JDFAF has received generous donations and invested over $40 million in basic research focused on Alzheimer’s to over 200 neuroscientists and clinician scientists
JDFAF supported major genetic discoveries of familial early onset in Alzheimer's disease
JDFAF funded the early research stages of Dr. Stanley Prusiner, Chairman of JDFAF's International Scientific Advisory Board, for which he received the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1997 for his groundbreaking discovery of Prions
In 2020, JDFAF launches a bold transformative Strategic Initiative funding 10 endowed professorships, creates research funds across 4 California universities, and provides an annual synergistic colloquium workshop for finding treatments and interventions for Alzheimer’s disease
