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Patient and Medical Professionals Education Day: Focus on PSP
Want to learn more about progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP?) Join CurePSP, The University of Pennsylvania and Good Shepard Penn Partners for an interactive session designed to inform patients, care partners, families and medical professionals about this neurodegenerative disease. Attendees should come…
10th International Conference on Frontotemporal Dementias, Munich
10th International Conference on Frontotemporal Dementias – August 31-September 2, 2016 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FTD Hotel Holiday Inn Munich – City Centre, Munich Germany Hochstrasse 3 81669 Munich, Germany Held every two years, the International Conference on Frontotemporal Dementias (ICFTD)…
Penn FTD Center’s 2016 FTD Caregiver Conference
Friday, May 20, 2016, from 8 a.m.–4:30 p.m. University of Pennsylvania Smilow Center for Translational Research 3400 Civic Center Boulevard Philadelphia, PA 19104 The Penn Frontotemporal Degeneration Center invites you to attend a day-long conference for caregivers of persons with FTD…
Building an Infrastructure to Support FTLD Therapeutic Development
Building an Infrastructure to Support FTLD Therapeutic Development (March 31-April 1, 2016 in Bethesda, MD) will be co-hosted by AFTD, through its FTD Treatment Study Group (FTSG), and the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS). Providing an opportunity for…
Alzheimer’s Disease-Related Dementias 2016 Summit
The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) is sponsoring this summit of neuroscientists, physicians, and public and private stakeholders in discussions of key challenges and special opportunities in research on Alzheimer’s disease-related dementias (ADRD). The goal of the…
Mayo Clinic Presents: Seminar for Patients and Families Impacted by FTD
The Mayo Clinic’s Department of Neurology, Division of Behavioral Neurology, will present a one-day seminar on Monday, February 1st, 2016, at Assisi Heights Conference Center in Rochester, MN from approximately 9:00 am–4:00 pm. Seminar for Patients and Families Impacted by FTD will provide information helpful in understanding…
16th International Conference on Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery
The 16th International Conference on Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery will be held Oct. 5-6, 2015, in Jersey City, NJ (right across the Hudson River from NYC). This annual Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation (ADDF) conference brings together academic and industry scientists intent on accelerating…
Well Spouse Association National Conference
The 2015 Well Spouse® Association (WSA) Conference will be held October 23-25, 2015, in Raleigh, North Carolina. The WSA’s mission is not disease-specific; the WSA provides peer-to-peer emotional support to individuals who are caring for a chronically ill or disabled spouse…
8th Canadian Conference on Dementia (CCD)
The 8th CCD will be held in downtown Ottawa from October 1-3, 2015, and will bring together a group of national and international scholars to share clinically relevant, cutting-edge developments in dementia research. The agenda includes a presentation by Dr….
AFTD’s 2016 Education Conference
Save the date! The annual event will be held May 13, 2016 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Details to follow.