Education

New pediatric center in Arizona targets autoimmune disorders September 23, 2016

The following was reported by Stephanie Innes at the Arizona Daily Star. The opening of the new Children’s Postinfectious Autoimmune Encephalopathy Center in Tucson marks a new era of pediatric research for the University of Arizona, UA president Ann Weaver Hart said Tuesday during an opening event held at Banner-University Medical Center Tucson. The disorders hit […]

Oxford Autoimmune Neurology Meeting 2019 March 4, 2019

This is a two-day international meeting on 5-6 June 2019 for clinicians and scientists looking to appreciate the breadth of translational autoimmune neurology. This inaugural meeting will cover the clinical features of CNS and PNS diseases, methodological aspects of immunological assays, applied T and B cell pathophysiology, and questions relating to immunological tolerance. By being […]

2023 Research Network Month: Dr. Soon-Tae Lee ~ 2021 AEA Community Seed Grant ~ Research Update May 9, 2023

Dr. Soon-Tae Lee received an AEA Community Seed Grant in 2021. Today, in honor of Research Network Month, he provides an update on his research with seronegative autoimmune encephalitis: clinical characteristics and courses, the effect of immunotherapy and its duration, and prognostic factors. The AEA Community Seed Grant program is funded by donations from the […]

Dr. Hesham Abboud – Symptomatic Management of Autoimmune Encephalitis March 3, 2025

Many thanks to Dr. Hesham Abboud, MD, PhD, for joining our May 2025 AEA Provider Monthly Education Series and presenting on symptomatic management of autoimmune encephalitis. Dr. Abboud is the Director of Neuroimmunology at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center and Associate Professor of Neurology at Case Western Reserve University. He founded and currently runs a specialized autoimmune encephalitis […]

Dr. Russell Dale discusses Autoantibodies in Childhood Encephalitis June 24, 2014

Dr. Russell Dale Associate Professor, Discipline of Paediatrics and Child Health, Sydney Medical School; Consultant Neurologist, the Children’s Hospital at Westmead The Autoimmune Encephalitis Alliance hosted a series of Autoimmune Encephalitis awareness events at Duke University Medical Center, March 26 and 27, 2014.  International experts participated in grand rounds, lectures and panel discussions.  All of the educational videos […]

Autoimmune Encephalitis Alliance co-sponsors pediatric AE treatment consensus meeting December 5, 2016

The Autoimmune Encephalitis Alliance, along with Children’s National Health System, and the Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance, co-sponsored the first International Pediatric Autoimmune Encephalitis Treatment Consensus Meeting at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, DC, on November 14. “The AE Alliance was honored to help bring many of the world’s leading experts […]

Anti-NMDA Receptor Encephalitis in Psychiatry April 11, 2014

Anti-NMDA Receptor Encephalitis in Psychiatry Kayser et al. Curr Psychiatry Rev. 2011; 7(3):189-193. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3983958/ “Anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis is an autoimmune disorder in which antibodies attack NMDA (N-methyl-D-aspartate)-type glutamate receptors at central neuronal synapses. Symptoms include a highly characteristic set of neurologic deficits, but also prominent psychiatric manifestations that often bring mental health professionals into the […]

2023 Research Network Month: Dr. Amaia Muñoz-Lopetegi ~ 2021 AEA Community Seed Grant Recipient ~ Research Update May 15, 2023

Dr. Amaia Muñoz-Lopetegi received an AEA Community Seed Grant in 2021. Today, in honor of Research Network Month, she provides an update on her research with anti-LGI1 encephalitis: diagnostic tests and prognostic implications. Click here to meet Dr. Muñoz-Lopetegi and hear the research update. The AEA Community Seed Grant program is funded by donations from […]