Alzheimer’s Association

Fort Worth’s Rainwater Charitable Foundation and Partners Award $2.5M in Neurodegenerative Disease Research Grants

by | Aug 13, 2025
The grants are part of the Tauopathy Challenge Workshop, a funding program that convenes interdisciplinary experts around a single topic: addressing unmet needs in primary tauopathies related to several neurodegenerative diseases.
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The Last Word: Joshua Ingram on His 12-Hour Wednesday Concert for Alzheimer’s Research

“Playing for 12 hours straight wears on the body, and before it’s over I’ll have to superglue my fingers in order to keep playing.”

Joshua Ingram
Fort Worth Performing Artist
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‘We Are Going to Change the World’: $150M Grant Fuels UNT Health Science Center’s Diversity-Focused Alzheimer’s Research
by | Oct 3, 2022
The funding from the National Institutes of Health will help UNT HSC at Fort Worth advance its ongoing research on how Alzheimer's disease affects different racial and ethnic groups. Sid O'Bryant, executive director of UNT HSC's Institute for Translational Research, said there's never been a large-scale study like this before. “This award and project are nothing short of a bio behavioral ‘moonshot’ program," adds Brian Gladue, HSC executive VP for research and innovation.
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