Community Celebration & Award Ceremony Previous Honorees

Team Telomere’s Honorees for 2022 Excellence in Medicine: Dr. Jakub Tolar, University of Minnesota Excellence in Community: Bruce Friedman, Pennsylvania Executive Director’s Choice: Haley Gonzalez, Minnesota Team Telomere’s Honorees for 2019...
Kaitlin DillonGene: RTEL1

Kaitlin Dillon
Gene: RTEL1

Kaitlin, age 20, was diagnosed with aplastic anemia in 2005 at the age of 7. Before that she had significant developmental delay. The diagnosis of Dyskeratosis Congenita took two more years and a trip to the NIH to join the Inherited Bone Marrow Failure Study. Kaitlin...