Recent:
AWARENESS AND ADVOCACY
Bend Women’s Expo
Spring 2024 EPNR travelled to Bend, Oregon. This event was a gem to participate in. Held at The Inn of the Seventh Mountain, the cooler temperatures outdoors did not stop people, and there were many, from attending the event.
The number of people stopping at our booth far exceeded our expectations! In fact, so many people participated in our anonymous survey that we ran out! Results of our anonymous survey:
Capstone Project Host-site
The summer of 2024, EPNR hosted a graduate student in the Doctor of Occupational Therapy Program at the University of the Pacific (Sacramento, California). A first-time host for this program, we provided guidance and resources for the student to develop a deeper understanding about endometriosis and experiences of those with the disease. EPNR Director Holly Dandurand, CFO served as first-contact relations with the U of P OT Department and mentor for Ms. Brenda Vergara OTD/s.
Capstone Project students are able to select from a range of focus areas, of which they deliver (03) products that comprise their Capstone Project.
Ms. Vergara OTD/s’s three focal areas included a research study (data gathered by participants of a two-part webinar for people with endometriosis), in-service for students and faculty of the OT Dept at the U of P, and a business plan for development of a post-professional continuing education course for Occupational Therapists.
The culmination of each student’s experience ends with their final Capstone Project Presentation. View a portion of our student’s presentation: Ms. Brenda Vergara OTD/s 2024 U of Pacific Capstone Project
The View 5K:
The Vancouver Insight (into) Endometriosis Walk 5K
Thank you to the businesses who provided merchandise for our Raffle:
Chevron #204088
610 NE 99th St. Vancouver, WA 98665
Ridgefield Raptors
Field: 3101 S. Hillhurst Rd. Ridgefield, WA 98642
Twigs Bistro and Bar
801 Waterfront Way
Suite 103
Vancouver, WA 98660
NW Escape Experience
1503 NE 78th Street, Vancouver, WA 98665
Scavenger Hunts by Lets Roam
City: Portland, OR
O’Reilly Auto Parts
6198 NE Hwy 99,
Vancouver, WA. 98665
Previous
Education
March 2022
EPNR Presentation: ‘Endometriosis: Established Perception, The Reality and Need for Revolution’; Reykjavik, Iceland
Audience: Minister of Health and Members of Iceland’s Parliament and general public
Host: Endometriosis Association of Iceland – ‘Not Just Bad Pain Tour’
Format: Live and Webcast (not available to the public – at this time)
February 2022
EPNR Presentation: ‘Pursuit of a Diagnosis: Bowel Endometriosis’; Orlando, Florida
Co-Presenter: Dr. Abhishek Mangeshikar
Host: The Endometriosis Summit
Format: Live and Webcast (click here to view segments of skit)
EPNR with Dr. Tracy Sher, Founder and Director
of Sher Pelvic Health and Healing and the Pelvic
Guru Academy @ The Endometriosis Summit
February, 2022 Celebration, FL.
August 2021
EPNR Presentation: “Endometriosis: A disease with body-wide lesion potential and capacity to disrupt systemic homeostasis”
Audience: Pre-Medicine University students w/ Carmen Nezhat’s Internship Program
Format: Webinar (not accessible to the public)
May 2021
EPNR Presentation: “Understanding Bowel Endometriosis”
Co-presenter: Dr. Abhishek Mangeshikar
Format: Webinar
May 2021
EPNR Presentation: “The Beginner’s Guide to Thoracic Endometriosis”
Host: Riverside Medical Clinical Charitable Org., Riverside, CA.
Format: Webinar
Advocacy and Awareness
Fall 2022
Guest Interview (series) with Endo-Worldwide Podcast. Host: Martina Liel
(Summaries in German)
Episode 1: October 9, 2022
Episode 2: October 24, 2022
Episode 3: November 18, 2022
January 2022
Booth at the combined Salem Women’s Expo & Salem Health & Wellness Exposition;Salem, Oregon
2021
Guest Interview (series) with “In Sixteen Years” Podcast.
Hosts: Amy Corfeli and Brittany
Research
EPNR is excited to report data collection of our first Internal Review Board Ethics Committee approved Research Study is complete.
““Survey of a select population of persons with surgically diagnosed thoracic/diaphragm endometriosis and their medical encounters from symptom onset through surgical diagnosis”.
Subjective information of persons with surgically diagnosed endometriosis of the diaphragm and/or chest cavity/lungs was collected in an online survey, August through October, 2022. Participation was open to persons 18+yrs, fluent in English, residing anywhere across the globe.
Estimated date of manuscript submission for publication: Spring, 2023.
