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NEALS Webinar: Brain-Computer Interfaces Toward the Maintenance and Restoration of Communication and Mobility

Virtual

BrainGate: Brain-Computer Interfaces Toward the Maintenance and Restoration of Communication and Mobility Leigh R. Hochberg, M.D., Ph.D.   Director, Center for Neurotechnology and Neurorecovery, Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School Professor of Engineering, Brown University Director, VA RR&D Center for Neurorestoration and Neurotechnology, Providence VAMC Wednesday, February 24, 2021     12:00 […]

EverythingALS – The Guam Disease and ALS

Virtual

EverythingALS's next webinar on Feb 24th 4pm PDT featuring Dr. Paul Alan Cox, Executive Director of the Brain Chemistry Labs, which focuses on discovering cures for ALS and other neurodegenerative diseases with two drugs in FDA clinical trials. Dr. Cox is featured in "Toxic Puzzle" a medical and environmental detective story about the worldwide search […]

Les Turner ALS Learning Series: Coping with the Loss of a Loved One During COVID-19

Virtual

Coping with the Loss of a Loved One During COVID-19, with Nicole Sammartino, MS, & Easton Stevenson, LCSW Coping with the loss of a loved one is hard. It’s especially challenging during a global pandemic. Over the past 44 years, we have made it a priority at the Les Turner ALS Foundation to honor people […]

Fighting for the Future: Education and Support for Familial FTD/ALS

Virtual

The Penn FTD Center will be hosting a virtual conference, Fighting for the Future: Education and Support for Familial FTD/ALS, on Saturday, February 27, 2021 from 9AM-12PM EST. The team at the Penn FTD Center understands that ALS and FTD can impact the entire family even when just one person is diagnosed. However, we also […]

Project ALS -The Kleiner Family Research Initiative

Virtual

Meredith Gonnason is an experienced creative professional and is currently the Senior Director of Multichannel Production at Synchrony Healthcare Communications. Since finishing her undergrad at Princeton University she has called many places home including Thailand, Los Angeles and Las Vegas. She currently lives in the Philadelphia area with her husband James and twin toddlers, Chloe […]

Physicians’ Perceptions of People with Disability and their Health Care

Virtual

https://iamals.org/action/physicians-perceptions-of-people-with-disability-and-their-health-care/ Having a disability shouldn’t lead to receiving substandard care, symptoms and primary health care concerns overlooked or pain or discomfort ignored. Unfortunately this happens all too often and isn’t talked about enough. I AM ALS is pleased to host ALS advocate Michael Robinson, MD and Lisa Iezzoni, MD, MSc in a conversation that brings […]

Brain Matters in ALS Confirmation

Virtual

Join us via zoom for an in depth scientific on why the brain matters in ALS. Moderated by: Doug McConnell, A Long Swim Co-Founder Hosted by: Dr. Hande Ozdinler, Scientific Director and Associate Professor of Neurology at Northwestern University Feinberg School, and Andrew Eisen MD., FRCPC, Professor Emeritus of Neurology at the University of British […]