Speak with our HG Experts
To contact the HER Foundation for interviews, please email media@hyperemesis.org.
HG women in your area
To find women around the world willing to share their stories to help raise awareness of HG, please email media@hyperemesis.org.
Media Relations Contacts
Please direct media inquiries to media@hyperemesis.org.
Our HG Experts
Dr. Marlena Fejzo, a Harvard-trained geneticist and researcher at University of Southern California, is the world's leading research scientist on HG and a HER Foundation Board member. Dr. Fejzo endured HG during her pregnancies.
Dr. Aimee Brecht-Doscher is an OBGYN in the Los Angeles area who has personally been affected by HG and is on the Board of the HER Foundation.
Kimber MacGibbon is a registered nurse (RN) and has helped many thousands of women since 2000 get through their HG pregnancies. She has an extensive understanding of HG from a medical and personal perspective. Kimber is also co-founder of the HER Foundation. She and Dr. Fejzo have co-authored over two dozen studies on HG in collaboration with universities, including USC and UCLA. Kimber had HG in both of her pregnancies. Email her at kimber @hyperemesis.org.
Press Releases
- Amy Schumer joins the Board of Directors of the Hyperemesis Education and Research
(HER) Foundation - May 2022 - Researchers Identify Gene Mutation Linked to Pregnancy Sickness - March 2022
- HER Foundation HG Awareness Day - Raise Your Voice - May 2020
- HG Awareness Day 2019 – May 2019
- HER Foundation Helps UCLA and 23 & Me with Genetic Studies – March 2018
- HER Foundation Responds to Duchess’ Third HG Pregnancy – September 2017
- HER Foundation donates $46,000 to UCLA geneticist for research into Hyperemesis Gravidarum – September 2012
- UCLA: Extreme morning sickness could lead to lifelong emotional, behavioral disorders in kids – August 2011
- Moms and Experts Meet On Capitol Hill, Give Voice To Overlooked Pregnancy Disease – September 2005
- HER Foundation Releases Survey Results On Hyperemesis Gravidarum – May 2005
- Untreated Hyperemesis Predisposes Babies to Diseases – December 2003
- Devastating illness for moms’-to-be in need of research to save lives – June 2003
BJOG publishes HER/USC study on the genetics of HG
The HER Foundation continues the breakthroughs with publication of “Whole-exome sequencing uncovers new variants in GDF15 associated with hyperemesis gravidarum” in BJOG.
What is Hyperemesis Gravidarum?
Hyperemesis gravidarum (HG) does not look the same for every patient. Learn about the severity levels.
Dr. Fejzo is interviewed in Inverse
Dr. Marlena Fejzo, geneticist and HER’s Research Advisor and member of the Board of Directors, was featured in the Inverse article, “When morning sickness kills: doctors have dismissed hyperemesis gravidarum for decades, but new research could undo this harmful legacy.”
Statistics and Fact Sheets
- HER Foundation Fact Sheet
- Research Presentation Poster: SMFM 2019 Genetics Poster
- Research Presentation Poster:
Symptomatology and Outcomes of Women with HG as Reported in a Large Registry - Research Presentation Poster:
Familial Aggregation of HG - Research Presentation Poster:
Voluntary Termination in a Large Cohort of Women with Hyperemesis Gravidarum - Research Presentation Poster:
Secular Trends in the Treatment of Hyperemesis Gravidarum - Research Presentation Poster:
Extreme Weight Loss and Extended Duration of Symptoms Common in Hyperemesis Gravidarum
