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AFTD Invests $2.5 Million in ADDF’s Diagnostics Accelerator Program to Develop FTD Biomarkers
Leveraging generous support from our donors, AFTD’s FTD Biomarkers Initiative is expanding. We are investing $2.5MM in...
Every Contribution Counts
Soon after her husband was diagnosed with bvFTD in 2007, Elaine Rose attended an AFTD Education Conference...
“Sharing Hope” — AFTD’s 2018 Annual Report
AFTD's 2018 Annual Report documents progress made in the fiscal year commencing July 1, 2017 and ending...
AFTD News: Fall 2018, Vol. 15, Issue 3
In this issue: World FTD Awareness Week 2018 Observed Around the Globe; Hope Rising 2018 Draws Record...
Supporting Families from the Beginning
"For so long we wondered what was going on with Mom," says Amber Dickson. Her mother's behavior...
Webinar: What You Should Know about Primary Progressive Aphasia (PPA)
Dr. Emily Rogalski from Northwestern University in Chicago explores aspects of primary progressive aphasia that all persons...
Penn FTD Center Scientist Receives AFTD’s First Pilot Grant for Nonpharmacological Research
AFTD has awarded Lauren Massimo, Ph.D., CRNP, the inaugural AFTD Pilot Grant for Nonpharmacological Therapies and Tools....
Spotlight on…David Pfeifer, AFTD Board of Directors
After experiencing FTD firsthand as a care partner for his wife Cathy, David Pfeifer felt compelled to...