Epilepsia^® Prize 2017 Basic Science

Epilepsia is pleased to announce the winner of the 2017 Epilepsia Basic Science Research Prize is Tiwalade Sobayo for his article, "Should stimulation parameters be individualized to stop seizures: Evidence in support of this approach"Tiwalade Sobayo and David J. Mogul
Epilepsia. Version of Record online: 9 DEC 2015 | DOI: 10.1111/epi.13259
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Tiwalade Sobayo received his Ph.D. in biomedical engineering from Illinois Institute of Technology in January 2016 under the mentorship of Dr. David Mogul. His Ph.D. dissertation focused on understanding synchrony dynamics in brain networks (specifically the thalamus and hippocampus) as seizures evolve and leveraging this information to disrupt seizures with targeted electrical stimulation. In February 2016, he started his postdoctoral training where he is working to expand the range of the studied network to include additional relevant brain structures, investigate how well results in the animal studies translate to humans, and gain a better understanding of the mechanisms underlying the experimental results through the use of computational models.

An interview with Tiwalade Sobayo, 2017 Epilepsia Prize Winner for Basic Science Research
Astrid Nehlig, Michael Sperling and Gary Mathern
Version of Record online: 14 JUN 2017 | DOI: 10.1111/epi.13790
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Commentary: 2016 Epilepsia Basic Science Prize
Fred A. Lado
Version of Record online: 14 JUN 2017 | DOI: 10.1111/epi.13793
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