This is a unanimous decision made by the VR Foundation Board of Directors, after careful deliberation about how best to serve the vitiligo community. In a way, we are a victim of our own success in transforming the landscape of vitiligo research, awareness and funding.
What is a Seismologist? Seismology is the study of seismic waves, energy waves caused by rock suddenly breaking apart within the earth or the slipping of tectonic plates. We know these as events as earthquakes.
When this happens, earthquake waves transfer the released energy to the surface of the earth. Seismology is the study of earthquakes, and the waves that they create. The focus (sometimes referred to as the hypocenter) is the point within a geological fault that is rupturing where the earthquake begins. The epicenter is the point on the surface of the earth that is directly above the focus.