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WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT
With your help, there is new hope for the millions of people who suffer from thyroid disease.
The
American Thyroid Association (ATA) — a nonprofit medical society
composed of researchers and physicians who specialize in diseases of the
thyroid — is dedicated to improving the lives of the millions of
Americans of all ages living with thyroid problems. Consequently, the
ATA is strongly committed to serving as a resource for the public by promoting
the prevention, treatment, and cure of thyroid-related diseases.
Your gift can lead to new ways to prevent, treat, and cure thyroid-related diseases.
Your support makes a real difference!
Up-to-date
information for thyroid patients and their families is just a click away
through our patient resource pages.
- Donate Online
- Donate by Mail/Fax/Phone
- Donate in Honor or Memory of a Loved One
- Workplace Giving (CFC #12088)
- Estate and Planned Giving
- Other Ways to Contribute
- Research Accomplishments
- Patient Resources - Up-to-date information for thyroid patients and their families is just a click away through our Patient Resources
Your tax-deductible contribution helps to support valuable patient education and crucial thyroid research – two of our primary goals – with the belief that new discoveries and better understanding will translate into improved ways to prevent, diagnose, and treat thyroid disease.
To indicate the wide-ranging importance of thyroid research, here is a sampling of ATA members’ research accomplishments.
- Americans develop an estimated 250,000 thyroid nodules each year. Clinical research headed by ATA members has led to cost-effective methods for screening thyroid nodules to detect malignancies. Other landmark studies by ATA members have led to the development of powerful new tools for monitoring thyroid cancer patients.
- Research conducted decades ago by ATA members led to mandatory screening of newborns for congenital hypothyroidism, and to early treatment that has prevented mental retardation in thousands. Today, pediatric research seeks to explain the connections between maternal and infant thyroid conditions and their long-term effects on babies’ cognitive development.
- ATA research grants supporting groundbreaking work in brain development and thyroid hormone function have helped investigators collect the initial data required for successful grant applications to the National Institutes of Health.
- With ATA support, a promising Graves’ disease genetic research study of 100 families may lead to improved prognosis and preventive treatments. Graves’ disease is an autoimmune disorder that runs in families and is thought to affect 1% of the population.
- A decade of research devoted to Graves’ ophthalmopathy has yielded greater understanding of the cellular processes involved in this debilitating eye disease, and led to the study of an experimental drug that may prove useful for treatment and prevention.
- Pioneering ATA members’ work explained the thyroid-pituitary feedback mechanism. A cutting-edge new study focuses on how thyrotropin-releasing hormone interacts with its receptor to regulate cellular function in the eyes, heart, pancreas, and central nervous system.
- ATA members are using their scientific expertise and public health research findings to work for the global elimination of iodine deficiency and to study the effects of external head and neck radiation and nuclear fallout on the thyroid gland.
