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UMDF Announces Inaugural Venture Philanthropy Investment: The Mito Fund Invests $500k in Pierrepont Therapeutics, Inc. to Help Move a Mitochondrial Disease Therapy Forward

Apr 4, 2024 | Press Room, Research News

The United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation (UMDF) is pleased to announce a new grant of $200,000 awarded to Suraiya Haroon, PhD, within...

Research Update from 2023 accelerators Runner-Up Jonathan Dietz, PhD

Mar 18, 2024 | Conference, Press Room, Research News

Research Update from 2023 accelerators Runner-Up Jonathan Dietz, PhD In June 2023, Jonathan Dietz, PhD presented his research...

Research Update from 2019 accelerators winner Arwen Gao, PhD

Nov 6, 2023 | Press Room, Research News

In 2019, accelerators project donors helped the mito community make history at the first ever Big Pitch event at the UMDF Symposium on...

Mito Study Roundup: Studies Available for Patients, Caregivers

Nov 2, 2023 | Press Room, Research News

Mito Study Roundup: Studies Available for Patients, Caregivers Updated 2/8/24, 11:57 ET am We all want more and better therapies for...

Video Assessment for Primary Mitochondrial Myopathy (PMM) and PolG patients, conducted by research firm Casimir/Emmes

Jul 24, 2023 | Press Room, Research News

Video Assessment for PMM and PolG patients This study, “Development of the Mitochondrial Video Assessment (MVA) as an Outcome Measure for the...

UMDF Celebrates the 2023 Vanguard Award Winner Robert Naviaux, MD, PhD

Jul 19, 2023 | Conference, Press Room, Research News

Above: Richard Haas, MD, presents Robert Naviaux, MD, PhD, with the 2023 Vanguard Award. The UMDF Vanguard Award is presented to a scientist or...

Research Update from 2013 UMDF Grant Recipient James Stewart, PhD

May 23, 2023 | Press Room, Research News

Funding nearly $15 million in research – research that is often underfunded but critical to the diagnosis and treatment of patients with...

Research Update from 2015 UMDF Grant Recipient Sara Nowinski, PhD

Feb 28, 2023 | Press Room, Research News

In 2015, Sara Nowinski, PhD received a $70,000 grant award for her work “Characterizing the Function of the Atypical Mitochondrial Kinase...

accelerators Research Update from Rachel Guerra, PhD, UMDF Funded Runner-Up from Big Pitch 2019

Sep 27, 2022 | Press Room, Research News

Research Update At the very first The Big Pitch Event at the UMDF Symposium for Mitochondrial Medicine in 2019, three candidates had five...

Finalists Announced For 2021 accelerators Prize

May 26, 2021 | 25th Anniversary, Conference, Research News

PLEASE NOTE: This article is 2021 finalists. For current accelerators, please visit umdf.org/accelerators. Innovation, speed and agility are...

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