IETF empowers individuals to regain control of their lives, by providing educational information, treatment options and coping skills.
Awareness.
IETF actively advocates for greater ET awareness and education at every level—from health care providers to government officials.
Research.
IEFT funds scientific research to find more effective treatments and a cure for ET.
Support.
IETF has support groups across the globe to provide inspiration and fellowship among those living with ET.
A single voice is seldom heard, but a thousand voices shake the world.
2009 Grant Studies
Fifty-thousand dollars will go to Dr. Charles Handforth, Veterans Administration Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, California for the study “Towards the Identification of the Anti-Tremor Target of Low-Dose Alcohol.”
A $25,000 grant is to go to Dr. Frederic Calon, Centre de recherché du CHUL, Quebec, Canada for the study “GABAergic Abnormalities in the Deep Cerebellar Nuclei of Essential Tremor Patients: Postmortem Investigations.”
Mark Hallett, MD, chair of the IETF Medical Advisory Board says, “GABA mechanisms seem important in essential tremor pathogenesis and therapy, and these two grants should be helpful and complementary in moving our knowledge of essential tremor to a new level.”
