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Alan Zhang

My first encounter with Alzheimer’s disease was when I started playing old-time music on the piano every week at the Newton Wellesley Alzheimer’s hospital on Wednesday afternoons. When I first walked in, just a high school student about to start freshman year, I didn’t know what to think. Initially, I ...

September 23, 2016

Kerri Tillquist

Throughout her father’s journey with Alzheimer’s, Kerri Tillquist often woke in the night with stanzas in her head. A nurse from Denver, she found herself processing her father’s decline through rhyming lines—a way to simplify and make sense of her emotions.  Encouraged by her sisters, Kerri compiled the poems with family ...

October 22, 2025

Quarterly Report: Third Quarter 2007

The Quarterly Report for the 3rd Quarter of 2007 details the science behind the Alzheimer’s Genome Project initiative, Alan Arnette’s fundraising climb to Shisha Pangma, and provides an update on Cure Alzheimer’s Fund’s research.

February 19, 2018

Quarterly Report: Second Quarter 2008

The Quarterly Report for the Second Quarter of 2008 includes an article by researchers David Holtzman and John Cirrito describing their work to discover new drugs to target A-beta. It also features Alan Arnette’s wrap up of his year long journey, Memories are Everything as well as updates on the ...

February 19, 2018

Toni Wombaker

Toni Wombaker of Pahrump, Nevada, has a background in education and is a mother of four. She also has cared for her mother, Yvonne Jensen, 71, who has had Alzheimer’s disease since 2009. “When my mom came to live with us, I didn’t realize what this disease was really like, ...

February 19, 2015

Alzheimer’s Disease Tau Consortium: Strain Replication in Mouse and Cell Models

This project aims to improve how different forms of abnormal tau are identified across Alzheimer’s disease and related neurodegenerative disorders. Although tau buildup is a shared feature of many brain diseases, the exact structure of tau aggregates can vary widely. Dr. Diamond’s team has shown that many patients’ brains contain ...

December 27, 2024

Marc Diamond