Research

Last year we launched the Research Network at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. A year later, we are still in the midst of the pandemic but seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. With your support in 2020, we can financially support three research studies focused on the diagnosis, management, and outcomes […]

The Research Network funds research that has a direct impact on those affected by AE. We have two generous donors that will match any donation you make to the Research Network, up to $15,000.  With your support last year, we are investing in three impactful AE studies! We will announce these grant recipients on Tuesday May […]

A great example of AE Alliance facilitating research is the recently published ‘Best Practice Recommendations for diagnosis, acute-, symptomatic-, and long-term management of Autoimmune Encephalitis’. The recommendations result from the hard work and collaboration between 68 AEA Clinicians Network members from 17 countries, initiated and led by Dr. Hesham Abboud (University Hospitals, OH). These recommendations […]

At the WED Conference we heard Dr. Tom Pollak talk about how after encephalitis you need to establish a new relationship with your body and brain. He cited research that after encephalitis, people are twice as likely to develop an anxiety disorder, nearly three times as likely to become depressed, and 114 times as likely […]

We are excited to report the first international best practice recommendations for  the management of autoimmune encephalitis. The papers result from the hard work and collaboration between 68 AEA Clinicians Network members from 17 countries, initiated and led by Dr. Hesham Abboud. These recommendations will be of great value to AE patients and clinicians all […]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7649224/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33221892/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32920307/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33211912/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32619473/