Causes: Brain Disorders Research, Health, Neurology & Neuroscience, Voluntary Health Associations & Medical Disciplines

Mission: The mission of the International Essential Tremor Foundation (IETF) is to provide global educational information, services and support to children and adults challenged by essential tremor (ET), to their families and health care providers, as well as to promote and fund ET research.

Results: We spend a great deal of time educating those with essential tremor about ET, the public and healthcare providers. This entails traveling to exhibit at national conferences, promoting and facilitating community education seminars, creating educational materials and tools such as webinars, webcasts and videos to provide support and distribute materials to the multiple support groups across the country.

Target demographics: All age groups

Direct beneficiaries per year: People diagnosed with essential tremor and their families.

Geographic areas served: International

Programs: Develops and Maintains Support Groups, facilitiates free community education seminars, promotes National ET Awareness Month, Develops educational Webinars, Webcasts, and Videos, Maintains an active Database that lists physicians whose expertise is movement disorders, and exhibits literature at national health conferences