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Business PartnershipOur initiatives brings together leaders and visionaries from biotech industry, scientists, business leaders, pharmaceuticals, investigators, Essential Tremor groups, and communities invested in discovering new treatments, devices, and a cure for patients with ET.
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PurposeDSF purpose and commitment is to expand understanding of Essential Tremor throughout the world along with critical information, medical research, and ease the suffering for everyone with ET.
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Medical ResearchOur foundation supports Scientific collaboration research directed and performed by world-class scientists/investigators, based on solid empirically, practical experience, and scientific proof.
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Our Mission Statement
To advance knowledge and recognition of Essential Tremor to the world and find new treatments and a cure.
What is Essential Tremor?Essential Tremor is a progressive neurological disease that causes a rhythmic trembling of the hands, head, voice, legs, or trunk, the largest movement disorder in the world, affecting over 130 million (including children).
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Our HistoryFounder Diann Shaddox has lived with Essential Tremor most of her entire life. She understands the difficulties, the stares, and living with an ignored disease. Her vision is a world without Essential Tremor
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Join Team DSFTeam DSF is the worldwide fundraising & volunteer program for The Diann Shaddox Foundation to raise funds for programs. Volunteers have been turning their passions into opportunities to raise funds and awareness for Essential Tremor.
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Our Vision
End Essential Tremor in our Lifetime & Unite the ET community.
To improve knowledge of Essential Tremor throughout the world and the medical community. Inspire young health professionals to specialize in the care of Essential Tremor. Develop a better data system for sharing Essential Tremor information around the world. Increase earlier treatment access for patients to find specialized care from movement disorder doctors.
Essential tremor (ET) is a progressive and highly prevalent neurologic disease that causes a rhythmic trembling of the hands, head, voice, legs, or trunk, the largest movement disorder in the world, affecting over 130 million (including children). ET is a progressive disease and can worsen with time causing serious debility. It tends to occur in families. ET can begin at any age from ages 1 to 100 and affects both men and women and individuals of every age, race or ethnicity and national origin.
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Participate in ET StudiesClinical trials are part of clinical research and at the heart of all medical advances. Clinical trials look at new ways to prevent, detect, or treat disease. Please join
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Symptoms of ETDo your hands, head, or body shake when you are holding a glass, trying to write or just sitting still and wondered what is wrong with them? Take a look at symptoms of ET.
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Essential Tremor Worldwide Facebook private Group
Where people with Essential Tremor worldwide, share their experiences, moral support, and concerns for one another.
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PURPOSE & COMMITMENT
To expand understanding of Essential Tremor throughout the world along with critical information, medical research, and ease the suffering for everyone with ET.
Millions of Faces of Essential Tremor
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No One should Suffer From Essential Tremor
A progressive and highly prevalent neurologic disease. These are real people, your neighbors, classmates, & friends living each day with uncontrollable tremors.
Please help DSF in the battle against Essential Tremor to make the world tremor free and support DSF Programs. |
Research
Our foundation supports Scientific collaboration research directed and performed by world-class scientists/investigators, based on solid empirically, practical experience and scientific proof. |
Our Approach
Our initiatives bring together leaders and visionaries from biotech industry, scientists, business leaders, pharmaceuticals, investigators, Essential Tremor groups, and communities invested in discovering new treatments, devices, and a cure for patients with ET. |
Why Give to Diann Shaddox Foundation
DSF purpose and commitment To raise funds to expand understanding of Essential Tremor throughout the world along with critical information, medical research, and ease the suffering for everyone with ET. |
Team DSF We understand the urgency to find treatments and a cure for ET. Because DSF is not only made up of Doctors, Business Executives, but board members who are afflicted by Essential Tremor, along with DSF Founder Diann Shaddox. |
DSF Essential Tremor Programs
DSF Programs assist millions with our Worldwide ET Awareness, Family Assistance, Children Educational Initiative, Stop ET Bullying, Suicide Awareness ET, & Medical Research but they are not without cost.
By giving a gift you ensure that our programs will continue to assist and support families and individuals to improve their quality of life.
Learn more about DSF Programs
By giving a gift you ensure that our programs will continue to assist and support families and individuals to improve their quality of life.
Learn more about DSF Programs