Dr. Steven Rosenberg – Immunotherapy Pioneer
The NIH’s Dr. Steven Rosenberg – Pioneering Researcher, Surgeon, Mentor and Mensch Decades ago, Dr. Steven Rosenberg was the first to show that immunotherapy – harnessing the body’s own immune system to kill cancer cells – could work. Since then, he has been at the center of efforts to advance this fast-emerging field to the point where […]
A Patient Turned Impassioned Volunteer
My name is Sarah Rosenfeld and I’m an NIH patient and volunteer. I’m passionate about paying forward the amazing gift of care and life that my dedicated NIH doctors and researchers have given to me. I’m working to support patients through Friends of Patients at the NIH because I know how incredibly scary and isolating […]
A Board Member’s Commitment to Friends at NIH
There’s a hidden treasure in our country that I’m proud to introduce you to — the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center where life-saving therapies are being discovered through clinical trials. Every one of the thousands of patients seen here each year is part of a clinical trial — meaning they have exhausted traditional medical […]
A Board Member’s Tribute to Brave Patients
I have been involved with an incredible charity for several years, “The Friends of Patients at the NIH”. This year, the role of this organization has become more important than ever before, with so much uncertainty about the future of funding for the clinical research at the NIH – which has led to the discovery […]
A Mother’s Tribute to Her Son
On the rooftop of our building, I see the lights of a national gem two blocks away — the National Institutes of Health (NIH), our country’s largest research hospital. From this distance, it’s hard to fathom the breadth of activity going on each day in experimental trials. As you walk through hallways with patients’ rooms and […]
A Board Member’s Tribute to Her Mother
I have been involved with the Friends of Patients at the NIH for several years, as a member of the Board of Directors and as a volunteer. This year, the role of this organization has become more important than ever before, with so much uncertainty about the future of funding for the clinical research at […]
Fatima’s Brave Story
Fatima, 19, from Mauritania, celebrated her treatments by naming every bag of life-saving blood cells she received. Her aunt, Mary, through tears, calls her the “bravest” woman she has ever met. Fatima has severe aplastic anemia — her bone marrow produced no blood cells. A year ago, Fatima called her aunt and uncle (Americans who live in Vietnam) […]
