In 2023 IFCAH (International Fund raising for Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia) in partnership with ESPE (European Society for Pediatric Endocrinology) and ESE (The European Society of Endocrinology) launches its Call for Projects.
More information on our website.
IFCAH team
Research projects funded by IFCAH in 2023 are now available on our website.
IFCAH Team
Research projects funded by IFCAH in 2022 are now available on our website.
IFCAH Team
Research projects funded by IFCAH in 2021 are now available on our website.
We send you our best wishes for the end of the year and we thank you for your support !
IFCAH Team
In 2022 IFCAH (International Fund raising for Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia) in partnership with ESPE (European Society for Pediatric Endocrinology) launches its Call for Projects.
More information on our website.
IFCAH team
10 years CAH Research Support
IFCAH is pleased to welcome all patients, patient’s families, researchers and clinicians to share their very last findings on CAH, obtained thanks to 10 years of IFCAH support.
Monday 14th June 2021, from 4.00 pm to 7.00 pm CET
(10 am to 1 pm EST)
Free but mandatory registration.
IFCAH First (DIGITAL) Symposium
10 years CAH Research Support
Monday 14th June 2021, from 4.00 pm to 7.00 pm
Save the date
IFCAH is pleased to welcome all patients, patient’s families, researchers and clinicians to share their very last findings on CAH, obtained thanks to 10 years of IFCAH support.
International CAH experts will present their last results issued from their research work and respond to your questions
Speakers:
Free but mandatory registration. Registration link will be sent to you soon.
In 2020 IFCAH funded projects on Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia for an amount of 350 000€. Following IFCAH’s call for projects, 21 letters of intent have been received. Among them, 11 projects have been pre-selected for being reviewed and auditioned by the scientific committee.
Following projects will be funded in 2020:
Dr Hedi Claahsen, Dr Antonius Herwaarden, “The risk for developing clinical signs of cortisol deficiency in CAH and acquired adrenal insufficiency – what makes the difference?”, 75 000 €
Dr Alaa El Ghoneimi, “New standardized method for objective short and long term functional and morphological evaluation of operated CAH genitalia in children and adolescent: The EvaSurg study”, 50 000 €
Dr Gerard Ruiz Babot, “Generation of human steroid-producing organoids: a new approach towards a treatment for CAH (Renewal)”, 100 000 € (AFM IFCAH)
Dr Andreas Schedl, “Differentiation of stem cells into adrenal organoids”, 50 000 € (AFM)
Pr Gary Hammer, “Transcriptional programs involved in ACTH-induced hyperplasia – Implication of the transcription factor Hhex in adrenal differentiation and response to chronic hormonal challenges.”, 125000 €
Funded projects summaries are available online on our IFCAH website.
Medical and scientific professionals across the world are currently facing unprecedented challenges due to the Covid-19 pandemic. We have been having many discussions with IFCAH board of trustees about IFCAH first scientific symposium to decide the best course of action.
The IFCAH foundation has decided to postpone the first scientific symposium to the 14th of June 2021. More information and new registration link will be published end 2020.
We wish you strength, safety and health over these coming months,
IFCAH Team
For its 10th anniversary IFCAH is organising the 15 of June 2020 the first scientific symposium dedicated to projects funded since 2010.
This first symposium will contain two parts:
Thank you again for your support, we hope you will be present to this first symposium,
IFCAH Team
IFCAH (International Fund raising Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia) 