2006 Recipients

Early Career Physician-Scientist Awards

Devin K. Binder, M.D., Ph.D.
University of California, Irvine
Project: AQP4 and epileptogenesis
Mentor: Tallie Z. Baram

Derek Chong, M.D., MSc
Columbia University
Project: Effects of verapamil as an adjunct on seizure control
Mentor: Frank Gilliam

Beate Diehl, M.D.*
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Project: Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) and tractography of the arcuate fascicle (AF) in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy and controls
Mentor: Hans Luders

Kevin C. Ess, M.D., Ph.D.
Vanderbilt University
Project: GABAergic interneurons
Mentor: Bob Macdonald

Christina A. Gurnett, M.D., Ph.D.*
Washington University School of Music
Project: Identification of a seizure susceptibility gene common to both mendelian and complex inherited epilepsy
Mentor: Edwin Trevethan

Eliane Kobayashi, M.D., Ph.D.
Montreal Neurological Institute
Project: Multimodal investigation of focal epilepsies: what can we see beyond the epileptogenic area?
Mentor: Jean Gotman

John Christopher Oakley, M.D., Ph.D.
Project: Neocortical whole-cell sodium currents in a mouse model of severe myoclonic epilepsy of infancy
Mentor: William Catterall

* Second year awardee

Milken Translational Research Awards

Grzegorz Bulaj, Ph.D.
Department of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, University of Utah
Project: Galanin-based therapy for refractory epilepsy

Steven C. Schachter, M.D.
Harvard Medical School Osher Institute
Project: Phase IIA open label dose escalation study to investigate the safety and tolerability of Huperzine A for the treatment of epilepsy