Press Releases

AFTD Teams with University of Utah for Conference

March 13, 2013 – AFTD will take its education conference and annual meeting to Salt Lake City on April 12.  The University of Utah has partnered with AFTD to make this day informative and meaningful for caregivers, family members, healthcare professionals and those affected with FTD.  Click here for the full press release.

How BBQ Sauce Gives Life to Disease Research

Read about the Fehon family from Philadelphia.  Diane Fehon, with the help of her sons, realizes her husband’s dream of selling his BBQ sauce after he developed FTD.  The Fehons’ delicious sauce, which is sold on Amazon.com with a percentage of sales being donated to AFTD, will be featured as favors for AFTD’s October 19th Care & Cure Event. - September 2012 (Care & Cure Event)

AFTD Medical Advisory Councils Welcomes Two New Members

July 9, 2012 – AFTD Welcomes Dr. Edward Huey and Dr. Chiadi Onyike to Medical Advisory Council

AFTD Teams with Emory University for Education Conference

March 28, 2012 – AFTD Brings Education Conference and Annual Meeting to Atlanta

Awards for Drug Discovery Research for Frontotemporal Degeneration Announced

March 7, 2012 – Awards for Drug Discovery Research for Frontotemporal Degeneration Announced