EFMN Research Summit

The Foundation hosted the Minnesota Epilepsy Research Summit in 2014. Senator Amy Klobachar sent a welcome message and more than 15 researchers presented sharing their progress and exploring opportunities for collaboration. Read the abstracts from their presentations:

• Characterizing and Predicting Drug Effects on Cognition, Susan Marino, PhD
• Epilepsy Research at Upsher-Smith Laboraties, Inc., Mary Holmay, RN, PhD
• FOS Study in Canine Studies, Ned Patterson, DVM, PhD
• Investigations of Cortical Malformations in Epilepsy with Ultrahigh Field MRI,b, Thomas Henry, MD
• Maternal Outcomes and Neurodevelopmental Effects of Antiepileptic Drugs, Julie Hanna, MD
• Nasal Delivery of Benzodiazepines for Treatment of Seizure Emergencies, Ron Siegel, ScD
• Role of Magnetic Source Imaging in “Non-Lesional” Neocortical Pediatric Epilepsy, Wenbo Zhang, MD, PhD 
• Seizure Prediction, Greg Worrell, MD, PhD
• Seizure Suppression with Deep Brain Stimulation: Closing the Loop, Tay Netoff, PhD
• TPM DBS Project, Samuel Roiko, PhD, and Krista Johnson, PhD ( c)
• Tumor Associated Epilepsy, Miguel Fiol, MD 
• Use of Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic modeling and Simulation as an AED Tool, Lisa Coles, MS, PhD 
• Variability in Drug Exposure in Special Populations, Angela Birnbaum, PhD

Additional Information

   -  Very Early Administration of Progesterone for Acute Traumatic Brain Injury from the New England Journal

   -  EFMN donates to the University of Minnesota research through the National Epilepsy Foundation