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Bleeding Disorders Awareness Month Wrap Up
Thank you to every person who donated and helped spread awareness during our March Bleeding Disorders Awareness Month (BDAM) campaign. You donated over $2,800 toward the BDAM campaign and helped us to surpass our original goal of $2,000! The money raised will go...
Bleeding Disorders Educational Scholarships!
The VHF Lyman Fisher Scholarship was established to honor Dr. Lyman Fisher, a teacher, researcher, and clinician in hemostasis. For many years, he directed the adult hemophilia program for Virginia. Application Deadline: 11:59 pm (EST), Friday, April 29, 2022...
March is Bleeding Disorders Awareness Month!
March is Bleeding Disorders Awareness Month, and we need your help to spread awareness and raise funds! During the 2021 March Bleeding Disorders Awareness Month Campaign you helped us raise $6,367 (our goal was $2,500!) which allowed us to increase our Lyman Fisher...
Volunteer(s) of the Year Announcement!
VHF is proud to announce our 2021 Volunteer of the Year is George Stone. In a new category, we are also recognizing our 2021 Unite Walk Volunteer of the Year, Monika Eiden. Both George and Monika have demonstrated outstanding commitment to the mission of VHF this...
New Data Analysis Sheds Light on Bleeding Patterns in Young VWD Patients
Historically, data on infants and toddlers (ITs) with von Willebrand disease (VWD),particularly relevant to bleeding patterns, has been lacking. To address this absence of data, a team of researchers from the U.S. Hemophilia Treatment Center Network (USHTCN) and the...
Volunteer of the Year Nominee: Monika Eiden
VHF is honored to nominate Monika Eiden, Global HR Director, AMF Bakery Systems, as our fourth Volunteer of the Year Nominee! Monika is a community member and active volunteer with the chapter as a committee member and recent BOD member. Monika has been involved with...