Community Education Programs Available
ALF offers several Community Education Programs on liver health and liver disease that are interactive and age appropriate. These popular programs include:
Viral Hepatitis
Alcohol and Your Liver
How Hepatitis C is Impacting Veterans
Love Your Liver
A variety of disease-specific brochures are also available in multiple languages.
Please contact Peggy Beers at (619) 291-5483, or
mbeers@liverfoundation.org for more information.
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Meet Our Special Events Intern, Laura!
Laura Weston is a marketing communications professional, with a passion for nonprofit work. Laura began her career at Hewlett-Packard Company, managing trade shows and events, as well as public relations for four divisions of HP. She was awarded Editor’s Choice and three “Sizzle Awards” by Exhibitor Magazine for Excellence in Effective Trade Show Promotion over two consecutive years. While raising her three children, she stayed active volunteering in schools and nonprofit organizations.
Currently she is the Communications Team Lead for Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society (NMCRS) San Diego and a CASA for Voices for Children. When not volunteering, she can be found pursuing her hobbies of yoga, hiking, biking, photography and travel!
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Meet Terry Cunningham!
Terry Cunningham has served as the President of ALF’s Pacific Coast Division’s Board of Directors since November of 2016.
Terry has been involved in creating and monitoring nonprofit organizations for the past 30 years. He has expertise in strategic planning, board and staff development, program creation and development, and program evaluation. His focus has been in HIV/AIDS care, treatment and prevention.
His most recent position, until retirement after 15 years, was as the Chief of the HIV, STD and Hepatitis Branch of Public Health Services for the County of San Diego. This position placed him in charge of a staff of 60 and a combined budget of $24 million in Ryan White CARE Act, CDC, AIDS Drug Assistance Program and State HIV Prevention funds. This Branch maintains 50 contracts with 25 community organizations making it one of the largest units in County Public Health Services.
Terry has been honored with Humanitarian of the Year Award, the highest award given by the LGBT Center in San Diego. He has provided technical assistance regarding HIV/AIDS and program management in the People’s Republic of China, the former Soviet Union, Zambia and Ethiopia.
Terry holds a Master of Arts in Organizational Management from University of Phoenix and a BA in English from Kent State.
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Hepatitis C, HCV, is the most common blood-borne infection in the United States, spreading through any contact with infected blood. It can lead to serious liver problems, including liver failure and liver cancer. Often HCV has no symptoms, but when they do occur, may include: fever, feeling tired, lack of appetite, upset stomach, jaundice and joint pain. It can be cured in most patients, meaning that the virus can’t be detected in the blood 3 months after completing treatment.
Risk factors for Hepatitis C include:
| >> Being born between 1945-1965 |
>> Being infected with HIV |
| >> Having body piercings or tattoos |
>> Current or past use of injection drugs |
| >> Receiving a transfusion with blood or blood products before 1992 |
Anyone with a risk factor for Hepatitis C should get tested. A healthcare provider can perform a simple blood test that delivers results in as little as 20 minutes. Early diagnosis and treatment may help reduce the risk of serious liver damage.
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Dedicated to decreasing the need for EMS through injury and illness prevention and working to reduce the burden on Emergency Departments is an integral part of AMR’s commitment to community health and our efforts to be a positive and proactive public health partner with San Diego County. AMR’s commitment to the community is to work together with partners and providers to establish a better continuum of care within the community. Learn more HERE.
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Repeal of the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB)
After more than five years of outreach and advocacy, we can finally bid farewell to the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB)! The board was tasked with coming up with Medicare cuts if spending rose above a certain threshold, but had been criticized as outsourcing the work of Congress to unelected bureaucrats. As part of the American Liver Foundation’s Legislative Priorities, this issue was discussed with our elected officials during ALF’s Hill Day in DC, as well as with elected representatives during local visits in the district. We appreciate our members of Congress for their continued leadership and sponsorship of IPAB repeal legislation.
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