Clinician, Industry, and Research Speakers

Friday Night

Alfred L. George, Jr., MD

Professor and Chair, Department of Pharmacology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Presenting "Molecular and Cellular Context Influences SCN8A Variant Function"

Joshua Hack, MS

Data Scientist, BIO5 Institute and Shay Emma Hammer Research Foundation
Presenting "Developing a Machine Learning Pipeline to Improve Diagnosis, Prognosis, and Clinical Management for SCN8A Syndrome"

Michael Hammer, PhD

Research Scientist and Professor, BIO5 Institute, Department of  Neurology, University of Arizona
Presenting "Repurposing a Drug to Improve the Lives of SCN8A Patients"

Jan Magielski

Undergraduate Researcher, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Presenting "Delineating the phenotypic landscape of SCN8A-related disorders"

Jillian McKee, MD, PhD

Attending Physician and Instructor of Neurology, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and University of Pennsylvania
Presenting "Delineating the phenotypic landscape of SCN8A-related disorders"

Brian Pfister, PhD, MBA

VP of Medical Affairs, Praxis Precision Medicines
Presenting "PRAX-562: Reflection and Direction on a Next Generation Anti-Seizure Small Molecule in Development for SCN8A-DEE"

John M. Schreiber, MD

Child Neurologist, Neurophysiologist, and Epileptologist
​Director, Epilepsy Genetics and Medical Director-EEG, Children's National Hospital
Presenting "Quality of Life in SCN8A-Related Epilepsy"

Fiona Scott

Executive Director, Biology Research, Neurocrine Biosciences
Presenting "Neurocrine Biosciences, NBI-921352 SCN8A-DEE Program Update: Mechanism of Action and Clinical Studies"

Svetlana Shore, PhD

Director, Clinical Development, Neurocrine Biosciences
Presenting "Neurocrine Biosciences, NBI-921352 SCN8A-DEE Program Update: Mechanism of Action and Clinical Studies"

Jacy L. Wagnon, PhD

Assistant Professor, The Ohio State University
Presenting "Motor impairment in a novel mouse model of SCN8A encephalopathy"

Jennifer Wong, PhD

Assistant Professor, Emory University
Presenting "Approaches for treatment development in SCN8A-derived epilepsy"

Moderators

Kacie Craig, MEd

Executive Director, The Cute Syndrome Foundation

Manoj Patel, PhD

Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Virginia

John M. Schreiber, MD

Child Neurologist, Neurophysiologist, and Epileptologist
​Director, Epilepsy Genetics and Medical Director-EEG, Children's National Hospital

Family Education Presenters

Friday Afternoon

Madeleine Oudin, PhD

Tiampo Family Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Tufts University
Presenting "Emerging Treatment Options for SCN8A"

Eric R. Wengert, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow in the lab of Ethan M. Goldberg, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Presenting "SCN8A 101"