March 29, 2019 – CAF is so proud of Daniela Ciriello, who at only 6 years old is doing so much to raise awareness about thalassemia. Daniela has the blood disorder beta thalassemia major and must receive blood transfusions every three weeks to survive. But she doesn’t let her thalassemia stop her from dreaming and […]
January 24, 2019 – This past Sunday, the Cammilleri family took over the CAF Instagram page for 24 hours until Monday evening. Brothers Corbyn and Cai shared some moments from their routine blood transfusions, and each family member shared a few thoughts on life with thalassemia. Thank you so much to Joe, Lynzie, Corbyn, Cai […]
August 1, 2018 – For the past year, Michelle Chieco has been leading the CAF Westchester Chapter as Volunteer President. We thank her for her service, and for sharing her story with the community. My name is Michelle Chieco and I am a 29 (almost 30!) year old with Beta thalassemia major. I grew up […]
June 27, 2018 – Yasmeen is a recent college graduate pursuing her dreams every day while living, and thriving, with thalassemia major. CAF thanks Yasmeen for allowing us to share her inspiring story as part of our third annual Thriving With Thal week. Visit our Facebook page to read stories from other individuals with thalassemia from […]
May 14, 2018 – CAF congratulates Robert Mannino, PhD student at Georgia Tech and Emory University, on winning the $100,000 Cisco Problem Solver Prize at the 17th annual Rice University Business Plan Competition in April. Robert and his teammate Prateek Mittal competed against nearly 400 student teams from around in this startup competition for graduate students. Robert’s […]
May 8, 2018 – In honor of International Thalassemia Day (May 8), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has posted information about thalassemia on their website and a new profile of CAF Board Member Maria Hadjidemetriou on their website. You can view this page by clicking here . CAF thanks the CDC for their support […]
March 13, 2018 – The Cooley’s Anemia Foundation is proud to announce Aaron Cheng as the 2017 CAF-ApoPharma Distinguished Scholar Award recipient. This scholarship is in the amount of $20,000 and is presented to individuals in the United States with a clinically significant form of thalassemia who are pursuing postgraduate doctoral level studies in medicine […]
March 5, 2018 – CAF congratulates Robert Mannino, PhD student at Georgia Tech and Emory University, on winning first place in the competition for the 2017 Student Technology Prize for Primary Healthcare. This competition showcases student innovations in primary-care technology with the objective of providing opportunities for promising engineering students to develop their careers while […]
February 27, 2018 – CAF Board Member and thalassemia patient Maria Hadjidemetriou believes that people with thalassemia should “fall in love with thalassemia because it is a part of who you are.” She explains what she means by this in her feature profile on the CDC website, which can be found at this link. We […]
November 7, 2017 – CAF is proud to celebrate National Adoption Month throughout the month of November! Our goals are to bring attention to the need for permanent families for children with thalassemia both in the U.S. and globally, to provide the greater community with resources and information on thalassemia adoption, and to share the […]
