Annual HPS Network Conference, under the organization, leadership and help of Sandra and Cassandra Mendez, is now available as an incentive for a $25 or more donation. What Makes Me Unique, Makes Me Rare can be obtained at:...

Attending conference can we a whirlwind of events. If you didn’t get a chance to complete the conference survey while you were at the conference, you can do it now online. Completing the survey helps us improve the conference in the future. It also helps us collect...

    The HPS Network and community celebrated togetherness at the 26th Annual HPS Network Conference, held March 8 – 10, 2019 at the Long Island Marriott in Uniondale, NY. Themed, “Life is Sweet When We Are Together” the event attracted approximately 300...

Representatives Butterfield and Bilirakis introduced House Resolution 242 celebrating the success of the Orphan Drug Act and calling for continued support of the legislation. Before the legislation there were only 34 FDA approved treatments for a rare disease. Today...

This year the Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome community is celebrating the first-ever Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome Awareness Day! The day is devoted to generating awareness of the syndrome, as well as awareness of the problems we must overcome to find better treatments and a...

Registration is now open for the Million Dollar Bike Ride. Please click below on Read More for more details. Saturday, June 8th, 2019 at 7:30 AM. Highline Park, 31st Street and Chestnut. To register please go to MillionDollarBikeRide.org. Donate to 2019 Million Dollar...

The Puerto Rican Senate will hold a hearing to consider Bill 1127 that would make changes in coverage for those with Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome (HPS) and other types of albinism that are insured by Reforma, the island’s public health care coverage. Advocates for HPS on...

The National Organization for Albinism and Hypopigmentation (NOAH) announces that the application period for the Michael J. McGowan Leadership Scholarship is now open. NOAH awards one scholarship annually to a NOAH member who: has albinism, resides in the U.S. or...

Dr. Souheil Y. El-Chemaly will give a presentation about lung transplantation at the 26th Annual HPS Network Conference, to be held March 8 – 10, 2019 at the Long Island Marriott in Uniondale, N.Y. Understanding the process of lung transplantation will help those with...

Matt Bailey, a well-known and active member of the albinism community, will give a presentation to explain how people with albinism see at the 26th Annual HPS Network Conference. Bailey is an adult with albinism, however, does not have HPS. His presentation on how...

Steve Shank, who received a double lung transplant two years ago, will be riding the Gift of Life Rose Parade float on New Year’s Day. He and his family are in Pasadena several days early to participate in pre-parade activities including getting to help decorate the...

The National Federation of the Blind (NFB) is offering 30 scholarships in 2019 to legally blind students entering post-secondary programs of study. The scholarships are merit based and range in value from $3,000 to $12,000. Applications are due March 31, 2019 and...

The American Council of the Blind (ACB) Scholarship Program for 2019 is now open. The ACB hopes to award as many as 21 college scholarships to people who are legally blind and who plan to attend a college or university in the 2019/2020 school year. Funds may be used...

Supporters of the HPS Network took on the challenge of an escape room at The Great Escape Zone in Bensalem, PA to benefit the HPS Network. The event was organized by Yari Alvarado, the mother of a child with HPS. She was able to get The Escape Zone to donate a...

Dr. Samuel Seward, a board member and scientific adviser to the HPS Network, will attend the 26th Annual HPS Network Conference, to be held March 8 – 10, 2019 at the Long Island Marriott in Uniondale, NY. On Saturday, he will participate in the Meeting of the Minds,...

Amber Klein and her dad Jeff Klein took part in a charity event day at their local Boscov’s department store. They were able to sell $5 discount shopping passes for the special charity event day. Buyers were able to get 20 percent off of almost everything in the...