Lunch & Learn

with the LINK


A Telephone Support CALL IN Program for Patients,

Families/Caregivers/Loved Ones


Chronic Graft Versus Host Disease: Ways to Cope and Improve Life & the Latest Updates on Treatment Options


Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024

NOON EST (one hour)

Click here to register today! 


This month, Dr. Annie Im of the UPMC Hillman Cancer Center in Pittsburgh will focus on how to navigate chronic Graft Versus Host Disease (cGVHD) and updates on treatment options. As clinical trials and treatments advance, we want to be sure you have everything needed to manage it all and get busy enjoying life. Lew Christie, a two-time AML transplant survivor with an extraordinary story, will share how he gets through the tough days as he manages his GVHD on a daily basis. Jennifer Gillette, LMSW, Staff Social Worker at nbmtLINK will host this program. There will be time for live questions.


If you have any technical issues related to registering, please email, peggyburkhard@nbmtlink.org or call (248) 770-5172. The call-in information is contained in the form you use to register. Note: YOU call in to participate. (We do not call you.)



This FREE program is intended to provide psychosocial and emotional

support along with health information from national experts regarding

critical topics surrounding cancer and treatments.

This program is recorded and available on our website

one week after airing live, www.nbmtlink.org.


Special Thanks To Our Sponsors: 

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Incyte and Pharmacyclics & Janssen


We also thank our Esteemed Link Partners, listed at the end of this newsletter.


A Facebook Live Program is Set for

Saturday, Feb. 17, 2024,


Spoken in Spanish


In Honor of the 2nd Annual GVHD Day


Below is more information on this exciting way to bring important transplant basics to our Spanish speaking patients and their families.


Please share this information with anyone who might benefit from this incredible Facebook Live.


Click here to attend the recording of the event


Saturday, February 17, 2024


The nbmtLINK is proud to be part of the GVHD Alliance, bringing together leading transplant organizations to improve access to resources and support for the graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) community and people living with GVHD, a complication that can have a tremendous impact. The GVHD Alliance aims to bridge existing gaps in unmet needs of the GVHD community and launch a new, dedicated awareness. We are in our second year and the momentum is building.


To learn more about the Alliance and the 2nd Annual GVHD Day click here:

more the Alliance website

a unified platform where the GVHD
About the GVHD Alliance
The GVHD Alliance is empowering voices in the GVHD community to increase awareness and help improve the lives of people living with GVHD. The GVHD Alliance has developed a unified platform that facilitates a nurturing community for people living with GVHD, connecting resources, education, and support.

Sneak Peek!


We are at the printer now with this NEW and exciting book we cannot wait to share with you. It will be available as a FREE downloadable book and also for sale on our website for a deep discounted price of only $5 per book, which includes shipping and handling. Bulk discounts will also be available. It will be available in the next few weeks.



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Special thanks to our Esteemed Link Partners, listed below, who make everything we do possible through their support.


Link Partners include cancer centers and allied partners who annually support our mission of providing psychosocial support to patients, caregivers, their families and health care professionals dedicated to helping people navigate a bone marrow transplant. If you would like to learn more about the many benefits (books, programs, hyperlink on our website, flier inclusion) to being a Link Partner, please do not hesitate to contact us at (248) 358-1886.


  • American Society for Transplantation and Cellular Therapy (ASTCT)
  • Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Center
  • Blood Marrow Transplant Program at Northside Hospital
  • Center for International Blood & Marrow Transplant Research (CIBMTR)
  • Corewell Health
  • Dana-Farber Brigham Cancer Center
  • DKMS
  • Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
  • Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin Cancer Network
  • Henry Ford Health – Cancer
  • Incyte
  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
  • Meredith A. Cowden Foundation
  • Nebraska Medicine
  • Oregon Health & Science University Knight Cancer Center
  • Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
  • Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy Program, John Theurer Cancer Center at Hackensack University Medical Center
  • The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
  • University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center
  • University of Michigan Health Rogel Cancer Center
  • Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
  • Versiti
  • Westmead Blood Transplant and Cell Therapies Program
 
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