March 17, 2021 / Brittany and Alek Stewart
CURE Epilepsy and Epilepsy Canada recently entered into a strategic partnership to accelerate scientific progress and drive research forward to find a cure for epilepsy. To celebrate this new partnership, and in honor of Epilepsy Awareness Month in Canada, we speak with Alek and Brittany Stewart, husband and wife advocates for Epilepsy Canada.
March 3, 2021 / Angie Froehlich
This week on Seizing Life we speak with Angie Froehlich about parenting a teenager with epilepsy. Angie’s daughter Chloe was diagnosed with epilepsy at age 12.
February 17, 2021 / Anita Meeks
What do you do when your life is suddenly upended by an epilepsy diagnosis? Where do you turn for reliable information? How do you find a neurologist that you connect with? Can you manage your seizures and live the life you’ve always had?
January 20, 2021 / Kim Nye
In the finale of our 4-part series exploring the drug development process, we look at clinical trials through the eyes of a participant. We speak with Kim Nye, mother of two children with epilepsy and founder of the Tess Research Foundation, about her experiences enrolling her children in epilepsy clinical trials.
January 5, 2022 / Elissa Moore, Lauren Panco, Jon Sadler
This week on Seizing Life, we revisit several compelling conversations from the past year in our Best of Seizing Life 2021 compilation episode
December 16, 2020 / Dr. Kelly Knupp
On this episode of Seizing Life, we talk with Dr. Kelly Knupp about the development process of a clinical trial from the IND application, through human clinical studies and the FDA approval process.
December 2, 2020 / Dr. James Cloyd
Today, in the first of a 4-part series exploring the drug development process and clinical trial participation, we speak with Dr. James Cloyd, the Lawrence C. Weaver Endowed Chair in Orphan Drug Development, and Director of the Center for Orphan Drug Research at the University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy.
November 18, 2020 / Mike Coburn
Today on Seizing Life, we speak with Mike Coburn, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Research!America, an organization that advocates for science, discovery and innovation to achieve better health for all.
November 4, 2020 / Patty and Patrick Horan
As Veterans Day nears, we speak with former U.S. Army Captain Patrick Horan and his wife Patty on this week’s episode of Seizing Life. The Horans describe the circumstances around Pat’s near-fatal injury, the amazing efforts of soldiers and medical personnel to save Pat’s life, the sudden, shocking onset of epilepsy months into Pat’s recovery process, and the long battle they have waged against PTE.
