{"id":103231,"date":"2025-09-30T09:13:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T14:13:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erdheim-chester.org\/?p=103231"},"modified":"2025-10-01T11:00:36","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T16:00:36","slug":"uniting-for-rare-disease-research-ecdga-at-the-41st-histiocyte-society-annual-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erdheim-chester.org\/pt\/uniting-for-rare-disease-research-ecdga-at-the-41st-histiocyte-society-annual-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"Unindo for\u00e7as pela pesquisa sobre doen\u00e7as raras: a ECDGA no 41\u00ba Encontro Anual da Histiocyte Society"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_103270\" style=\"width: 1810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.erdheim-chester.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Schriner_Fitzgerald_Henson.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-103270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.erdheim-chester.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Schriner_Fitzgerald_Henson.jpg\" alt=\"Collaborative Research on Display! Left to right: Diane Schriner (ECDGA), Elise Fitzerald (UAB Medical Student &amp; ECDGA Volunteer), Jerome Henson (ECDGA) discussing the poster, \u201cFilling an Unmet Need: A Review of the ECDGA Registry\u201d. The ECDGA contact registry helps drive data-informed progress in ECD research and care.\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1200\" class=\"size-full wp-image-103270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.erdheim-chester.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Schriner_Fitzgerald_Henson.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/www.erdheim-chester.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Schriner_Fitzgerald_Henson-1280x853.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.erdheim-chester.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Schriner_Fitzgerald_Henson-980x653.jpg 980w, https:\/\/www.erdheim-chester.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Schriner_Fitzgerald_Henson-480x320.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) and (max-width: 1280px) 1280px, (min-width: 1281px) 1800px, 100vw\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-103270\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><b>Collaborative Research on Display! <\/b>Left to right:  Diane Schriner (ECDGA), Elise Fitzerald (UAB Medical Student &#038; ECDGA Volunteer), Jerome Henson (ECDGA) discussing the poster, \u201cFilling an Unmet Need:  A Review of the ECDGA Registry\u201d.  The  ECDGA contact registry helps drive data-informed progress in ECD research and care.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This week, ECDGA President Diane Schriner, Board Member Paul Hendrie, MD, and team member Jerome Henson are proudly representing the <b>Alian\u00e7a Global contra a Doen\u00e7a de Erdheim-Chester<\/b> at the <b>41st Annual Meeting of the Histiocyte Society<\/b>!<\/p>\n<p>This international meeting brings together physicians and scientists dedicated to advancing the understanding and treatment of histiocytic disorders\u2014including <b>Erdheim-Chester Disease (ECD)<\/b>, <b>Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis (LCH)<\/b>, <b>Rosai-Dorfman-Destombes Disease (RDD)<\/b>, and <b>Haemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The ECDGA team is focused on:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Promoting research interest in ECD<\/li>\n<li>Strengthening global collaboration with fellow advocacy groups<\/li>\n<li>Advocating for the development of new ECD Care Centers around the world<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It&#8217;s inspiring to see momentum growing around ECD thanks to all the work and support of the ECD community.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_103294\" style=\"width: 1810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.erdheim-chester.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Henson_Gotz_Schriner_DiGirolamo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-103294\" class=\"wp-image-103294 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.erdheim-chester.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Henson_Gotz_Schriner_DiGirolamo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.erdheim-chester.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Henson_Gotz_Schriner_DiGirolamo.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/www.erdheim-chester.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Henson_Gotz_Schriner_DiGirolamo-1280x853.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.erdheim-chester.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Henson_Gotz_Schriner_DiGirolamo-980x653.jpg 980w, https:\/\/www.erdheim-chester.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Henson_Gotz_Schriner_DiGirolamo-480x320.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) and (max-width: 1280px) 1280px, (min-width: 1281px) 1800px, 100vw\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-103294\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><b>Collaborative Conversations in Action! <\/b>Left to right:\u00a0 Jerome Henson (ECDGA), Fernando Gotz (OR Association), Diane Schriner (ECDGA), Claudio Di Girolama(HA \u2013 Canada), discussing the poster, \u201cGlobal Histio: The international Patient Advocacy Group Coalition for Collaboration in Histiocytosis.\u201d \u00a0This project highlights the power of international advocacy collaboration- of which ECDGA is a proud participant.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_103306\" style=\"width: 1810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.erdheim-chester.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Henson_Eurelings_Schriner.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-103306\" class=\"wp-image-103306 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.erdheim-chester.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Henson_Eurelings_Schriner.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.erdheim-chester.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Henson_Eurelings_Schriner.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/www.erdheim-chester.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Henson_Eurelings_Schriner-1280x853.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.erdheim-chester.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Henson_Eurelings_Schriner-980x653.jpg 980w, https:\/\/www.erdheim-chester.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Henson_Eurelings_Schriner-480x320.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) and (max-width: 1280px) 1280px, (min-width: 1281px) 1800px, 100vw\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-103306\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><b>ECD Research Being Shared!<\/b> Left to right:\u00a0 Jerome Henson (ECDGA), Laura Eurelings, MD (Erasmus MC University Medical Center), Diane Schriner (ECDGA), discussing the poster, \u201cAnti-IL-6 Therapy in Erdheim-Chester Disease.\u201d\u00a0 Conversations like these help drive forward the scientific understanding of ECD.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_103318\" style=\"width: 1810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.erdheim-chester.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Diane_booth.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-103318\" class=\"wp-image-103318 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.erdheim-chester.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Diane_booth.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.erdheim-chester.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Diane_booth.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/www.erdheim-chester.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Diane_booth-1280x853.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.erdheim-chester.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Diane_booth-980x653.jpg 980w, https:\/\/www.erdheim-chester.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Diane_booth-480x320.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) and (max-width: 1280px) 1280px, (min-width: 1281px) 1800px, 100vw\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-103318\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><b>Raising Awareness of ECDGA Programs! <\/b>Diane Schriner at the ECDGA informational table, sharing details about the ECDGA\u2019s support programs\u2014including our growing network of ECD Referral Care Centers around the world.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_103330\" style=\"width: 1810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.erdheim-chester.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Henson_Schriner_Pegararo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-103330\" class=\"wp-image-103330 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.erdheim-chester.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Henson_Schriner_Pegararo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.erdheim-chester.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Henson_Schriner_Pegararo.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/www.erdheim-chester.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Henson_Schriner_Pegararo-1280x853.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.erdheim-chester.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Henson_Schriner_Pegararo-980x653.jpg 980w, https:\/\/www.erdheim-chester.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Henson_Schriner_Pegararo-480x320.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) and (max-width: 1280px) 1280px, (min-width: 1281px) 1800px, 100vw\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-103330\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><b>International Collaboration in Action! <\/b>Left to eight:\u00a0 Jerome Henson (ECDGA), Diane Schriner (ECDGA), Francesco Pegoraro, MD (Meyer Children&#8217;s University Hospital, Italy).\u00a0 Cross-border partnerships are essential in advancing the understanding of Erdheim-Chester Disease.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_103342\" style=\"width: 1810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.erdheim-chester.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Schriner_Go_Henson.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-103342\" class=\"wp-image-103342 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.erdheim-chester.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Schriner_Go_Henson.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.erdheim-chester.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Schriner_Go_Henson.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/www.erdheim-chester.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Schriner_Go_Henson-1280x853.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.erdheim-chester.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Schriner_Go_Henson-980x653.jpg 980w, https:\/\/www.erdheim-chester.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Schriner_Go_Henson-480x320.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) and (max-width: 1280px) 1280px, (min-width: 1281px) 1800px, 100vw\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-103342\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><b>Insight from the ECDGA Medical Advisory Board! <\/b>Left to right: Diane Schriner (ECDGA), Dr. Ronald Go (Mayo Clinic, Rochester), and Jerome Henson (ECDGA) discuss care strategies and research priorities. Dr. Go is a valued member of the ECDGA Medical Advisory Board.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week, ECDGA President Diane Schriner, Board Member Paul Hendrie, MD, and team member Jerome Henson are proudly representing the Erdheim-Chester Disease Global Alliance at the 41st Annual Meeting of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":103270,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"yes","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[375,387,374,4871,3292,3733,2601],"class_list":["post-103231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-ecdawareness","tag-ecdga","tag-erdheimchesterdisease","tag-globalhistiocytosis","tag-patientadvocacy","tag-rarebutpowerful","tag-rarediseaseadvocacy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.erdheim-chester.org\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.erdheim-chester.org\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.erdheim-chester.org\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.erdheim-chester.org\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.erdheim-chester.org\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103231"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.erdheim-chester.org\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103231\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.erdheim-chester.org\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/103270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.erdheim-chester.org\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.erdheim-chester.org\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.erdheim-chester.org\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}