Bruce Willis has been diagnosed with FTD, the actor’s family has said in a statement released by The AFTD. We extend our support to the Willis family as they share this important news. theaftd.org/posts/all-us-s… #SupportBruceWillisFTD #EveryFTDStoryCounts #EndFTD

🚨#MRFF embargo lifted!!! 🚨 I'm thrilled to announce that we were awarded $1.8M to develop new tests to diagnose #FTD working with an incredible team of clinicians, EMCRs, and dementia advocates, Frontier at Brain & Mind Centre Brain & Mind Centre USYD Psychology and colleagues at UniMelb, UQ, UNSW!

Our IMPACT Dementia NIHR Global Health health systems project team is gathering in London this week. Pleased to have our Peruvian and UK collaborators working alongside each other and going through a team building experience, investing on equitable partnerships. Long live #IMPACT!

Don’t miss Season 7 of the Remember Me podcast; it’s all about #FTD genetics. Wanda (episode 2) and Rachael (episode 3) share beautiful stories about their Moms, how #progranulin mutations were identified in their families, and how participating in trials brings hope. #endFTD

At #ASSBI2023 in lovely Darwin presenting work from my #PhD. In this study, we found that people with right-lateralised semantic #dementia were worse at #interoception and that this was related to #emotion recognition ASSBI A/Prof Fiona Kumfor Olivier Piguet Frontier at Brain & Mind Centre #endFTD

Amazing work on parcellating the #amygdala into subregions and examining amygdala profiles in #FTD over time by mengjie_huang. Very cool research and needed to better understand #socialcognition in #FTD. ASSBI Olivier Piguet Frontier at Brain & Mind Centre Ramon Landin-Romero #endFTD #ASSBI2023

Stellar representation from Frontier at Brain & Mind Centre at #AS4SAN2023 💫 Dr Grace Wei on social functioning and relations with social cognition in #dementia 💫 Jacqui Dossetor on the overlap between #FTD and #autism 💫 Jess Hazelton on how interoception and emotion recognition interact

A study led by Amira Skeggs at Brain & Mind Centre discovered that Australians who originated from overseas and spoke a non-English first language could tolerate #bvFTD for longer before symptoms began. Click here to learn more: bit.ly/45XoD6u

Olivier Piguet and @BallardKirrie from FRONTIER are running the City2Surf this year, raising funds to help the Australian Frontotemporal Dementia Association (AFTDA). Please consider donating! city2surf23.grassrootz.com/australian-fro… Brain & Mind Centre USYD Psychology #EndFTD #FTD

Aaand they’re off! Well, not quite yet. There’s still time to support Olivier Piguet & @BallardKirrie before the big run on Sunday. city2surf23.grassrootz.com/australian-fro…. All proceeds go to AFTDA. #City2Surf #endFTD Brain & Mind Centre

Thrilled to spot a sea of over 150 FRONTIER shirts at the Tumut Charity Golf Day! 🌟👕 Wondering what to call this awesome group of FRONTIERers. Any suggestions? A squad? A brigade? Share your ideas below! 👇 Brain & Mind Centre #EndFTD

If you'd like to get behind the Tumut Charity Golf Day, consider making a donation at give.sydney.edu.au/deansgolfday #EndFTD

Absolutely delighted by the outcome of the FRONTIER Tumut Golf day! Over $20k for #FTD research. The annual auction is always a highlight. This year showcased a stunning custom-made fire pit with an engraved FRONTIER logo. Heartfelt thanks to all who supported this amazing cause!

Scott Small of Columbia University is talking about how emerging science can inform clinical trial biomarker development during today's afternoon session at the 2023 Holloway Summit.

Olivier Piguet of University of Sydney delivers day 1 of the closing remarks at the 2023 Holloway Summit.

As the morning session continues at the 2023 Holloway Summit, Simon Ducharme discusses the use of volumetric imaging in FTD research and in clinical settings.

Yolande Pijnenberg is reflecting on the use of biomarkers as a tool to distinguish psychiatric disorders from bvFTD this morning at AFTD's 2023 Holloway Summit.

And they're off (again)!! For the second year, a team from FRONTIER will run in the City2Surf to raise funds for the Australian Frontotemporal Dementia Association (AFTDA). Support their cause and help them reach their goal by donating here: city2surf24.grassrootz.com/australian-fro…

Don't forget that any amount over $2 is tax deductible! All the best of luck to the Frontier team with Olivier Piguet ⭐🏃

And the numbers are in! Thanks to our amazing donors and supporters, we surpassed our goal of raising $3,000 for AFTDA! Huge thanks to the FRONTIER running team—Olivier, Kirrie, Siobhan, Ryoko, Tracey, Ramon, Jordan—for an outstanding effort in this year’s City2Surf! #endFTD