Research Grants Awarded

CURE Epilepsy sees research as the key to finding cures for the epilepsies. Each year, CURE Epilepsy funds investigator-initiated grants supporting promising trends in the field and the potential for breakthroughs in a specified area.

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Protecting Our Progress

FAIR harmonization and dissemination of the REPO2MSE SUDEP dataset within the International Seizure and SUDEP Research Repository (InSSURR)

Philippe Ryvlin, MD, PhD / Lausanne University Hospital

This project will unlock a large, unique collection of patient data gathered over many years in Europe and connect it with a similar U.S. resource.

Protecting Our Progress

Sustaining Neural Circuit Research on Seizure-Induced Respiratory Dysfunction

William Nobis, MD, PhD / Vanderbilt University Medical Center

This research aims to identify the specific brain circuits causing this respiratory collapse to predict and prevent SUDEP.

Protecting Our Progress

Development of Intranasal SEL for Rescue Therapy of Acute Repetitive Seizures

Pavel Klein, MD / Mid-Atlantic Epilepsy & Sleep Center

PrevEpis developing a nasal spray antiseizure medication, seletracetam, for treatment of cluster seizures and prevention of predictable seizures.

Photo of epilepsy researcher Avtar Roopra

Protecting Our Progress

Molecular Determinants of High Seizure Risk Times

Avtar Roopra, PhD / University of Wisconsin-Madison

The team aims to uncover how this remarkable recovery occurs and determine whether other existing drugs can achieve the same lasting benefits.

Taking Flight Award

Targeting GFAP Aggregation to Prevent Post-Traumatic Epileptogenesis

Federico Moro, PhD / Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research

This project will test whether a treatment that lowers GFAP levels can reduce these harmful changes and help prevent epilepsy from developing or make it less severe.

Taking Flight Award

Development of ECG-Derived Respiratory Biomarkers for SUDEP Risk Assessment

Justin Ryan, PhD / SUNY Upstate Medical University

Dr. Ryan and his team will study breathing changes before, during, and between seizures in many more patients than was previously possible.

Taking Flight Award

Network Resonance as a Novel, Targetable Driver of Seizure Onset in Drug-Resistant Epilepsy

Patrick Davis, MD, PhD / Boston Children’s Hospital

By uncovering how the brain responds to different levels of stimulation, this research could help make neurostimulation more personalized, leading to better seizure control and reducing the need for trial-and-error treatment approaches.