Improving diagnostic procedures for epilepsy through artificial intelligence
PROJECT GRANT £75,203 over 36 months Awarded in 2019 SCIENTIFIC TITLE Improving diagnostic procedures for epilepsy through automated recording and analysis of patient’s history LEAD INVESTIGATO [...]
Exploring a promising new drug target to stop seizures in their tracks
2019 FELLOWSHIP AWARD £247,133 over 36 months SCIENTIFIC TITLE Neurogliaform interneurons: a promising inhibitory target to stop focal and generalised seizures LEAD INVESTIGATOR Dr Vincent Mag [...]
Identifying the markers of SUDEP using global patient data
PROJECT GRANT £162,793 over 24 months Awarded in 2019 SCIENTIFIC TITLE Identifying SUDEP risk: sleep-wakefulness modulation of central autonomic and respiratory networks LEAD INVESTIGATOR Dr B [...]
Accurately identifying epileptic brain regions using portable MEG
PROJECT GRANT £83,958 over 36 months Awarded in 2019 SCIENTIFIC TITLE The use of portable magnetoencephalography (MEG) in epilepsy LEAD INVESTIGATOR Dr Umesh Vivekananda CO-INVESTIGATORS Pr [...]
Investigating the underlying mechanisms of Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP)
PROJECT GRANT £172,218 over 24 months Awarded in 2019 SCIENTIFIC TITLE Do microglia prevent seizure-induced cardiorespiratory dysfunction? LEAD INVESTIGATOR Professor Nicholas Dale CO-INVEST [...]
Predicting and reducing language deficits from temporal lobe epilepsy surgery
Lead investigator: Dr Sjoerd Vos, Department of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, University College London Co-investigators: Prof John Duncan, UCL, Dr Peter Taylor, Newcastle University, Dr [...]
Surgery Pathways: The Lived Experience of Children with Epilepsy
PILOT GRANT £30,000 over 24 months Awarded in 2019 SCIENTIFIC TITLE Epilepsy Surgery Pathway: The Lived Experience of Children with Epilepsy, their Parents and Siblings LEAD INVESTIGATOR Dr Ha [...]
Using new techniques and AI to predict outcomes following surgery
SCIENTIFIC TITLE Hippocampal shape analysis: a novel practical predictive biomarker of surgical outcome? LEAD INVESTIGATOR Dr Marian Galovic, University College London CO-INVESTIGATORS Dr Matth [...]
State of the art scanning to investigate absence seizures in children and adolescents
Scientific Title: Thalamic GABA in childhood and juvenile absence epilepsy Lead investigator: Professor Vincenzo Crunelli, Cardiff University Co-investigators: Prof Richard Wise, Cardiff University, Dr [...]
Predicting which brain region to treat using a new method of brain mapping
Scientific Title: Predicting which brain region to treat: Multimodal Ictogenic Network Mapping (MINM) Lead investigator: Dr Diana Cash, King’s College London Co-investigators: Dr Michel Mesquita, KCL, [...]
Nicotine patch treatment for Sleep-related Hypermotor Epilepsy
£30,000 pilot grant over 24 months awarded to Prof Deb Pal at King’s College London Scientific title: Feasibility/Pilot study for Precision Medicine Transdermal Nicotine in Sleep-related Hypermotor Epi [...]
A new role for epilepsy gene
£20,000 pilot grant over 18 months awarded to Prof Peter Oliver at the University of Oxford Scientific title: Investigating a novel role for the epilepsy gene TBC1D24 in vesicular acidification “Our wo [...]