Texas First Lady Texas Cecilia Abbott to Provide Opening Remarks as Alzheimer’s Texas, the DKR Fund, and The Texas Healthy Brain Initiative Kick Off Their Leading the Conversation Speaker Series on Alzheimer’s Disease, Dementia, and Brain Health
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DKR FUND 2018 4th & Goal Gala returns for annual fundraising event September 21 at ACL LIVE AT THE MOODY THEATER Hit TV Series “Nashville” stars to perform. Tickets on sale today through ACL LIVE
DKR Research Fund for Alzheimer’s Disease 4th & Goal Gala names UT All-American Sean Foley as “Head Coach” of the Legacy Council Foley will lead young Texans fundraising efforts to support 2018 fundraiser
DKR FUND 4th & GOAL GALA Featuring “Nashville in Concert” at ACL Moody Theater on Friday, September 21st, 2018 celebrates the life of legendary Coach Darrell K Royal in support of Neuroscience Initiatives at UTSW O’Donnell Brain Institute and University of Texas at Austin.
Austin, July 20th, 2017 – The Darrell K Royal Research Fund for Alzheimer’s Disease welcomes attorney Ed Small to their current Board of Directors. As an attorney at Jackson Walker LLP, Mr. Small has more than 40 years’ experience representing clients before the Texas Legislature and Texas regulatory agencies, in addition to his litigation practice.
A group of 78 UT Austin students known as the Legacy Council Rookies, part of the Darrell K Royal Research Fund for Alzheimer’s Disease, have raised $35,000 to benefit the Fund, which will be directly granted to Texas researchers searching for a cure to the life alerting disease. Co-chaired by 3 seniors (Rob Montgomery, Jenna McGaw, and Allyson Poujol), these …
Austin, April 5, 2017: Dr. Yingfei Wang of The University of Texas Southwestern will be submitting her second year research report and findings to The Darrell K Royal Research Fund for Alzheimer’s Disease by December 2017. Dr. Wang was one of five carefully selected recipients of the 2015 DKR Fund research grant, receiving $165,000 to fund her project, “The role …
AUSTIN, TX March 1, 2017: Drs. Murat Plattner and Florian Durakoglugil of The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, TX are set to submit their third-year research report and findings to The Darrell K Royal Research Fund for Alzheimer’s Disease by December 2017. Both doctors were recipients of the 2014 DKR Fund Research Grant, receiving $165,000 to fund …
AUSTIN, TX February 20th, 2017: The Darrell K Royal Research Fund for Alzheimer’s Disease announces the funding of the 2017 Edith T. Royal Care Initiative. This series of trainings, support opportunities, and disease-specific education will be offered to the general public, caregivers and those affected by AD through Alzheimer’s Texas, a charitable organization founded in 1982 that provides education, support …
Darrell K Royal Research Fund for Alzheimer’s Disease Raises $1,050,000 at the Ben-Willie-Darrell Present Links & Lyrics Event September 15, 2014, AUSTIN, TX – The Darrell K Royal Research Fund for Alzheimer’s Disease today announced $1,050,000 was raised at the Ben-Willie-Darrell Present “Links & Lyrics” 2014. The event held at Austin City Limits Live at The Moody Theater featured Vince …