Dr. Konstantinos D. Alysandratos, MD, PhD, will present on Science Sunday to the HPS community at the 25th Annual HPS Network Conference, March 9 – 11, at the Long Island Marriott in Uniondale, N.Y. His presentation will help us understand what different types of stem...
The HPS Network is looking for volunteers with HPS types 3 or 6 to participate in a hematology study. Participation involves having blood drawn and then shipped to the researcher performing the study. To learn more, contact HPS Network Medical Director Valerie...
Approximately 80 runners and walkers participated in A Run Through History in Oyster Bay, NY in October, 2017. The event was a fundraiser for the HPS Network and another Oyster Bay, NY-based non-profit Peerpals.org. Peerpals.org helps preschoolers with...
Donna Appell, President and Founder of the Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome (HPS) Network, and her daughter Ashley Appell, spoke to a class of soon-to-be genetic counselors at Sarah Lawrence College in early December. The focus of the class was genetics in pediatrics. Donna...
Ann-Delia Bayer, a longtime volunteer with the HPS Network, passed away on Dec. 9th, 2017. She is survived by her husband Robert Bayer and her daughters Katrina and Sarah as well as her brother Timothy (Stacie) Valentine and his children Corrine and Jena. Bayer was...