Emma Huskinson

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6th June 2024

Emotive and M4RD shortlisted for medical comms award!

M4RD is thrilled to shine a spotlight on our very special, five year partnership with emotive agency, as it has been shortlisted for a prestigious medical communications award! The team […]

9th June 2022

Rare Diseases Action Plan – Actions 8 & 9

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This is the third instalment of M4RD’s comments on the English Rare Diseases Action Plan. I will now discuss Action 8; Extend the remit of the Genomics Education Programme to […]

31st May 2022

Rare Diseases Action Plan Focus on Action 6

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In this post Emma will focus on Action 6 of the England Rare Disease Action Plan; develop an innovative digital educational resource. This is the first action listed in the Plan […]

26th May 2022

Rare Disease Action Plan 2022 – focus on priority 2, action 7

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In my last post I introduced some of M4RD’s initial thoughts on the Rare Diseases Action Plan 2022 Action 6. Now I’d like to continue exploring Priority 2; ‘increasing awareness […]

11th May 2022

Westminster, Rare Collaboration and Rare Diseases Action Plan 2022

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Last Monday I attended a reception at the House of Commons to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Society for Mucopolysaccharide Disease, or MPS. MPS is a member of the […]

30th March 2022

M4RD: Quarter 1 and Rare Disease Day 2022

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Spring is in the air and the team at M4RD have been reflecting on what has been a HUGE first quarter for us. Most notably, we have grown. Melissa, our […]

5th November 2021

Syndromes without a name (SWAN)

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It’s my first blog post for M4RD and I have been thinking back to when I was first introduced to the field of rare diseases, whilst in Med School. At […]