Past Funded Research and Training Workshops

2011/2012 Funded Workshops

Coming Together on Epilepsy Genetics: From Human to Model Organisms, and Back
Wayne Frankel, Ph.D.
The Jackson Laboratory
Bar Harbor, Maine

XI Workshop on Neurobiology of Epilepsy (WONOEP 2011)
a satellite event of the 29th IBE/ILAE International Epilepsy Congress, Rome Italy
Theme: Finding a Better Drug for Epilepsy
Jeffrey L. Noebels, M.D., Ph.D.
Baylor College of Medicine, Dept of Neurology

Fifth International Workshop on Seizure Prediction
Hitten P. Zaveri, Ph.D.
Yale University School of Medicine, Dept of Neurology

2010/2011 Funded Workshop

High Frequency Oscillations in Cognition and Epilepsy
Jean Gotman, Ph.D.
Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University

2008/2009 Funded Workshops

Fourth International Workshop on Seizure Prediction
Hitten P. Zaveri, Ph.D.
Yale University School of Medicine

Multiple Facets of GABA in Brain Development Satellite Meeting at the 2009 SFN in Chicago
Yehezkel Ben-Ari, Ph.D., EsSc
INMED

2007/2008    Funded Workshops

International Symposium on Dietary Therapies for Epilepsy
Jong Rho, M.D.
Barrow Neurological Institute

Basic Mechanisms of the Epilepsies Workshop
Antonio Delgado Escueta, M.D., Ph.D.
Greater Los Angeles VA Med Center

Cognitive Impairment in Epilepsy and Alzheimers Disease, NINDS
Jeffrey L. Noebels, M.D., Ph.D.
Baylor College of Medicine

Sudden Unexplained Death in Epilepsy Workshop, NINDS
Elson L. So, M.D.
Mayo Clinic

2006/2007 Funded Workshops

Gordon Research Conference on Epilepsy & Neuronal Synchronization
Douglas Coulter, Ph.D.
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine   

Gordon Research Conference on Inhibition in the CNS
Chris McBain, Ph.D.
National Institute for Child Health & Human Development

Fundamentals of Epilepsy
A.L. Padjen, M.D., D.Sc., McGill University        
Peter Carlen, M.D., Toronto Western Hospital   

Hot Topics in Epilepsy Research
Tallie Z. Baram, M.D., Ph.D.  
University of California - Irvine   

Complex Partial Status Epilepticus
Claude Wasterlain, M.D.
UCLA School of Medicine    

2005/2006 Funded Workshops

HHV-6 Foundation Epilepsy Workshop
Dharam Ablashi, Scientific Director
HHV-6 Foundation

Model Development in Epileptogenesis and Therapy-Resistant Epilepsy & Models of Geriatric Epilepsy Workshops
Kevin M. Kelly, M.D., Ph.D.
Allegheny-Singer Research Institute

Mechanisms of Epilepsy and Neuronal Synchronization Gordon Conference
Kevin Staley, M.D., University of Colorado
Ivan Soltesz, M.D., University of California – Irvine

Workshop on Biomarkers of Epileptogenesis
Pavel Klein, M.D.
Mid-Atlantic Epilepsy and Sleep Center

2004/2005 Funded Workshops

Eighth Workshop on the Neurobiology of Epilepsy
Edward H. Bertram, III., M.D., Department of Neurology - University of Virginia

Workshop on Treatments of Nonepileptic Seizures
W. Curt LaFrance, Jr., M.D., Departments of Psychiatry and Neurology
Rhode Island Hospital/Brown Medical School

New Horizons in Pediatric Neurology/Neurosurgery
Shlomo Shinnar, M.D., Ph.D., Epilepsy Management Center
Albert Einstein College of Medicine

2003/2004 Funded Workshops

Workshop on Neurobiology of Epilepsy
Bruce McEwen, M.D. - Society for Neuroscience

Neuropeptides and Epilepsy Symposium
Michael Kubek, Ph.D., Associate Professor Neurobiology
Indiana University, Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology

International Workshop on Seizure Prediction
J. Chris Sackelares, M.D., Neurology, Neuroscience & Bioengineering
University of Florida Research Foundation

Intractable Epilepsy Conference
Wayne T. Blume, M.D., FRCPC, Professor of Neurology
The University of Western Ontario, Clinical Neurological Sciences