This Twitter chat will feature Dr. Guy Eakin and Dr. Diane Bovencamp in amonthly forum is co-sponsored by the American Health Assistance Foundation (AHAF) and other organizations in the Alzheimer’s disease community. At AHAF, Eakin and Bovencamp lead the Scientific Affairs division that facilitates the funding of innovative studies designed to halt Alzheimer’s disease. Through the foundation’s annual competitive grant program, AHAF supports scientists working on projects to diagnose, prevent, and treat Alzheimer’s disease.
The TalkAlz twitter chat, held every second Tuesday of the month at noon ET, aims to spark a national discussion around Alzheimer’s disease. TweetChat participants must first join Twitter by signing up for an account at http://www.twitter.com. To access the discussion, type #talkalz into the search bar at Twitter.com or in their Twitter application at the forum’s start time. For participants’ remarks to show up in the chat feed, include the #talkalz hash tag in their tweets.
Other organizations hosting TalkAlz include The Alzheimer’s Foundation of America, Seniors For Living, the Crisis Prevention Institute, M R Strategic Services, and Fox Group LLC.