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Studying The Relationship between Myeloma Progression and Diet

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Studying The Relationship between Myeloma Progression and Diet

Webinar
event Jan 25, 2022 / 07:00PM - 08:15PM EST
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Event Description

Join Dr. Urvi Shah as she explains her study regarding myeloma progression and diet. Is there a certain diet or choice of foods that could prevent myeloma progression for MGUS and Smoldering myeloma patients? Find out, and ask your questions!

Schedule & Agenda

Event panelist Audrey Burton-Bethke
07:00 PM
Introduction
Audrey Burton-Bethke
Audrey introduces the agenda of the event and featured speaker Dr. Urvi Shah.
Event panelist Dr. Urvi Shah
07:05 PM
Presentation
Dr. Urvi Shah
Dr. Urvi Shah explains her study regarding myeloma progression and diet. 
Event panelist Patient
07:35 PM
Patient Story
Patient
A patient shares his story. 
Event panelist Audience
07:45 PM
Questions and Answers
Audience
Type your questions in the chat and we will answer them!

Speakers & Moderators

The panelist Audrey Burton-Bethke
Audrey Burton-Bethke

Audrey joined the HealthTree Foundation as the Myeloma Community Program Director in 2020. While not knowing much about myeloma at the start, she has since worked hard to educate herself, empathize and learn from others' experiences. She loves this job. Audrey is passionate about serving others, loves learning, and enjoys a nice mug of hot chocolate no matter the weather.

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The panelist Urvi Shah, MD
Urvi Shah, MD

Dr. Urvi Shah is a faculty on the myeloma service, division of hematologic malignancies at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Her research focuses on studying the role of diet, microbiome, and other lifestyle-related risk factors in plasma cell disorders as well as identifying interventions to improve outcomes for these patients. She also studies immune therapies (including CAR T cell therapies) for myeloma. Being a lymphoma survivor herself she is passionate about helping patients make wise nutritional and lifestyle choices as they face a plasma cell disorder diagnosis as well as raising awareness about healthy choices to prevent cancer.

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This event is part of the Watch and Wait group in HealthTree Connect, a social media platform for people with blood cancer. If you want to connect with other patients and caregivers and talk about this topic, join HealthTree Connect.

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