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 women's health researcher, specializing in genetics, an affiliated with the University of Southern California. Dr. Fejzo is credited with discovering the cause of HG and is the world's leading research scientist on HG and a HER Foundation Board member and Research Advisor. Dr. Fejzo endured HG during her pregnancies. Email her at research at hyperemesis.org.

Dr. Aimee Brecht-Doscher is an OBGYN in the Los Angeles area who has personally been affected by HG. She is a HER Foundation Board member and the Medical Advisor for the Foundation. Email her at aimee at hyperemesis.org.

Kimber MacGibbon is a registered nurse (RN) and has helped many thousands of families facing HG across the globe since 2000. She has an extensive understanding of HG from a medical, advocacy, and personal perspective. Kimber is also co-founder of the HER Foundation. She and Dr. Fejzo have co-authored over three dozen publications on HG in collaboration with universities, including USC and UCLA. Kimber had HG in both of her pregnancies and is located in Portland, Oregon. Email her at kimber at hyperemesis.org.

2020 HG Vision: the year in review

By HER Foundation | December 27, 2020

Support another 20 years of helping mothers and babies thrive. HER is the global voice and leader for HG research and education.

WE’RE EXCITED TO WELCOME 2021!

By HER Foundation | December 15, 2020

Support another 20 years of helping HG mothers and babies thrive! We are so thankful for 20 years of serving the HG community and look forward to another 20. Our…

Giving Hope on Giving Tuesday

By HER Foundation | November 24, 2020

This year there is HOPE. Don’t you feel it…the feeling of CHANGE. We have suffered through so many uncertainties and challenges in 2020, and now we can look forward to the…

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