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When Your Career and Personal Life Collide - VP of Medical and Science Strategy and Head of Syneos Health's Rare Disease Consortium FSHD Rare Dad - Raymond Huml

Once Upon A Gene

English - August 04, 2022 11:00 - 34 minutes - ★★★★★ - 258 ratings
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ONCE UPON A GENE - EPISODE 146
When Your Career and Personal Life Collide - VP of Medical and Science Strategy and Head of Syneos Health's Rare Disease Consortium FSHD Rare Dad - Raymond Huml

Ray Huml and his wife have two kids with Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy (FSHD). He's an author, Vice President of Medical and Scientific Strategy and Head of the Rare Disease Consortium at Syneos Health Clinical Solutions.

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS

As a family, how do you navigate metal health?
We've decided as a family to take what's not good and make it good. We reach out to the professionals we need to for mental and physical health. My dad used to say we're all composed of body, mind and spirit and they're all interwoven, so you have to address all aspects. 

How do you find patients to participate in clinical trials?
There has to be a compelling argument for why a person should participate in a clinical trial. I lobby heavily in the FSHD Society to develop ICD-10 codes for Muscular Dystrophy, including FSHD, so patients can be tracked. That provides a digital footprint of identifiable patients with a diagnosis. With HIPPA rules, you can't contact patients directly, but the data can be used to know how many patients there are. 

What advice do you have for patient advocacy groups to get ICD-10 codes approved?
Be persistent and advocate for each rare disease individually so it's more easily differentiated and tracked.

How have things changed for you as a caregiver as your children have grown into adults and gone away to college?
We've changed our life in order to support them, traveling often to help how we can, encouraging them and staying connected. 

CONNECT WITH RAY
Email: [email protected] or [email protected]

LINKS & RESOURCES MENTIONED
Global Genes Patient Advocacy Summit
https://globalgenes.org/event/rare-patient-advocacy-summit/
FHSD Society 
https://www.fshdsociety.org/
Accelerating Rare Disease Drug Development: Lessons Learned from Muscular Dystrophy Patient Advocacy Groups
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s43441-020-00221-4
Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy
https://www.parentprojectmd.org/
Accelerating Rare Disease Research by Listening to the Patient Voice
https://www.syneoshealth.com/insights-hub/incorporating-the-patient-voice-into-the-rare-disease-drug-development-paradigm
Muscular Dystrophy Association
https://www.mda.org/
Books by Raymond Huml
https://www.amazon.com/s?i=stripbooks&rh=p_27%3ARaymond+A.+Huml&s=relevancerank&text=Raymond+A.+Huml&ref=dp_byline_sr_book_1

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ONCE UPON A GENE - EPISODE 146

When Your Career and Personal Life Collide - VP of Medical and Science Strategy and Head of Syneos Health's Rare Disease Consortium FSHD Rare Dad - Raymond Huml


Ray Huml and his wife have two kids with Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy (FSHD). He's an author, Vice President of Medical and Scientific Strategy and Head of the Rare Disease Consortium at Syneos Health Clinical Solutions.


EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS


As a family, how do you navigate metal health?

We've decided as a family to take what's not good and make it good. We reach out to the professionals we need to for mental and physical health. My dad used to say we're all composed of body, mind and spirit and they're all interwoven, so you have to address all aspects. 


How do you find patients to participate in clinical trials?

There has to be a compelling argument for why a person should participate in a clinical trial. I lobby heavily in the FSHD Society to develop ICD-10 codes for Muscular Dystrophy, including FSHD, so patients can be tracked. That provides a digital footprint of identifiable patients with a diagnosis. With HIPPA rules, you can't contact patients directly, but the data can be used to know how many patients there are. 


What advice do you have for patient advocacy groups to get ICD-10 codes approved?

Be persistent and advocate for each rare disease individually so it's more easily differentiated and tracked.


How have things changed for you as a caregiver as your children have grown into adults and gone away to college?

We've changed our life in order to support them, traveling often to help how we can, encouraging them and staying connected. 



CONNECT WITH RAY

Email: [email protected] or [email protected]


LINKS & RESOURCES MENTIONED

Global Genes Patient Advocacy Summit

https://globalgenes.org/event/rare-patient-advocacy-summit/

FHSD Society 

https://www.fshdsociety.org/

Accelerating Rare Disease Drug Development: Lessons Learned from Muscular Dystrophy Patient Advocacy Groups

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s43441-020-00221-4

Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy

https://www.parentprojectmd.org/

Accelerating Rare Disease Research by Listening to the Patient Voice

https://www.syneoshealth.com/insights-hub/incorporating-the-patient-voice-into-the-rare-disease-drug-development-paradigm

Muscular Dystrophy Association

https://www.mda.org/

Books by Raymond Huml

https://www.amazon.com/s?i=stripbooks&rh=p_27%3ARaymond+A.+Huml&s=relevancerank&text=Raymond+A.+Huml&ref=dp_byline_sr_book_1


TUNE INTO THE ONCE UPON A GENE PODCAST

Spotify

https://open.spotify.com/show/5Htr9lt5vXGG3ac6enxLQ7

Apple Podcasts

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/once-upon-a-gene/id1485249347

Stitcher

https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/once-upon-a-gene

Overcast

https://overcast.fm/itunes1485249347/once-upon-a-gene


CONNECT WITH EFFIE PARKS

Website

https://effieparks.com/

Twitter

https://twitter.com/OnceUponAGene

Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/onceuponagene.podcast/?hl=en

Built Ford Tough Facebook Group

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1877643259173346/

Once Upon a Gene TV

https://www.thedisordercollection.com/

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