Junior Investigator Awards
$50,000 for newly independent investigators to support the direct costs of research, along with one year of AES membership.
Isamu Aiba, PhD
Spreading depolarizations contribute to epilepsy comorbidities
Baylor College of Medicine
Kimberly Aldinger, PhD
Functional characterization of MAST4 variants
Seattle Children's Hospital
Allyson Alexander, MD, PhD
MTOR pathway dysfunction and hub cells in focal cortical dysplasia
University of Colorado, Denver
Roni Dhaher, PhD
Modulating the relief from anhedonia and seizures in temporal lobe epilepsy
Yale University
Laura Ewell, PhD
Lateralization in mouse temporal lobe epilepsy
University of California, Irvine
AES/EF Junior Investigator Awards, funded in full by the Epilepsy Foundation
Churl-Su Kwon, MD, MPH
Disparities in epilepsy surgery quality of care and access to care
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Research Training Fellowship for Clinicians
Mentored support for clinical fellows or junior clinical faculty with up to $50,000 for stipend and travel support, along with one year of AES membership.
Brad Kamitaki, MD
Addressing barriers to comprehensive epilepsy care: A mixed-methods study
Rutgers University
Mentors: Joel Cantor, SCD; Haiqun Lin, MD, PhD; and Hyunmi Choi, MD
Joshua LaRocque, MD, PhD
Exploring the neural basis of naming impairment in patients with epilepsy
University of Wisconsin-Madison, and New York University
Mentors: Anli Liu, MD; Adeen Flinker, PhD; Aaron Struck, MD; and Orrin Devinsky, MD
Sheela Toprani, MD, PhD
Network-targeted therapy for epilepsy and neuropsychological comorbidities
University of California, Davis
Mentors: Kimford Meador, MD; Amy Brooks-Kayal, MD; and Karen Anne Moxon, PhD
PERF/AES Research Training Fellowship for Clinicians, funded at 50% by PERF
Amanda Sandoval Karamian, MD
White matter microstructural abnormalities in neonatal genetic epilepsy
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Mentors: Nicholas Abend, MD and Hao Huang, PhD
PCDH19 Alliance/AES Research Training Fellowship for Clinicians, funded at 40% by PCDH19 Alliance
Julie Ziobro, MD, PhD
Mechanisms of PCDH19 clustering epilepsy
University of Michigan
Mentor: Jack Parent, MD
Postdoctoral Research Fellowships
Mentored research fellowships with up to $50,000 for stipend and travel support, along with one year of AES membership.
Michelle Kloc, PhD
Cholinergic modulation of CA1 signaling in febrile status epilepticus
University of Vermont
Mentor: Gregory Holmes, MD
Frederic Schaper, MD, PhD
Network mapping of focal epilepsy using lesions and deep brain stimulation
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Mentors: Michael Fox, MD, PhD and Ellen Bubrick, MD
Alena Stasenko, PhD
Improving pre-surgical language assessment in bilinguals with epilepsy
University of California, San Diego
Mentor: Carrie McDonald, PhD
Yusuke Takezawa, MD, PhD
Calcium overload and cell swelling during hypoxia in the neonatal brain
University of Iowa
Mentor: Joseph Glykys, MD, PhD
William Tobin, PhD
Determinants of cortical interneuron dysfunction in KCNT1-related epilepsy
University of Vermont
Mentor: Matthew Weston, PhD
AES Predoctoral Fellowships
Mentored research fellowships with up to $30,000 for stipend and travel support, along with one year of AES membership.
Michael Granovetter, MS, AB
Neuroplasticity of the visual system following temporal cortical resection
Carnegie Mellon University
Mentors: Marlene Behrmann, PhD and Christina Patterson, MD
Darian Hadjiabadi, MS
Cellular pathways underlying pathological high-frequency oscillations
Stanford University
Mentor: Ivan Soltesz, PhD
Segewkal Hawaze-Heruye, MS, BPharm
Targeting ROS-dependent synaptic dysfunction and cognitive deficits in TLE
Creighton University
Mentors: Timothy Simeone, PhD and Kristina Simeone, PhD
Rachael Ryner, BS
Aberrant wnt signaling disrupts inhibitory networks in mouse model of IS
Tufts University
Mentor: Chris Dulla, PhD
James Sun, BA
Intraoperative recording in epilepsy with a high-density ECoG array
New York University School of Medicine
Mentors: Bijan Pesaran, PhD and Daniel Friedman, MD
Wanqi Wang, MA
Axon function in the pathogenesis of ARHGEF9 epileptic encephalopathy
Columbia University
Mentor: Wayne Frankel, PhD
AES/Wishes for Elliott Predoctoral Research Fellowship, co-funded at 15% by WFE
Timothy Abreo, BS
Characterization of gene modifiers in a mouse model of epilepsy
Baylor College of Medicine
Mentor: Edward Cooper, MD, PhD
Epilepsy Study Consortium Mini-Grants, funded by ESC and administered by AES
Alexander Arnold, MD
Using online seizure diaries to compare antiepileptic drug efficacy
University of Washington
Mentor: Nick Poolos, MD, PhD
Stephanie Reeder, MD
Use of Lacosamide (LCS) in elderly patients with epilepsy
University of Minnesota
Mentors: Sima Patel, MD; Angela Birnbaum, PhD; and Ilo Leppik, MD
Susan S. Spencer Clinical Research Training Fellowship
Administered by AAN; jointly funded by the American Epilepsy Society, Epilepsy Foundation, and American Brain Foundation
Samuel Terman, MD
Seizure risk prediction after antiseizure medication discontinuation in patients with well-controlled epilepsy: Randomized trial reanalysis and pooling
University of Michigan
Mentors: James Burke, MD, MS and Jack Parent, MD