Cecily Morrison is a principal researcher at Microsoft Research in Cambridge. She leads a multi-disciplinary team that innovates new technologies to enable people. Last month Cecily was awarded an MBE for services to inclusive design. She and her team are exhibiting...
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Every Cookie is Hope
Ten-year-old Dana from Boulder, Colorado, is no ordinary kid. In fact, she’s done something extraordinary in the quest to find treatments for rare diseases. What started out as a fundraiser to help her friend Mila has now turned into a lucrative non-profit cookie...
A Puff of Smoke at RAREfest20: A comic book on being undiagnosed
Sarah Lippett will be talking about her book "Puff of Smoke" at RAREfest20““Too often you’re seen as a number, rather than a human being. That needs to change.” – Sarah Lippett, Artist, Illustrator, Author and owner of two rare diseasesIf you are a young person on...
Dr Melita Irving- The DNA Doc at RAREfest20
Known as the DNA doctor, Melita Irving is passionate about … well, DNA! She works as a consultant in clinical genetics at Guys and St Thomas’s Hospital, specialising in conditions that affect the skeleton. Last year Melita’s book ‘The Human DNA Manual’ was published...
Journey of Hope: Ceridwen Hughes at RAREfest20
“The importance of diagnosis cannot be underestimated. Not only do you feel like you have something you can put a name to, but it opens doors, not least the ability to connect with others who have that shared experience and knowledge.”– Ceridwen Hughes, Same but...
Dr. Giles Yeo “RAREfest20 is a unique event that drives better science”
Dr Giles Yeo works at the University of Cambridge, studying the genetics of obesity and the mechanisms of how our brain controls food intake. While interested in the general population, Giles says information garnered from studying rare disease patients with severe...
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