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Upcoming Events

Montgomery County’s Dementia Friendly Orientation for Business

This is a free Dementia Friendly orientation for customer service staff. This session is conducted by specialist speakers who are qualified as Dementia Friendly community educators. Attendees will gain new skills and resources so they can effectively conduct business.

Dementia Friendly America logo

Turning Point

BrightFocus Foundation, a presentation partner for Turning Point, invites you to watch a gripping new documentary about researchers on the cusp of a scientific breakthrough that could be the first step toward making Alzheimerʼs disease a distant memory. BrightFocus, through our Alzheimer’s Disease Research program, supports bold, innovative scientific research worldwide to discover a cure for Alzheimer’s. Join us.

Neil DeGrasse Tyson featured in Turning Point

An Evening of BrightFocus

June 6, 2019

Join guests from the scientific, philanthropic, private, and public sectors for An Evening of BrightFocus, a gathering to celebrate promising science and bold advocacy to end Alzheimer’s disease, macular degeneration, and glaucoma. The official event hashtag is #MindSightCure.

An Evening of BrightFocus: June 6, 2019

Glaucoma Fast Track 2019

October 23, 2019

BrightFocus Foundation will hold its second Glaucoma Fast Track workshop to accelerate the fight for a cure by investing in promising young scientists in the field of vision research.

Glaucoma Fast Track 2019 (researcher looking into a microscope)
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