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Contact: Medha Deoras-Sutliff, [email protected]

HOBART, Wis. (Feb. 3, 2020) — Today, The EHE Foundation announced it will receive a $450,000 award from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) to drive progress towards treatments and a cure for Epithelioid Hemangioendothelioma (EHE), a rare vascular cancer. The award recognizes The EHE Foundation as part of CZI’s Rare As One Project, a program that provides $13.5 million in funding to a network of rare disease patient-led organizations. These grants are aimed at supporting and lifting up the work that patient communities are doing to accelerate research and drive progress in the fight against rare diseases.

“No one is more committed to finding cures for rare diseases than the patients and families of those affected by these disorders,” said Priscilla Chan, Co-Founder & Co-CEO of CZI. “We are proud to support patient-led organizations as they pursue diagnoses, information, and treatment options in partnership with researchers and clinicians.”

CZI will be providing The EHE Foundation with funding, training, community mentorship, and capacity-building services to assist in establishing a network of researchers and clinicians, convening their community, and developing a research agenda.

“We are incredibly grateful to CZI for their support and funding. The opportunity to be a part of the CZI Rare As One Project is game-changing in the rare disease world,” said Jenni Kovach, Board President of The EHE Foundation. “The knowledge of patients suffering from a rare disease is key to driving breakthroughs in research and treatment. The lack of resources and infrastructure to support such patient-led research has held progress back—but this program is a significant step forward in eliminating these barriers.”

About The EHE Foundation

Founded in 2015, The EHE Foundation is an international patient advocacy organization dedicated to seeking treatments and a cure for EHE by increasing awareness, pursuing scientific research, advocating for patients and bridging information between researchers, providers and patients. Through grassroots fundraising and the deep involvement of an emerging and tight-knit global community, The EHE Foundation has been able to jump start promising research, bringing hope to anyone affected by EHE. For more information, please visit www.fightehe.org. 

About the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative

Founded by Dr. Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg in 2015, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) is a new kind of philanthropy that’s leveraging technology to help solve some of the world’s toughest challenges — from eradicating disease, to improving education, to reforming the criminal justice system. Across three core Initiative focus areas of Science, Education, and Justice & Opportunity, we’re pairing engineering with grant-making, impact investing, and policy and advocacy work to help build an inclusive, just and healthy future for everyone. For more information, please visit www.chanzuckerberg.com.