Looking Ahead to 2025: A Year of Hope, Progress, and Advancement for Cure JM

Join us as we hear from Jim Minow, Dr. Andrew Heaton, and Shannon Malloy as we start a new year; a brighter future emerges for Cure JM, thanks to the unwavering dedication of our incredible community. Your extraordinary commitment to funding groundbreaking research continues to drive us forward. Gather with us in celebrating the strides we’ve made together and explore the remarkable impact of your support. Together, we’ll set our sights on even more remarkable achievements in the coming year. Here’s to a future filled with hope, progress, and continued success toward better treatments and a cure.



IVIG: What Families Need to Know

Learn about IVIG (immunoglobulin therapy administered by vein). This session features Dr. Fatma Dedeoglu of Boston Children’s Hospital, Huub Kreuwel PhD, of Octapharma Plasma, and patient advocate, Michelle Vogel, of CSI Pharmacy.

Erin and Madi’s Story: Finding Hope at the Cure JM Family Conference

In February 2023, Erin Hicks and her daughter Madi faced a life-altering moment. After a visit to the National Institutes of Health in Seattle, Madi, a vibrant 12-year-old soccer player from Kansas City, Missouri, was diagnosed with juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM). “We walked out feeling overwhelmed and lost,” Erin recalls. Research fueled panic as Madi’s condition worsened, her energy fading on the soccer field. Hope was slipping away.

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