Cure JM Foundation Videos
- Information About Cure JM Foundation
- Information for the Newly Diagnosed
- COVID-19 Information
- Cure JM Sponsored Town Halls with Healthcare Professionals
- Cure JM Annual Conference Videos
Information about Cure JM Foundation
An Interview With Cure JM’s Co-Founders
Support Cure JM
Fundraising/Overview Video
Cure JM 2019: Towards Better Treatments
Presented by Cure JM Foundation CSO Dr. Andrew Heaton
Parker’s Journey and the Start of Cure JM
Information For the Newly Diagnosed
Cure JM Educational Video
Video for the Newly Diagnosed
JDM 101 with Dr. Ann Reed
Dr. Ann Reed is Chair of the Department of Pediatrics at Duke University and a Professor of Pediatrics at Duke. She’s a world-renowned pediatric rheumatologist and immunologist, who has spent decades caring for children with Juvenile Dermatomyositis (JDM). In this video, Dr. Reed tells us what JDM is, how it is diagnosed, and how it is treated.
COVID-19 Information
Recording of Cure JM Town Hall: Returning to School in the COVID-19 Pandemic
This Town Hall addresses the issue of returning to school during the COVID-19 pandemic and aims to provide a range of tools, links and resources to assist families in making individual decisions in considering whether their child should return to school this fall. The tools and information will provide valuable resources for families to discuss their individual circumstances with their attending physician. The Town Hall was led by Rear Admiral Charles Vitek, MD, MPH, Colleen Correll, MD, MPH, and Dawn Wahezi, MD.
Presentation: Returning to School in the COVID-19 Pandemic
Cure JM Sponsored Town Halls with Healthcare Professionals
The Importance of Taking Care of Yourself
In this interactive session, you will learn about the neuroscience of stress and how stressors impact one's ability to cope with stress. Learn practices that help build resilience, self-awareness and improve our capacity to build relationships.
Juvenile Myositis Family Educational Conference
Presented by Seattle Children’s Hospital Juvenile Myositis Center of Excellence and Cure JM’s Pacific Northwest Chapter.
Featuring:
- Susan Shenoi, MBBS, MS, RhMSUS
- Natalie L. Rosenwasser, MD
- Leslie Vogel, MSPT and Courtney Ginter PT, DPT
- Suzanne Edison, MA, MFA, Co-Chair of Cure JM’s Research Committee
- Jim Minow, Cure JM Executive Director
Individual Presentations are below video.
Nutrition and Exercise
What are the best foods for my child with JM? How do we handle the steroid cravings? How do we eat healthy with all the side effects of the medications? Are there exercises my child can do to improve their outcome? In this interactive session, we will talk about how to apply the nutrition and exercise recommendations sometimes provided by healthcare providers and make them work for your family in the “real world.” Presented by: Brian Feldman, MD, MSc, FRPC and Julie Shevlin, MS, RDN.
Update on a Promising New Drug to Treat JM: Vamorolone
Presented by Eric Hoffman, PhD, Vice President of Research, ReveraGen. (slide show below)
Flare Predication and Risk Profiling in JDM
Dr. Annet van Royen-Kerkhof’s presentation based on her research paper, “Endothelial and Inflammation Biomarker Profiles at Diagnosis Reflecting Clinical Heterogeneity and Serving as a Prognostic Tool for Treatment Response in Two Independent Cohorts of Patients With Juvenile Dermatomyositis”. The paper details a Cure JM-funded study that aimed to define “immune-fingerprints” that can predict clinical outcomes and responses to therapy in chronic inflammatory diseases, such as juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM).
Transitioning from Pediatric to Adult Care with Rodolfo Curiel, MD, FACP, FACR, and Rebecca Sadun, MD, PhD
Join doctors Curiel and Sadun to learn strategies to aid in the transition from pediatric to adult care.
Auto-Antibodies in Juvenile Myositis with Sara Sabbagh, D.O.
This webinar will introduce you to the concept of Myositis Specific Antibodies, or MSAs. The webinar is presented by Sara Sabbagh, D.O., Clinical Fellow, Muscle Disease Unit at the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Understanding Labs and Investigations with Dr. Adam Huber
Labs and investigation results are an essential tool in managing a patient’s treatment for JM. To the non-medically trained, labs and investigations can also be a great source of confusion. In this webinar, Dr. Adam Huber, a pediatric rheumatologist at the IWK Health Centre and Dalhousie University in Halifax Nova Scotia, Canada, helps patients and family members better understand lab and investigation results and what they may indicate. Due to technical difficulties, there is no recording of this webinar, but you may review Dr. Huber's slide presentation below.
Advocating for Your Child: Navigating School and Community
Presented by Cure JM Moms Michelle Best (special education and mental health advocate) and Sue Carpenter (special education resource specialist/teacher)
Understanding Treatments and Side Effects with Dr. Megan Curran and Dr. Hanna Kim
Understanding Second Line Treatments and Side Effects with Dr. Megan Curran and Dr. Hanna Kim
Exercise and JM with Dr. Laura Tasan
Sun Protection with Drs. Susan Kim and Adam I. Schiffenbauer
Impact of JM on Mental Health with Drs. Kaveh Ardalan, Andrea Knight and Alison Manning
Cure JM Annual Conference Videos
- VIDEO RECORDINGS OF 2019 NATIONAL FAMILY CONFERENCE SESSIONS
- VIDEO RECORDINGS OF 2018 NATIONAL FAMILY CONFERENCE SESSIONS
- VIDEO RECORDINGS OF 2017 NATIONAL FAMILY CONFERENCE SESSIONS