Each year the British Paediatric Surveillance Unit (BPSU) invite paediatricians planning a surveillance study to apply for this bursary. The successful applicant receives a free slot on the BPSU Orange Card and a stipend towards their training needs. The 2019-20 application period is now open, with a deadline of Friday, 11 October. https://www.rcpch.ac.uk/education-careers/fellowships-and-prizes/bpsu-sir-peter-tizard-research-bursary
Project Y’s mission is to find answers for children with rare diseases, helping to find answers for thousands of families who desperately need them. Project Y supports advancing initiatives such as the Undiagnosed Diseases Program, a groundbreaking program bringing together specialist doctors, scientists and technology to solve the most challenging medical mysteries. 500,000 Australian children […]
Earlier this year M4RD helped Childhood Tumour Trust (CTT) search for a doctor to attend the International Neurofibromatosis Conference in San Francisco this September. The successful applicant would also join CTT’s medical board as a volunteer medical advisor and represent the charity for at least two years. The M4RD team were excited to help CTT plan and […]
The diagnostic odyssey is a term used to describe the long and arduous journey that many rare disease patients find themselves on in pursuit of a diagnosis. The charity, Rare Disease UK, estimate that a patient with a rare disease will wait an average of four years for a diagnosis and be given an average […]
The most common of the Neurofibromatoses, Neurofibromatosis Type 1 (NF1) is a condition that leads to tumors growing on nerves alongside effects on other organs. It affects approximately 1 in 2700 births, and can be due to autosomal dominant inheritance from the parents or new mutations in the gene NF1 in the affected child.
