The Art of Fighting: An Event to Honor James
My name is Ian. I love drawing, I love video games, and more than anything else, I love my son, James. James was due on Christmas Day, 2011, but thought he’d take everyone by surprise and arrive a...
View ArticleDACHDNC Meeting – Day 1 – September 19, 2013
Discretionary Advisory Committee for Heritable Diseases in Newborns and Children September 2013 Meeting I’m a board member for the Save Babies Through Screening Foundation. We all serve the group in...
View ArticleDACHDNC Meeting – Day 2 – September 20, 2013
Today was day two of the quarterly meeting of the Discretionary Advisory Committee on Heritable Diseases in Newborns and Children. I have to admit, my attention span was a bit scattered today. I gave...
View ArticleSave Babies Through Screening Foundation Welcomes Ruth Caruthers as an...
Ruth Caruthers became an advocate for CHD and pulse ox screening after the death of her three month old son, Corbin, due to complications from heart defects. Less then a year after his passing, Ruth...
View ArticleSBTS Advisor Ruth Caruthers Advocates for Babies
If you would have asked me three years ago if I thought I would be traveling to advocate newborn screening, I would have laughed. “Nahhhh”, I would have said, “I’m not important enough to do that.”...
View ArticleSBTS Board Member Kelly Jellin Gives Speech at Stanford for the Association...
Lucas and I recently gave a speech at Stanford for the Association of Auxiliaries for Children. The association raised about $4,800,000 for Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford. They donate...
View ArticleSBTS: Packets for Parents Program
Save Babies Through Screening Foundation’s Packets for Parents program provides free supplemental screening packets to families in need. This year, the importance of this resource for families was...
View ArticleThe Clock is Ticking….
Years ago when the newborn screening system began, it all came into being because of time. Newborns needed to be screened for a baseline panel of illnesses, because waiting for the sick ones to become...
View ArticleRegister Today for the First Annual SBTS Virtual 5k!
To celebrate and raise awareness for Newborn Screening Awareness Month, we are hosting a virtual run/walk!Participation is simple: Register, use the summer months to get yourself ready, and then in...
View ArticleNewborn Screening Awareness Month 2015!
Newborn Screening Awareness Month is here and we have some great things planned for the month! Every day you’ll find new facts, family stories and information to share on social media. We have an...
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