We have been hearing from our community about COVID-19 and celiac disease and about our work at the Celiac Disease Foundation during the pandemic. We have answered the most frequently asked questions in a short video for you.
Continue ReadingThe Voluntary Recommendations for Managing Celiac Disease in Learning Environments provides definitive guidance for schools, parents and caregivers for 504 accommodations for children with celiac disease. Download the guide and watch the video.
Continue ReadingConfronted with the reality of an all-consuming global pandemic, every nonprofit, including the Celiac Disease Foundation, has to figure out where we fit in a world that is quickly changing and into a future that no one can predict.
Continue ReadingLast week, one of our 2019 Young Investigator Award recipients, Dr. Benjamin Lebwohl, co-authored a study that showed a small, but statistically significant increase in mortality rates for patients with celiac disease.
Continue ReadingDr. Dan Leffler, Celiac Disease Foundation Medical Advisory Board Member and clinician and researcher at Harvard Medical School and Takeda, spoke about the profound ineffectiveness and failure of the gluten-free diet as a treatment for celiac disease.
Continue ReadingEven in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, celiac disease patients need treatments and a cure. On March 8, the Celiac Disease Foundation sponsored the First SSCD Consensus Workshop: Research Opportunities in Celiac Disease 2020 to inform NIH funding needs.
Continue Reading2020 is starting out BIG, with the Celiac Disease Foundation hosting the National Celiac Disease Patient Advocacy Summit on February 27, 2020, in Washington, DC. Apply today to attend.
Continue ReadingAfter decades of pleading with our federal government to take celiac disease as seriously as it does other diseases with comparable patient impact, yesterday, the U.S. House and Senate each passed, and President Trump has signed, the FY2020 Federal budget resolution.
Continue ReadingAs I return to Los Angeles, I would like to take a moment to share with you some of the highlights of our productive two days in Washington, DC. Your…
Continue ReadingCEO Marilyn G. Geller speaks at the 18th International Celiac Disease Symposium (ICDS).
Continue ReadingAs we head into fall, I am happy to share that our 2023 Virtual Turkey Trot is right around the corner – and our team is gearing up for a terrific event! As our biggest annual fundraiser helping to fund the research, advocacy, and education that moves us toward treatments...