We are delighted to announce our most recent grant recipients for our newest grant mechanism. Recognizing a need to support the epilepsy research community as it faces unanticipated challenges due to the pandemic, we launched the CURE Epilepsy Research Continuity Fund, made possible by the generous support of the Cotton Family, in memory of Vivian Cotton.
The CURE Epilepsy Research Continuity Fund provides grants of up to $15,000 each to epilepsy researchers to cover unexpected costs due to the pandemic, such as extra costs to rebuild reagents for interrupted experiments, additional salaries to cover employee time, and increased costs to comply with COVID-19 health and safety requirements so vital research can continue.
COVID-19 has challenged our community, but we remain unfaltering in our commitment to deliver on our mission of promoting and funding patient-focused research to find a cure for epilepsy.
CURE Epilepsy Research Continuity Fund Grantees
Catherine Christian-Hinman, PhD
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Neural and Pituitary Mechanisms Linking Epilepsy to Co-Morbid Reproductive Endocrine Dysfunction
Funded by the National Institutes of Health
Chris Dulla, PhD
Tufts University
Funded by the Department of Defense
Juan Encinas, PhD
Achucarro Basque Center for Neuroscience, Spain
Funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation
Jason Gerrard, MD, PhD
Yale University
Neuromodulation to Restore Conscious Decision-Making During Seizures
Funded by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Heidi Grabenstatter, PhD
University of Colorado
AMPK and Cardiac Dysfunction in Chronic Epilepsy: A Prognostic Indicator of SUDEP Risk
Funded by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Bin Gu, PhD
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Funded by CURE Epilepsy
Bruce Hermann, PhD
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Brain Aging in Persons with Childhood Onset Epilepsy: A Population Based Investigation II
Funded by CURE Epilepsy
Amanda Hernan, PhD
University of Vermont State and Agricultural College
Mechanisms for Improving Cognitive Outcome in Pediatric Epilepsy with ACTH
Funded by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Juliet Knowles, MD, PhD
Stanford University
Abnormal Myelin in Absence Epilepsy: Cause and Functional Impact
Funded by CURE Epilepsy through a generous grant from the Ravichandran Foundation
Jeff Loeb, MD, PhD
University of Illinois-Chicago
Targeting Epileptogenic Effects of Subarachnoid Blood in TBI
Funded by CURE Epilepsy
Braxton Norwood, PhD
Expesicor
Modeling Drug-Refractory Epilepsy With the KaL Method
Funded by the National Institutes of Health
Adam Numis, MD
University of California, San Francisco
Evaluating the Role of Inflammation in Neonatal Epileptogenesis
Funded by National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Tristan Shuman, PhD
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Closed-Loop Resynchronization of Epileptic Circuits
Funded by CURE Epilepsy
Lakshmi Subramanian, PhD
University of California, San Francisco
Transciptomic Diversity of Cell Types in Cortical Malformations
Funded by CURE Epilepsy