CURE Epilepsy has always been a funder, a convener, and a doer. Collaborating with scientists, coalition partners, and community members builds bridges and fosters innovation. Over the past year, donor investment has helped facilitate the exchange of ideas across numerous meetings and events, including…
Date: October 2024
Location: New York City, Ovid Therapeutics offices
Partners: Epilepsy Foundation & Cameron Boyce Foundation
Participants: 20+ researchers and families, including Maria Teresa Ioannou from the Joanna Sophia Foundation, who opened the meeting with the personal story of her daughter Joanna
Goal: Identify additional factors that may contribute to SUDEP risk and discuss the development of a risk assessment tool for the community
Outcomes: New team science grant opportunity to fund additional clinical SUDEP research (projects starting Spring 2026).
Rare Epilepsy Partnership grantee Dr. Jillian McKee of CHOP spoke to CURE Epilepsy supporters at Board Member Matthew Schneider’s Maryland home during a June 2024 scientific salon. Dr. Walter Koroshetz, NINDS Director (pictured below, left), was in attendance and added to the robust discussion.
Thanks to the work of supporter Francesca Calloway (pictured below, right), 90 researchers gathered at the Jonathan Club in Los Angeles in September 2024 to learn more about CURE Epilepsy and hear from Taking Flight grantee Dr. Ranmal Samarasinghe of UCLA.