The Maryland Association of Health Care Executives (MAHCE) recently honored Friends at NIH with a 2018 Community Outreach Award. Heidi Williams, CEO, accepted the award from Vamsee Potluri, MAHCE and spoke at the MAHCE’s annual meeting in Towson, MD. The MAHCE recognizes healthcare organizations for outstanding work in increased overall health awareness and efforts to […]
Thank you to sponsors, guests and the band! Sandeep Somaiya, Board Member and Platinum Sponsor from NET eSolutions, introduced NIH Director Francis Collins. Dr. Collins thanked Friends at NIH for its critical support to patients and families and noted it’s been quite a journey since the first gala in a car dealership to this […]
Faith Williams, owner of Liberal Arts Inc., a graphic arts company in Germantown, MD, partners with Friends at NIH to support families because it’s a “good fit.” As a cancer survivor, she knows first hand the challenges many families face when they come to the NIH. As a child in Kenya, Faith loved to draw […]
Global Prairie recently hosted a “FRIEND-raiser” event to raise awareness for Friends at NIH and introduce young professionals to their new Young Ambassadors Program: NIH Network of Champions. Thank you Mary Claire Carter (left) and Catlin O’Shaughnessy Coffrin, Friends’ board member, for introducing Sarah Rosenfeld (center), NIH patient and volunteer, whose story was a highlight […]
Do you know that the NIH Clinical Center recruits healthy volunteers to participate in research studies? Healthy participants play a key role in the development of new drugs and treatments. They provide researchers with important information for comparison with people who have specific illnesses. Every year nearly 3,500 healthy volunteers participate in research studies at […]
From Nov 2017 Newsletter… Join us this giving season to help patients and their families and make tomorrow’s life-saving treatments happen today. Friends of Patients at the NIH partners with patients and researchers to turn HOPE INTO DISCOVERY AND DISCOVERY INTO CURES Friends at NIH provides emergency financial and emotional support to patients in experimental […]
From October 2017 Newsletter Consider becoming a volunteer. Drop us a note and let us know how you’d like to share your talents and time to help patients and we’ll share ideas about how you can help. Friends welcomes individual and corporate team volunteers. Consider looking ahead and making Friends at NIH a part of […]
