Welcome to our Events Calendar! Stay up-to-date with the latest happenings in the rare disease community in Canada and beyond. From webinar and conferences to workshops and other events, our calendar is your one-stop destination for all rare disease-related happenings. Explore upcoming events, mark your calendar, and join as we work together to make a difference in the lives of those affected by rare diseases.
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C-Path’s Rare and Orphan Disease Programs is excited to have Dr. Anthony Bleyer present their June webinar, “Hidden in Plain Sight: Autosomal Dominant Tubulointerstitial Kidney Disease (ADTKD).” Dr. Bleyer is a Professor of Internal Medicine/Nephrology at Wake Forest University School of Medicine, with adjunct appointments at the Broad Institute of Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts Institute […]
This conference is part of the Montréal Health Ethics Lecture Series 2024. It will be presented in English. How might we build more equitable and just futures for LGBTQ+ people and communities, and what does health care have to do with it? This talk explores the connections between care ethics, care practices, organizational cultures, and praxis—that is, […]
The strategies developed for Solve-RD for omics data analysis and reanalysis will be presented. There will be a discussion on challenges, advantages as well as future developments.
Human cell research is pivotal in the pain space as it offers unparalleled insights into the underlying molecular mechanisms by bridging the gap between traditional preclinical animal models of pain and those that suffer from pain in society. Fundamental research findings using these new human tissue approaches can lead towards the development of targeted therapies. […]
Join Jett Foundation’s monthly virtual support group for parents, family members or caregivers of females who have been diagnosed with Duchenne muscular dystrophy or are symptomatic carriers.
ISSAID is delighted to announce the International Society of Systemic Autoinflammatory Disease (ISSAID) Summer School 2024 that will take place on the 26th-28th June 2024. The attendance to the Summer School will be in-person and the venue will be Green Garden Hotel, in beautiful Warsaw, Poland. The interactive programme is primarily aimed at junior physicians, […]
Each year, the United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation (UMDF)'s Mitochondrial Medicine Conference brings together the best minds in mitochondrial medicine and gives patients and families the opportunity to meet some of the top clinical mitochondrial specialists from around the world. With over 700 attendees representing almost every state in the U.S. and more than 15 different […]
The new ERN RITA Patient-Centered Webinar Series is made by the Education Working Group with patients advocates active in the ERN RITA and focuses on the unique needs and challenges faced by immunological rare disease patients and their caregivers. For this next session, they will have Raquel Castro, Social Policy and Initiatives Director at EURORDIS-Rare […]
EJP RD - European Joint Programme on Rare Diseases - End-user Training for the EJP RD Virtual Platform This training is intended for potential users of the Virtual Platform (VP) that is developed in the context of the EJP RD Pillar 2 activities. At the end of this webinar, you will be able to: Describe how to […]
Join PhenoTips live on June 26th from 12 - 1 p.m EST, for the 29th installment of PhenoTips’ Speaker Series, “LGBTQIA+ Affirming Prenatal Genetic Counseling” LGBTQIA+ Affirming Prenatal Genetic Counseling is a discussion and interactive Q & A with Rozalia Valentine, Genetic Counselor at Boston’s Children, and Chelsea Wagner, Lead Genetic Counselor at BillionToOne, hosted […]
The Drug Development Forum (DDF) brings together biotech and pharmaceutical companies, academic researchers and clinician scientists to collaborate and advance Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva (FOP) research. It's an opportunity to discuss emerging FOP data and highlight gaps in our understanding of FOP disease pathogenesis that could offer new therapeutic options. The June 2024 event offers both […]
Established in 2006, the IFPA Conference (also known as the World Psoriasis & Psoriatic Arthritis Conference) provides a unique, cross-specialty platform. Medical and health professionals present frontline clinical research in dermatology, rheumatology and beyond. Delegates can explore psoriatic disease from different perspectives by networking with patients and industry representatives in attendance. The IFPA conference calls […]
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