Glenn and Cara O'Neill, President and Chief Science Officer, respectively, of Cure Sanfilippo Foundation, were honored to be invited by the National Institutes of Health (NIH)/National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) group to speak at their...
Thought-Leadership Projects
Peer-reviewed publication of first-ever Caregiver Preference Study on Sanfilippo
The first peer-reviewed publication of the Sanfilippo Caregiver Preference Study was released in December 2020 in Neurology and Therapy. This is the first-ever Caregiver Preference Study regarding Sanfilippo Syndrome, which explores what parents consider “meaningful...
2nd annual World Sanfilippo Awareness Day to be celebrated Nov. 16, 2020
People around the world are making a significant difference for children with Sanfilippo Syndrome. Each day, an effective, approved, and available treatment for Sanfilippo Syndrome is closer. Each year, World Sanfilippo Awareness Day is celebrated by this community...
Medical records of Sanfilippo children can accelerate discovery of a treatment
Parents and caregivers of children with Sanfilippo Syndrome have the opportunity to help accelerate drug development for the disease right from their homes. AllStripes, formerly RDMD, is a research platform dedicated to rare diseases that enables patients to...
Lack of appropriate education for children with significant special needs
Dr. Cara O'NeillChief Science Officer for Cure Sanfilippo Foundation The pandemic has Cure Sanfilippo Foundation embarking on some new advocacy work by Chief Science Officer Cara O'Neill. Many, many children with significant special needs, especially children with...
Global Genes’ RARE Cast podcast interviews Cara O’Neill
Dr. Cara O'Neill, Chief Science Officer for Cure Sanfilippo Foundation, discussed her own journey with Sanfilippo Syndrome, issues causing diagnostic delay, and how the Foundation is helping advance science for a cure in an interview as the Aug. 28 guest on Global...
“What is a life worth?” is an unconscious bias among clinicians
Dr. Cara O'Neill is Chief Science Officer for Cure Sanfilippo Foundation and mother to a 10-year-old daughter with Sanfilippo Syndrome. During a wide-ranging interview with Sonia Adnan of Instagram's autismlifegram.md, they explored the mentality toward treating...
‘Watch and wait’ approach to developmental delays is not acceptable anymore, says Dr. Cara O’Neill
Dr. Cara O'Neill, Chief Science Officer for Cure Sanfilippo Foundation, is also mother to a 10-year-old daughter with Sanfilippo Syndrome. She urged that the traditional "watch and wait" approach by physicians when a child first exhibits developmental delays is not...
Cure Sanfilippo joins in calling for addition to Cures 2.0 legislation
Cure Sanfilippo Foundation is one of 46 patient advocacy organizations to sign-on to a letter asking U.S. Representatives Diana DeGette (D-Colorado) and Fred Upton (R-Michigan) to include H.R. 4144 - Ending the Diagnostic Odyssey Act in the Cures 2.0 legislation. The...