The Tennessee Chapter of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation welcomes you! Our chapter covers East, Middle and Southeast Tennessee. Volunteers are the key to our success and the lifeblood of our organization. We have many opportunities for you to get involved. Your participation in any way will help us achieve our mission - finding a cure for all people with CF. Take a moment to check out our upcoming events and learn more.
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People with chronic diseases, such as cystic fibrosis, are at greater risk for developing clinical depression. When left untreated, depression can interfere with your ability to manage your CF effectively and experience a better quality of life.
The Drive is the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation’s ultimate golf experience, held in the fall at renowned golf courses around the United States.
Theratyping matches therapies, or medications, to specific types of mutations. The primary goal of theratyping is to identify which mutations respond to certain CFTR modulators, thereby helping people with rare CFTR mutations gain access to already approved modulators quickly and safely.
ResearchCon is for everyone with a personal or professional connection to cystic fibrosis to learn and discuss CF-related science and care alongside others living with and studying the disease.
Learn more about previous CF Foundation community conferences.
The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation is aggressively pursuing potential treatments for people with CF who have nonsense and rare mutations who will not benefit from drugs known as modulators, which correct the malfunctioning cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (
Since 2011, the Foundation has awarded $2.5 million across 35 different projects to improve cystic fibrosis newborn screening across the country.