By Adaline Dunnberg | March 7, 2023 Today, our friends at UDN PEER hosted a lecture titled “UDNF: Centering Patients in Diagnosis, Research, and Care” featuring the organization’s founding board members. Watch the interview conducted by Sarah Marshall, UDN PEER Co-chair, to meet...
By Joy Cogan | January 18, 2023 Some people call my role a “genomicist”. I’m not the type of doctor you would ever meet at a clinic appointment (not an MD); I am a PhD researcher. My degree is in Biochemistry. I search through the...
By Adaline Dunnberg | December 22, 2022Thanks to the tireless efforts of patient advocates and legislators, funding for the Undiagnosed Diseases Network (UDN) will continue through 2023. On December 22, 2022, Congress passed a spending bill for 2023 that includes $18M to fund the UDN,...
By Troy Evans | October 5, 2022 Autumn is already here (or finally here, I guess, if you’re one of those who prefers it above all other seasons) and work for UDN sustainability continues by so many wonderful people. Many things, including legislative advocacy efforts,...
By Stephanie Tomlinson | October 5, 2022 During the last week of June, the UDN-PEER members had the incredible privilege of participating in the annual Steering Committee meeting. This opportunity allowed us to meet with all 12 UDN sites; and the "brains and hearts" that...
By Joy Cogan | October 5, 2022 Some people call my role a “genomicist”. I’m not the type of doctor you would ever meet at a clinic appointment (not an MD); I am a PhD researcher. My degree is in Biochemistry. I search through the...
By Ashley McMinn | October 5, 2022 Following the success of the Undiagnosed Diseases Network (UDN) at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC), the medical center is now establishing their own clinical program aimed at solving complex medical mysteries, the Vanderbilt...
By Troy Evans | July 19, 2022Continuing UDN PEER’s efforts to highlight those individuals making the UDN special, I had the honor of meeting with those who operate the Utah UDN site in May, 2022.Dr. Lorenzo Botto (LB), MD, is the Principal Investigator of the Utah...
By Joanna Gonzalez | February 1, 2022 The University of Miami UDN clinical site is located in Miami Dade County, which is the seventh-largest county in the nation. It is one of the counties in the United States that is considered “minority-majority”, in that the population...
By Devin Oglesbee and Ian Lanza | February 1, 2022 Metabolomics refers to the study of the small molecules that are involved in many different metabolic pathways. An amino acid is an example of a metabolite, but there are thousands of unique metabolites in the...