2023 Changing the Odds Gala Raises $110,000 for C. diff Education and Advocacy
On Friday, November 3rd, Peggy Lillis Foundation (PLF) held its 14th Annual Changing the Odds Ga…
PLF in the News: Advocate and Board Member Carol Raye Featured On KevinMD
C. diff survivor, Patient Advocate, and Peggy Lillis Foundation Board Member, Carol Raye, has a …
PLF in the News: Executive Director’s In-Depth Interview with the American Journal of Managed Care on the See C. diff Campaign
Peggy Lillis Foundation Executive Director, Christian John Lillis, was interviewed by American J…
COVID-19 Revealed How a Lack of Care for Seniors Affects Us All
Our executive director, Christian John Lillis, wrote this essay for Pharmacy Times Health System…
The surprising origin of a deadly hospital infection
PLF Scientific Advisor Vince Young, MD, PhD, was featured in a University of Michigan Medicine a…
In advocates’ ongoing push for superbug funding, ‘$6 billion is nothing’
When Peggy Lillis died of a clostridium difficile infection in 2010, her sons were shocked.
L…
C. diff in the News: Clostridioides difficile Infection in Children
On August 10, 2023, the American Academy of Pediatrics published an updated review of Epidemiolog…
C. diff In The News: Clostridioides Difficile Infection Associated With Increased Risk of All-Cause Mortality
A recent study published in Clinical Microbiology and Infection sheds light on the concerning ass…
Canvas Rebel: Meet Christian John Lillis
Peggy Lillis Foundation Executive Director, Christian John Lillis, was interviewed by Canvas Rebe…
Pharmacy Times: Peggy Lillis Foundation C. diff Advocacy Summit
During the National C. diff and Advocacy Summit in April, the session on Medical Gaslighting garn…
Contagion Live: C. diff Patient Group Continues Advocacy With FDA Session, Day on Capitol Hill
In March, PLF hosted the first ever FDA Patient-led Listening Session for C. diff. This session w…
Diagnostics World: PLF Organizes First-Ever FDA Patient-led Listening Session: Clostridioides difficile Infection
In March, PLF hosted the first ever FDA Patient-led Listening Session for C. diff. This session w…