As 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.
