Recovery

Refuel You July 26, 2021

Refuel You is a 10-week health and wellness program to help rejuvenate you following your AE journey. This online program incorporates movement, mindfulness, group support, and health coaching.  We have aimed this first cohort at our caregivers because we all know AE affects the whole family. Normally this program would cost $300 per person for ten […]

Join Us for an In-Person Autoimmune Encephalitis Day September 9, 2024

The AE Alliance is excited to partner with the University Hospitals Neurological Institute, Hashimoto’s Encephalopathy/SREAT & Seronegative Autoimmune Encephalitis Alliance (HESA) and Encephalitis411 to present and in-person AE Day: “Strides in Autoimmune Encephalitis.” This assembly is an all-day event focusing on pediatric and adult autoimmune encephalitis (AE) for clinicians, caregivers, and the survivors impacted. We […]

Meet Dr. Juliette Brenner October 7, 2024

Dr. Juliette Brenner (Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands) was awarded a 2024 AEA Community Seed Grant for the investigation of Validation of a new (patient-reported) outcome measure for encephalitis. Learn more about her research and how it impacts those affected with autoimmune encephalitis. The start date for the award is September 1, 2024. You have […]

Meet Dr. Julien Hebert August 13, 2024

Dr. Julien Hebert (University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada) was awarded a 2024 AEA Community Seed Grant for the investigation of Postacute Management of Anti-Seizure Medications in Autoimmune Encephalitis-Associated Epilepsy. Learn more about his research and how it impacts those affected with autoimmune encephalitis. The start date for the award is September 1, 2024. You have been […]

Meet Dr. Nick Brenton August 8, 2024

Dr. J. Nicholas Brenton (The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA) was awarded a 2024 AEA Community Seed Grant for the investigation of Capacity, Endurance, and Physical Activity in Children with MOG+ Encephalitis. Learn more about his research and how it impacts those affected with autoimmune encephalitis. The start date for the […]

Develop an Attitude of Gratitude this December with the AE Alliance November 9, 2022

Whether you are living with AE, are a caregiver, family member, friend, physician, researcher, Board Member, MAB Member, program partner or sponsor or this is your first time ever to the Autoimmune Encephalitis website, we are excited you are here and ready to develop an attitude of gratitude! This program is inspired by a year […]

AEA Family Day 2022 October 14, 2022

We are excited to announce the Fall AEA Family Day (mini). Instead of a single, full-day, AEA Family Day, the AE Alliance and our program sponsor, EUROIMMUN offer several mini-days throughout the year. This gives us the opportunity to respond to topics that are important to you throughout the year. The Fall AEA Family Day […]

Meet Dr. Leigh Sepeta & Dr. Elizabeth Wells October 11, 2022

Dr. Leigh Sepeta & Dr. Elizabeth Wells (Children’s National Hospital, Washington DC, USA) were awarded a 2022 AEA Community Seed Grant to investigate the Predictors of Cognitive Outcomes in Children with Anti-NMDA Receptor Encephalitis. Learn more about their research and how it will impact those affected with autoimmune encephalitis. The start date for the award […]

Meet Dr. Matteo Gastaldi September 1, 2022

Dr. Matteo Gastaldi (C. Mondino National Institute of Neurology Foundation, IRCCS, in Pavia, Italy) was awarded a 2022 AEA Community Seed Grant to investigate the Cognitive teleRehabilitation in patients with Encephalitis of AutoIMmune etiology: CoRE-AIM study. Learn more about his research and how it will impact those affected with autoimmune encephalitis. The start date for the award is September 1, 2022. You […]

“Life After Encephalitis” a new book by Dr. Ava Easton March 16, 2016

Dr. Ava Easton, a health scientist and researcher specializing in encephalitis, acquired brain injury, and neuro-narratives, and a friend of the Autoimmune Encephalitis Alliance, has recently published a book titled Life After Encephalitis: A Narrative Approach. We are grateful that she contacted us about sharing this important work with patients, friends, caregivers and the medical community. Life After Encephalitis provides […]