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2019 AFTD Education Conference Materials
AFTD held its 2019 Annual Education Conference at the Los Angeles Airport Marriott on Friday, May 3, 2019. More than 330 people gathered in L.A. for a packed day of making connections, learning more about the FTD journey, and sharing…
“60 Minutes” Airs Story on FTD
On Sunday, May 5, CBS’s 60 Minutes devoted one of its segments to FTD. Bill Whitaker’s story, “The Cruelest Disease You’ve Never Heard Of…”, can be viewed with a subscription to CBS All Access by clicking here. AFTD worked with…
AFTD Joins Diagnostics Accelerator Initiative
In January, AFTD announced it will leverage support from our generous donors to invest $2.5 million in the Diagnostics Accelerator program, an initiative of the Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation (ADDF). AFTD’s investment will be matched by an additional $2.5MM from…
Volunteer Advocacy in Action in Washington, DC
When it comes to advocacy, AFTD uses a variety of channels to be a voice for the community, advocating for research and appropriate, affordable services. Volunteers play a key role in this mission area by partnering with AFTD and sharing…
Giving a Hand to Our Helping Hands!
AFTD Volunteer: Amy Almeida AFTD volunteer Amy Almeida and her family used AFTD’s resources for care partners throughout her mom’s FTD journey. She was inspired to become an AFTD volunteer for two reasons. First, she wanted to give back after…
AFTD Brings Annual Education Conference to Los Angeles
Hundreds of people whose lives have been affected by FTD will attend the 2019 AFTD Education Conference in Los Angeles for a day of learning, sharing and connecting with others in the AFTD community. Leading experts from UCLA, USCF, the…
AFTD Joins NIH-Funded Biomarkers Consortium
AFTD has joined the Biomarkers Consortium, an ongoing project sponsored by the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH). As a partner in this organization, AFTD will have the opportunity to identify and develop high-impact biomarkers to advance the…
Our Plan, Our Future
Neuroscience has been a major area of interest for me for more than 15 years. It became personal when my father received his FTD diagnosis. Like many families facing this disease, we knew what that meant: from then on, we…
Spotlight on…Kacy Kunesh, AFTD Board of Directors
Kacy Kunesh traveled the world after graduating from the University of Texas at Austin, working as a development and communications specialist in Europe and the Middle East. But after her mother Donna received a diagnosis of behavioral variant FTD at…
AFTD Pilot Grants Highlight Emerging Approaches to FTD Research
AFTD awarded its 2018 Pilot Grants to Paschalis Kratsios, Ph.D, of the University of Chicago, and Liam Chen, Ph.D., of Johns Hopkins University. The Pilot Grant program annually confers funding to early-career investigators focused on FTD. “AFTD’s Pilot Grants lay…