BrightFocus Events
Our sixth annual gala featured conversations with award-winning chef Aarón Sánchez and actors/directors Peter Gallagher, William H. Macy, and James Keach. Special guests included BrightFocus-funded scientists sharing their latest research to end diseases of mind and sight: Randall Bateman, MD; Joel B. Braunstein, MD, MBA; David Holtzman, MD; Philip Verghese, PhD; Ji Won Bang, PhD; and Dimitra Skondra, MD, PhD.
The wonderful and talented Seth MacFarlane hosted the event to benefit the critical work of BrightFocus Foundation and our friends at Motion Picture & Television Fund (MPTF).
The town hall was hosted by BrightFocus Foundation as part of its effort to provide helpful information for people with diseases of mind and sight. The lively, upbeat discussion was led by MSNBC news anchor, Richard Lui, who is himself a family caregiver. The experts were Jin Hui Joo, MD, Associate Professor, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine; Sandy Markwood Chief Executive Officer, National Association of Area Agencies on Aging; and C. Grace Whiting, JD President and Chief Executive Officer at the National Alliance for Caregiving. They discussed the challenges currently facing caregivers across America and offered helpful advice to guide us through the coming months.
BrightFocus Foundation’s Nancy Lynn was a featured panelist in two patient education sessions on NeuroCareLive with top researchers from the Cleveland Clinic and Brown University.
BrightFocus Foundation provided a free special screening of the award-winning documentary, Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice. The movie followed the life and career of one of the world’s best-selling artists as she embracesd genres spanning rock, country, operetta and Latin and paved the way to become an iconic female pioneer in the male-dominated music world.
On Wednesday, May 13, 2020, BrightFocus Foundation held a virtual town hall on COVID-19 and older adults. Topics included long-distance caregiving, telehealth, social isolation, anxiety, and other issues disproportionately affecting aging adults. Please share this with a friend or family member.
An Evening of BrightFocus brought more than 350 guests from the scientific, philanthropic, private, and public sectors together at the Embassy of Italy in Washington in June 2019 to celebrate promising science and bold advocacy to end Alzheimer’s disease, macular degeneration, and glaucoma.
The session was conducted by specialist speakers who are qualified as Dementia Friendly community educators. Attendees gained new skills and resources so they can effectively conduct business.
More than 400 guests from the scientific, philanthropic, private, and public sectors gathered together in Washington in June 2018 to celebrate promising science and bold advocacy to end Alzheimer’s disease, macular degeneration, and glaucoma.
BrightFocus Foundation recently held a briefing for members of the Montgomery County legislative delegation in Annapolis, sharing best practices and results from the county’s Dementia Friendly America (DFA) campaign, a dynamic public-private partnership.
An Evening with Kim Campbell was a cocktail reception and program that explored the challenges of caring for someone with Alzheimer's, potential treatments on the horizon, and what to know about the opportunity to participate in a clinical trial.
BrightFocus Foundation celebrated promising science and public advocacy to end Alzheimer’s disease, macular degeneration, and glaucoma.
BrightFocus hosted an event at The Briar Club in Houston. We convened a distinguished panel to explore key questions on scientific research, therapeutic development, and caregiving support for Alzheimer’s and related dementias.
Thank you to everyone who joined us to celebrate our bold and innovative commitment to scientific discovery.
The BrightFocus Glaucoma Fast Track Workshop held a day-long workshop providing a unique immersive environment for early-stage scientists focused on glaucoma research or those who want to enter the field to accelerate their path towards becoming an expert in this exciting field.
BrightFocus led Alzheimer’s Fast Track, a several day incubator for some of the world’s most promising early career researchers. By encouraging and supporting these women and men, BrightFocus hopes to accelerate the path to a cure for the disease.
Graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, or other early-stage scientists focusing on Alzheimer’s disease research, took advantage of this unique opportunity to accelerate their knowledge immersion towards becoming an expert in this exciting field.
ISER and BrightFocus Foundation sponsored a symposium on basic science catalyzing treatments for glaucoma at the Emory Conference Center in Atlanta, Georgia.
This workshop offered graduate students, postdocs, and junior faculty an immersive environment to learn and discuss some of the foundational knowledge and recent discoveries through close interaction with established leaders in the field.
This workshop offered graduate students, postdocs, and junior faculty an immersive environment to learn and discuss some of the foundational knowledge and recent discoveries through close interaction with established leaders in the field.
Graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, or other early-stage scientists focusing on Alzheimer’s disease research, took advantage of this unique opportunity to accelerate their knowledge immersion towards becoming an expert in this exciting field.
This workshop provided graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, or other early-stage scientists focusing on Alzheimer’s disease research, the unique opportunity to accelerate their knowledge immersion towards becoming an expert.
