Jo Anne Nakagawa, Author at PERF® (Pediatric Epilepsy Research Foundation)

2024 PERF® -CNS Career Development Awards

August 7, 2024

Congratulations to Viola Caretti, MD, PhD recipient of the PERF^®-CNS Elterman Research Grant Award and Mauro Caffarelli, MD, recipient of the PERF^®-CNS Shields Research Grant Award.
PERF^®-CNS Elterman Research Grant Award
Dr. Caretti’s project, Decoding sex-specific neutrophil function in neonatal hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy will investigate the reason for poorer outcomes among males following hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE).
Institution: […]

PERF® Congratulates Clare M. Timbie, MD, PhD

July 31, 2024

Dr. Timbie is the 2024 recipient of the PERF®/AES Research Training Fellowship for Clinicians.
Project: Amygdala – thalamic reticular nucleus pathways in behavior and epilepsy
Institution: University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)
Mentors: Jeanne Paz, PhD and Daniel Lowenstein, MD

PERF® Celebrating 20 Years

June 17, 2024

Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve
The Pediatric Epilepsy Research Foundation® celebrates 20 years as a not-for-profit organization. PERF®’s co-founder and Board of Directors President, Dr. Roy D. Elterman handed over the meeting gavel to incoming President, Dr. Renée A. Shellhaas at the Annual Board of Directors Meeting held at the Lodge at Torrey Pines June 13-14, 2024. […]