Clinician, Industry, and Research Speakers

Elena Gardella, MD, PhD

Associate Professor, University of Southern Denmark
Danish Epilepsy Center–Filadelfia
Department of Clinical Neurophysiology
Presenting "The SCN8A-LOF phenotype"

Michael Hammer, PhD

Research Scientist and Professor, BIO5 Institute, Department of  Neurology, University of Arizona
Presenting "Connecting the dots: making sense of the multifarious manifestations of SCN8A syndrome"

Chunhui Hu, MD

Child Neurologist, Department of Neurology, Children’s Hospital of Fudan University
Presenting "Phenotypic and genetic spectrum in Chinese children with SCN8A-related disorders"

Chris Makinson, PhD

Assistant Professor of Neurological Sciences, Columbia University Department of Neurology, Department of Neuroscience
Institute for Genomic Medicine
​Columbia Translational Neuroscience Initiative
Columbia Stem Cell Initiative
Presenting "Mechanisms to treatments: Using animal and human cellular models to study SCN8A"

Raquel Miralles

Neuroscience Ph.D Candidate, University of Virginia, Patel Lab 
Presenting "Aberrant Parvalbumin-Positive Interneuron Activity in SCN8A Epileptic Encephalopathy"

Madeleine Oudin, PhD

Tiampo Family Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Tufts University
Presenting "Targeting alternative splicing to treat SCN8A epilepsy"

M. Scott Perry, MD

Head of Neurosciences, Jane and John Justin Institute for Mind Health at Cook Children’s
​Director, Genetic Epilepsy Clinic
Presenting "First global consensus for the diagnosis and treatment of SCN8A-related disorders: a Delphi project"

Steven Petrou, PhD

Co-Founder & Chief Scientific Officer, Praxis Precision Medicines
Presenting "PRAX-562 Potential Next-Generation Treatment for DEEs"

Ian C. Wenker, PhD

Research Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Virginia
Presenting "The neural circuitry of seizure behaviors in mouse models of SCN8A epilepsy”

Svetlana Shore, PhD

Director, Clinical Development, Neurocrine Biosciences
Presenting "​Neurocrine Biosciences Research Updates"

Wenxi Yu, PhD

Research Investigator, Department of Human Genetics, University of Michigan
Presenting "Down-regulation of SCN8A as treatment for developmental and epileptic encephalopathy"

SCN8A Family Speakers

Danielle Hayward

SCN8A Parent

Mary and Billy Tone

SCN8A Parent and SCN8A Patient

Moderators

Kacie Craig, MEd

Executive Director, The Cute Syndrome Foundation

Manoj Patel, PhD

Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Virginia

Hillary Savoie, PhD

Founder and President, The Cute Syndrome Foundation

John M. Schreiber, MD

Director, Epilepsy Genetics and Medical Director, EEG
Children's National Hospital