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Yahoo News / Boston 25 News
Boston, MA •June 2022
Boston 25 News interviewed Valen prior to her co-moderating a symposium at the American Transplant Congress. They discussed her upcoming 20-year kidney transplant anniversary, the great need for organ donors and her mission to serve as a resource and inspiration for the transplant community in her role with Thermo Fisher Scientific. This interview then got picked up by Yahoo News!
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Light Up Placer Blue & Green for Donate Life Month
County of Placer •April 2022
Valen partnered with Placer County, CA to have the dome of the Historic Placer County Courthouse lit blue and green all of April to raise awareness of organ donation during Donate Life Month. She hosted a lighting ceremony, where she partnered with Thermo Fisher Scientific and Sierra Donor Services, and gathered the local and transplant community together for an emotional, educational, and empowering program. Placer County presented a proclamation declaring April as Donate Life Month in Placer County and it was a huge success.
Auburn historic courthouse dons blue and green for Donate Life Month | Gold Country Media
Placer Supervisors approve Donate Life Month proclamation | Gold Country Media
Auburn resident starts new year honoring kidney donor, starting advocacy partnership
Auburn Journal • January 1, 2022
Valen was featured in this front-page article in the Auburn Journal sharing her new partnership with Thermo Fisher Scientific and how they joined together to honor Valen's living kidney donor and celebrate their upcoming transplant anniversary milestone by dedicating 20 roses on the Donate Life Float in the Rose Parade.
My PKD Life
PKD Life Magazine • Fall 2021
Valen is honored to be on the cover of and featured in PKD Life magazine alongside her mom.
Better Protection for Transplant Recipients
The Hub at Johns Hopkins University • September 2021
Valen is honored to have her experience as a participant in the Johns Hopkins study featured in this wonderful article published in The Hub at Johns Hopkins University about the brilliant Dr. Dorry Segev and his important work surrounding COVID vaccines in the immunosuppressed, which she has been passionately advocating about since her enrollment in the study.
6 Things To Know If You're Immunocompromised And Considering A 3rd Shot
National Public Radio (NPR) News • August 2021
NPR interviewed Valen about what it felt like as a transplant recipient to learn the news of the FDA authorizing a third COVID vaccine/booster shot for immunocompromised people.
Who qualifies for a coronavirus booster shot? Why it’s still unclear
National Geographic • August 2021
National Geographic interviewed Valen about her thoughts surrounding the FDA authorizing a third COVID vaccine/booster shot for immunocompromised people.
Covid vaccines may not protect people with immune disorders
NBC News • May 2021
Valen spoke with NBC News, sharing her patient perspective and the research being done in the organ transplant community. She is featured on NBC News, representing the transplant community in this important article highlighting the millions of Americans who take immune-suppressing treatments for life.
Vaccination Against COVID 'Does Not Mean Immunity' For People With Organ Transplants
National Public Radio (NPR) News & National Public Radio (NPR) All Things Considered news broadcast show • May 2021
Valen was interviewed by NPR discussing the challenges immunocompromised people face in regards to COVID and vaccination. In this article, study findings are discussed from the Johns Hopkins research study in which Valen participated in to test antibody levels of transplant recipients after receiving the COVID vaccine. She shares her results and the patient perspective of what it feels like to navigate COVID as a transplant recipient.
CareDx Patient Profile: Valen Keefer
CareDx • January 2021
Living Life to the Fullest
TransplantNATION •January 2021
My pkd story
PKD Life • Fall 2020
Grateful Patient Valen
Grateful Patient Project • By Patti McCord • February 2020
Strength Marks: Valen Keefer
Strength Marks • By Zelda Elisco • October 2019
The Invincible Valen Keefer
Robert Irvine Magazine • By Matt Tuthill • Summer 2019
Celebrating life: Transplant recipients recognized by Chris Klug Foundation
The Aspen Times • By Austin Colbert•December 9, 2017
Auburn kidney transplant recipient to honor donor in Rose Parade
Gold Country Media • By Gus Thomson • December 24, 2010
In Their Words: Valen Cover spreads story of hope, triumph over polycystic kidney disease
Penn Live • By Body and Mind Staff • March 17, 2010
Valen Elizabeth Keefer - A STORY OF HOPE: A LIFE OF TRIUMPH
TRIO • By Valen (Cover) Keefer
Stories of Hope: Valen Keefer
Donate Life California
Valen’s Story
UKRO
UKRO Announces New National Spokesperson Valen Keefer
UKRO • May 17, 2011
Valen Keefer: winning my war against PKD
Explore Transplant • March 30, 2015
Valen: Polycystic Kidney Disease and Bile Duct Malformations
American Liver Foundation
Twelve Women of 2012’ Inspire Americans to Be Organ & Tissue Donors
Donate Life America • February 27, 2012