The Adelyn Stroup Lectureship series stared in 2007. This series invites an exciting physician-scientist new to the field of pediatric epilepsy to travel to Johns Hopkins to lecture to a group of reputable physicians, neurologists, residents and interns on a topic of their choice. This initiates ideas for the advancement of cures for epilepsy as it brings together awareness of what other institutions are doing to fight this disease. After the lecture, the guest spends the day with the Hopkins pediatric epilepsy team doing patient rounds and sharing ideas on epilepsy. This collaboration of doctors sharing ideas and research helps in the overall advancement and treatment of epilepsy.
2020 – Dr. Rejean M. Guerriero – St. Louis Children’s Hospital Saint Louis, MO: Dr. Guerriero is the Director, Neurology Clinical Services and Critical Care EEG Program Assistant Professor of Neurology Washington University School of Medicine / St. Louis Children’s Hospital.
2019 – Dr. Louis Dang – Michigan Medicine and C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital Michigan, IL: Dr. Dang is a pediatric epileptologist with a basic science background in the molecular control of neural development, I’m interested in revealing pathogenic mechanisms behind genetic epilepsies of childhood, and using these findings to advance therapies for epilepsy. I am currently working with Dr. Jack Parent on using neural cultures from induced pluripotent stem cells to model genetic epilepsies such as Dravet Syndrome, which is typically caused by mutations in the SCN1A gene.
2018 – Dr. Heather Olson – Boston Childern’s Hospital Boston, MA: Dr. Olson is an Assistant Professor in Department of Neurology and Instructor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School. Her focus is on Epilepsy and Neurogenetics/Epilepsy Genetics particularly genetics of early onset epileptic encephalopathies and infantile spasms. This includes a Pilot study evaluating for genetic causes of Febrile Infection Related Epilepsy Syndrome (FIRES). Her hope is that as the genetics of epilepsy is better understood, targeted therapies will lead to an improvement in care and quality of life.
2017 – Dr. Zachary Grinspan – Cornell University Medical Center New York, NY: Dr. Grinspan is an Assistant Professor in Pediatrics and in Healthcare Policy and Research and a board certified pediatrician and child neurologist with additional training in epilepsy. His published research draws from experts across multiple disciplines (epilepsy, emergency medicine, critical care, health services research, informatics, biostatistics, machine learning, economics). His goal is to transform his dedication to public service and long-standing passion for mathematics, computer science, and neuroscience into a career devoted to improving care for children with epilepsy.
2016 – Dr. Audrey Brumback – Assistant Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics University of California San Francisco: Dr. Brumback provides clinical care and researches how the brain’s circuitry is disrupted in disorders like autism spectrum disorder. Brumback cares for children with all types of neurologic concerns; however, she specializes in the evaluation and treatment of children with autism and related neurodevelopmental disabilities.
2015 – Dr. Kelly Knupp – Children’s Hospital Colorado: Dr. Knupp is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Neurology at the Children’s Hospital of Colorado board certified in Clinical Neurophysiology and Neurology with Special Qualifications in Child Neurology. She gave a presentation on Infantile Spasms: Where have we been and where are we going?
2014 – Dr. Eric Marsh – Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia: Dr Eric Marsh is an Assistant Professor of Neurology at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia with primary research interest in understanding the relationship between interneuronal development and altered excitability that leads to epilepsy. This pattern is primarily seen in children with malformations of cortical development but also a number of emerging set of diseases called interneuronopathies.
2013 – Dr. Sudha Kessler – Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia: Dr. Kessler is an Assistant Professor of Neurology Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and is interested in the epileptic mechanisms of the human brain, specifically in children and the effect that transcranial magnetic stimulation has on those neural processes.
2012 – Dr. Annapurna Poduri – Children’s Hospital Boston: Dr. Poduri directs the Epilepsy Genetics Program with one hand in the clinic as a pediatric epileptologists and the other hand in the laboratory on a mission to identify the genetic underpinnings of epilepsy.
2011 – Dr. Renee Shellhaas – University of Michigan: Dr. Shellhaa’s research focuses on fetal seizures and encephalopathy in newborn infants. She is studying conventional EEG and newer tools such as near-infrared spectroscopy and amplitude integrated EEG.
2010 – Dr. Miya Asato – Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh: Dr. Asato’s current research centers on the effects of pediatric epilepsy on brain function. She is the associate program director of the Child Neurology residency program.
2009 – Dr. Elliot Sherr – UCSF: Dr. Sherr directs a research group, the Brain Development Research Program, that studies the genetics and biology of autism and epilepsy, work funded by the National Institutes of Health and March of Dimes.
2008 – Dr. Kevin Ess – Vanderbilt: Research in Ess’s laboratory is focused on deciphering the molecular mechanisms required for typical brain development and how disruptions of these processes lead to malformations of the cerebral cortex.
2007 – Dr. Elizabeth Donner – Toronto Sick Kids: Research: Methods for language mapping in children with epilepsy. Evaluation of non-medical treatments for epilepsy in children, including the vagal nerve stimulator and ketogenic diet.