(NEW YORK CITY, NY/April 7, 2020) – The Job Research Foundation has announced the recipients of its second round of grant funding that will support investigation into the causes of and treatments for Job Syndrome. The Foundation awarded four two-year grants of $200,000 each to support four research projects. The recipients are:

Vance KleinApril 7, 2020

Job Research Foundation Announces Second Round of Funding: $400,000 in Grants Available to Researchers Investigating Causes/Treatments of Rare Multisystem Immunodeficiency Disorder

The Job Research Foundation, which seeks to help find a cure for Job Syndrome by providing the scientific community with additional opportunities to further research into the rare multisystem immunodeficiency disorder, has announced the second round of grant funding. There will be two grants in the amount of $200,000 each.

Vance KleinJuly 23, 2019

Job Research Foundation Awards Fourth Grant to Germany-Based Researcher to Investigate Causes of and Treatments for Job Syndrome

The Job Research Foundation is pleased to announce the fourth grant recipient of the first round of funding to support investigation into the causes of and treatments for Job Syndrome.

Vance KleinJune 13, 2019

Research Foundation Announces First Grant Recipients: Researchers from Three Countries Selected to Receive Funding to Investigate Causes of and Treatments for Job Syndrome

The Job Research Foundation has announced the recipients of its first round of grant funding that will support investigation into the causes of and treatments for Job Syndrome.

Vance KleinApril 17, 2019

Job Research Foundation Makes Scientific Advisory Board Appointments: Professor Alain Fischer, MD Tapped as Chief Scientific Officer, Professor Andrew R. Gennery, MD Named to Board

(NEW YORK CITY, NY, February 19, 2019) –Job Research Foundation, which seeks to help find a cure for Job Syndrome by providing the scientific community with additional opportunities to further research into the rare immunodeficiency disorder, has announced the appointment of Dr. Alain Fischer as Chief Scientific Officer of the Foundation’s Scientific Advisory Board and the addition of Dr. Andrew R. Gennery to the Foundation’s Scientific Advisory Board.

Vance KleinFebruary 19, 2019

Skin infections turned out to be sign of serious problem for little girl

THE WASHINGTON POST

By Sandra G. Boodman July 28 –

The pediatrician was blunt but not unkind. Even so, her unequivocal message made Jan Wiese bristle.

“You know, this is really not normal,” the Northern Virginia doctor said as she examined 2-year-old Lucy Wiese for the first time. Struck by the little girl’s medical history, especially her repeated skin infections, the doctor recommended that Lucy see a pediatric immunologist in Baltimore.

“I was kind of offended,” Wiese recalled of the encounter. It had not occurred to her or her physician husband that their daughter’s infections might signal something more serious than a toddler’s normal — if acute — reaction to unfamiliar germs.

Years later, Wiese ruefully recalled how indignant she felt. “Of course she was right,” Wiese conceded. Read More...

Vance KleinJuly 28, 2018

Job Research Foundation Announces First-Ever Grant Offer

UP TO $500,000 IN GRANTS AVAILABLE TO RESEARCHERS INVESTIGATING CAUSES/TREATMENTS OF RARE MULTISYSTEM IMMUNODEFICIENCY DISORDER

(NEW YORK CITY, NY, JUNE 27, 2018) – The Job Research Foundation, which seeks to help find a cure for Job Syndrome by providing the scientific community with additional opportunities to further research into the rare multisystem immunodeficiency disorder, has announced that they are offering up to $500,000 in grants for the first time. The grant funding will be awarded to scientific researchers who are interested in investigating the causes of, and treatments for, Job Syndrome.

Vance KleinJune 27, 2018