Welcome to the Quest for Breath webpage! 

On our webpage, learn more about the organization and the cause that we fight, Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis.  Learn also about how to get involved with Quest for Breath, as well as information for patients in pod-casts, bulletins, and support groups.  Please help us find a cure and support needed to cure this disease.

New Announcements:

• Quest for Breath (QFB) has announced the new date for their Run/Walk Event.  This year's event will take place on Sunday, June 15, 2008, at Gallup Park in Ann Arbor, Michigan.  Please click here to be directed to the updated QFB Family Event webpage to learn more about the Event!

New Support Group Information:

• Please come join us at our IPF Support Group!  Please click here to view our flyer for more information.  You can also see the flyer on our IPF Support page.

What is Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis?

• Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (better known as IPF) is a form of pulmonary fibrosis with no known cause.  IPF involves the progressive scarring of lung tissue that blocks the ability to breathe.  IPF affects over 300,000 patients in the United States alone and more than five million patients worldwide.  IPF is very difficult to diagnose and is often missed for months or sometimes years before being recognized.

What is Quest for Breath?

• Quest for Breath is an organization created to raise awareness and dollars to support the Martin Edward Galvin Research Fund for IPF in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care in the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Michigan.

Contact us:

• Please contact us at 866.860.0026 or via email at questforbreath@umich.edu for more information.

Please help us find a cure to IPF!