Save the Date!
LAM Action’s annual meeting will be held in Nottingham on Saturday, 10 June, at the Mercure Nottingham Sherwood Hotel. More details to follow, but for now please mark your calendars.
London/SE LAM Group In-Person Meeting
For the first time in over two years, the London/SE LAM Group will be meeting in person! Our get-together will be on Saturday, 24 September, from 2:00 pm. We are scouting for a location convenient to a Central London train/tube station and hope to find something with outdoor seating (and hope for suitable weather too!). If you would like to join us, please email Jill Pateman before 3:00 pm on Wednesday, 21 September, at jill.pateman@office.lamaction.org and she will provide you with more information.
LAM Action Virtual Meeting celebrates 25 years
LAM Action celebrated 25 years with a really positive virtual meeting on 11th June 2022. The 3 hour event included a history of LAM from Prof Anne Tattersfield OBE, research updates from Prof Simon Johnson and Dr Debbie Clements, a tour of the Nottingham research lab, messages from LAM Groups around the world and the Lucy Falconer Talk was presented by Dr Lisa Henske, Director of the Center for LAM Research and Clinical Care, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston. There are chapters marked within the recording so that you can move forward to view different talks and the event starts about 9 minutes in. You can watch the recording of the event here.
AGENDA
10.40 Prof. Simon Johnson – ‘Clinical trials for LAM: Moving medicines from the lab to the clinic’
11.10 The History of LAM Action – Prof. Anne Tattersfield looks back over 25 years
11.50 A video tour of the LAM Research Lab in Nottingham
12.50 Dr Debbie Clements – ‘An update from the lab’
12.40 Messages from LAM groups around the world
13.15 The Lucy Falconer Talk – Dr Lisa Henske – ‘LAM Research and Clinical Care: Past, present and future’
Jade Group (virtual) get-together
The next virtual get-together for the Jade Group (those with LAM born between 1960 and 1980) will be on Monday, 27 June, from 18:00 – 19:30 BST. Anyone who would like to participate in this online chat should contact Jill Pateman by Tuesday 27 June and she will send you the Zoom link.
Annual Meeting 11 June 2022
LAM Action’s annual meeting will be held virtually on Saturday, 11 June 2022. We will kick-off with our formal AGM at 10 am, followed by what promises to be an extra special meeting of presentations and celebrations. This year marks LAM Action’s 25th Anniversary, and our meeting will highlight the tremendous progress made in LAM research, understanding and patient-led achievements over the last 25 years. For more information, please contact jill.pateman@office.lamaction.org
Lavender Group (virtual) get-together
The next virtual get-together for the Lavender Group (those with LAM born before 1960) will be on Tuesday, 14 June, from 18:00 – 19:30 BST. Anyone who would like to participate in this online chat should contact Jill Pateman by Tuesday 7 June and she will send you the Zoom link.