The Family Retreat offers families a break from appointments, treatment decisions and everyday responsibilities. Children can try new activities and grow in confidence while caregivers learn, share practical support and connect with one another. The relationships formed at camp often continue long after everyone goes home.
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Silvia Balbo
PhD
Dr. Balbo studies the interaction of DNA and chemicals to investigate how lifestyle and environment exposures cause disease. Her work focuses on the development of mass spectrometry-based methods for the identification and quantification of DNA addition products (called adducts) in animals and humans.
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