Volunteers are needed!

Next month, Missouri Cures will have two opportunities in the St. Louis area to get out into the community and talk about the work we are doing to promote and protect medical research, but we need your help. We rely on volunteers, like you, to help make our efforts a success! Please consider signing up for a short 2-3 hour shift to help staff an informational table on September 17th and 18th at the Kirkwood Greentree Festival in beautiful Kirkwood Park or at the Tower Grove Pride Fest on September 24th and 25th. Just a few hours of your time can make a big difference.

Kindest regards,

Ellie Hayes

Executive Director

ehayes@missouricures.org

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Kate Polokonis, Executive Director of STEMSTL, is working to ensure students in the St. Louis Metro region have equitable access to high-quality STEM learning and employment opportunities. Kate is a former teacher with experience in St. Louis public schools and out-of-school STEM programs and has earned a MSW from The Brown School of Social Work at Washington University. At STEMSTL, Kate leads her team to work collaboratively with partners on systems-level solutions to connect schools, STEM learning institutions, employers and family members around high-quality, rigorous STEM learning and workforce opportunities. Learn more about Kate and STEMSTL here.

Nilofer Qureshi, Ph.D., is a professor of biomedical science, and director of the Shock/Trauma Research Center. Sepsis and septic shock, diabetes, heart disease, cancer, and other diseases that are based on inflammatory processes. Dr. Qureshi has more than 35 years of experience in the fields of endotoxins and inflammation research, drug development, and translational research. She has served as reviewer for professional scientific journals and serves on the editorial board of the Shock journal and several other journals. Learn more about her work at the Shock/Trauma Research Center here.

September 10: Walk to Defeat ALS, Springfield

October 1: JDRF One Walk, Kansas City Metro

October 8: 2022 Walk to End Alzheimer's - Columbia

October 15: St Louis WALK to End Hydrocephalus - St. Louis

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