Author: Jo Anne Nakagawa
PERF® Now Accepting Letter of Intent for the 2026 Grant Year
September 8, 2025
The Pediatric Epilepsy Research Foundation® is accepting a letter of intent (LOI) for the Infrastructure/Registry Research Grant in any area of pediatric neurology. The submission deadline is 5 pm Central on Thursday, October 30, 2025. The LOI Template (a fillable Word document) is available to download here.
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PERF® ESI Pediatric Neurology Travel Investigator Awardees (CNS Meeting)
August 5, 2025
PERF® congratulates these five recipients of the Early-Stage Pediatric Neurology Investigator Travel Award Pilot Program to present their research at the 2025 CNS Annual Meeting in Charlotte, NC
Investigator: Amanda M. Nagy, MD
Institution: Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston
Abstract Title: White Matter Injury in Canavan Disease Follows the Spatiotemporal Pattern of Myelination
Presentation Type: Poster
Investigator: Kuntal Sen, MD, FACMG
Institution: Children’s National Hospital and […]
2025 PERF® Infrastructure Research Award
July 17, 2025
PERF® is pleased to announce the recipient of the 2025 Multicenter, Infrastructure Registry Research Grant
Researcher: David M. Ritter, MD, PhD
Project Title: Tuberous Sclerosis Complex Fetal Evaluation and Treatment AcceLerator (TSC-FETAL)
Institution: Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Dr. Ritter received his MD and PhD at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA. He completed his pediatric residency and child neurology residencies […]