Events

Roughly 70 researchers, nurses, neuropsychologists, neurologists, residents, fellows, patient advocates, patients, and families attended a “Dinner and Discussion on the Future of Autoimmune Neurology” on the evening of 4/27/17, held at the Richard Simches Research Center at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH).  Organized by Dr. Jenny Linnoila, a neurologist at Massachusetts General Hospital, the overall theme […]

The AE Alliance turned five years old yesterday!  Five years ago on Dec. 17, two families that had kids with AE came together in hopes that they could start something to help others suffering from this little-understood disease.  The vision was to not only disseminate information to help patients but also to give support to […]

Researchers and clinical professionals interested in the study of encephalitis descended on London on Monday, December 4, for the UK-based Encephalitis Society annual conference . More than 120 people from the UK, USA, Denmark the Netherlands and Indonesia joined for a day of presentations and networking on topics surrounding encephalitis. The conference ended with the […]

Come join your AE community at the annual Florence Forth Road Race and AE Family Lunch on March 3, 2018 in Durham, NC. It’s a chance for AE survivors to join together and share stories.  The center piece of the weekend is a walk/run on Saturday morning called Florence Forth. Then after the walk/run is […]

The AE Alliance hosted the annual Florence Forth Race on March 3, 2018, drawing over 1100 runners and walkers. Some were AE survivors and their families from all over the nation and Canada. Cold weather did not dampen the spirits of participants as they ran, walked and cheered each other on for this fundraiser that […]

Thank you Team Fledderjohn for sharing your 2021 Florence Forth Virtual experience! We decided the best way for you to understand what it means to participate in the Florence Forth Virtual event is to ask the experts. What makes someone an expert? They’ve done it! Q1 What did you enjoy about the 2021 Virtual Florence […]