FOXG1's Nasha Fitter to Speak at The White House Rare Disease Forum for Rare Disease Day 2024
FOXG1 Research Foundation’s Nasha Fitter is a featured speaker at the White House Rare Disease Forum hosted by the The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy will host a forum marking Rare Disease Day and highlighting the Biden-Harris Administration’s commitment to supporting patients and families facing a rare disease and delivering progress against the nearly 10,000 known rare diseases that impact up to 30 million Americans. Nasha Fitter will be speaking about the issues with rare disease drug development and share her personal story about her daughter with FOXG1 syndrome.
University at Buffalo launches center to find treatments for FOXG1 syndrome
University at Buffalo announces the launch of the FOXG1 Research Center to study FOXG1 syndrome’s impact on brain development and translate research to treatments for FOXG1 syndrome. The FOXG1 Research Center will be led by leading experts Soo-Kyung and Jae Lee, whose own daughter has FOXG1 syndrome.
“This center will make UB the home of the world’s premier research center devoted to the studies of FOXG1 syndrome, as well as provide our campus with a new neurodevelopmental biology training program and numerous research funding opportunities,” says Soo-Kyung Lee, PhD, Empire Innovation Professor and Om P. Bahl Endowed Professor in the UB Department of Biological Sciences, who will serve as the FRC’s inaugural director as well as the Chief Scientific Officer of the FOXG1 Research Foundation.
FOXG1 Research Foundation July Newsletter
New Children's Book and Digital Platform "Joyfully Josie" Aims to Spark Conversations Around Disabilities, Rare Diseases, and Inclusion
Nicole Zeitzer Johnson announced today the release of her debut book, "Joyfully Josie." Designed to help parents and families discuss inclusion in the context of disabilities, this captivating children's book series aims to foster understanding of rare diseases and the experiences of medically complex individuals.
Dr. Soo-Kyung Lee, FOXG1 Research Foundation Scientist, Earns Grant from Simon Foundation Autism Research Initiative (SFARI) for Genomics of ASD: Pathways to Genetic Therapies
San Francisco Business Times: Unlikely Drug Hunters: How two mothers are finding hope in searching for their children’s cures
SF Business Times: Kimberly Nye and Nasha Fitter both founded organizations to seek cures for afflictions suffered by their children. Nasha Fitter didn’t have time. There had to be a better, faster way, she thought — not just for her daughter, but for other people with rare diseases. Fitter tapped her tech and entrepreneurial background to create a nonprofit, the FOXG1 Research Foundation.
The most personalized medicine: Studying your own child’s rare condition
Article from Spectrum News, the leading site for autism research news. Excerpt:Attracting parents who are also scientists to the cause only turbocharges those efforts. Nasha Fitter, a cofounder of the FOXG1 Research Foundation, a parent-led foundation for research on an autism-linked condition called FOXG1syndrome, could hardly believe it when she stumbled on a 2017 Facebook post by FOXG1 parent Soo-Kyung Lee about a grant she and her husband, Jae Lee, both respected neuroscientists, had secured. “Hold up, you guys are parents and you’re scientists?” she remembers thinking, even before she knew of their expertise and reputation for rigor. The Lees now lead the FOXG1 Center of Excellence at the University at Buffalo in New York State and receive considerable funding from the foundation. FOXG1 families are unfortunate in many ways, Fitter says, “but we’re very fortunate with Soo and Jae.”
Global Genes Rare Leader: FOXG1 Research Foundation Co-Founder & Executive Director
The Johnson Family - Changing the World Right Here in Port Washington
FOXG1 Research Foundation co-founder and Executive Director shared her story with her hometown local magazine called Port Washington Living. This feature article celebrates the Johnson family and Nicole’s work to find a cure for FOXG1 syndrome, while helping FOXG1 families around the world, including helping the FOXG1 family in the Ukraine to safety.
Help FOXG1 Ukrainian Family Rebuild!
The FOXG1 Research Community has helped get a FOXG1 family safely out of the warn-torn Ukraine! Now, they have to rebuild thier lives. Eva is a 3-ear-old child with the severe rare disease called FOXG1 syndrome. She suffers from seizures and is disabled. They are on thier way to safely, but they lost everything. This is how you can help. Thank you!
Rarebase launches a neuroscience drug discovery platform collaborating with 15 rare disease patient organization
Rarebase launches a neuroscience drug discovery platform collaborating with 15 rare disease patient organizations including the FOGX1 Research Foundation, SynGAP Research Fund, , STXBP1 Research Foundation, Hereditary Neuropathy Foundation, and more. The Function platform enables drug and target discovery for rare genetic diseases.