About
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Professional Interest Areas (PIAs)
Description:
This PIA was established in 2019.
Executive Committee
Chair: Victoria Fernandez
Vice Chair: Carmela Tartaglia
Programs Chair: Arabella Bouzigues
Communications Chair: Maura Malpetti
Student/Postdoc Member: Jackie Poos
Immediate Past Chair: Jonathan Rohrer
(Next election cycle: March 2026)
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794
Overview
The Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD) syndromes--behavioral FTD, the semantic and nonfluent primary progressive aphasias, progressive supranuclear palsy, corticobasal degeneration and FTD-ALS--are important forms of dementia, particularly in young and midlife adults. This PIA aims to bring focus and a platform for educating the ISTAART and wider community about FTD, especially early career clinicians and researchers. The goals include creating a forum for presenting new work by early career investigators, connecting researchers from different FTD research fields to stimulate collaborations, and fostering partnerships with advocacy and industry groups to facilitate treatment development and clinical trials.