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In 2005, the Board of Directors of the BC Epilepsy Society signed a Memorandum of Agreement with the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research to jointly fund the best available epilepsy researchers in British Columbia.
In 2006, the two organizations funded the first provincially based epilepsy research through the financial support of Dr. Veronika Schiariti’s one-year grant on population health research on epilepsy in BC. The results of her research are highlighted in her article in the fall 2007 issue of our Society newsletter.
In 2007, we jointly funded a two-year biomedical research grant for Mr. Kirk Mulatz. The title of his research is "Modulation of Cav3.2 T-type calcium channels through neuronal nitric oxide synthasase activity". An outline of his research is highlighted in the spring 2007 issue of our Society newsletter.
In 2008, we started to jointly fund a three-year postdoctoral biomedical research grant for Dr. Jun Liu. The title of his research is the "Role of Akt phosphorylation of GluR1 subunit of AMPA receptors in the receptor trafficking and synaptic plasticity". An outline of his research is highlighted in the spring 2008 issue of our Society newsletter.
The Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research will be accepting applications in the fall of 2008 for 2009 grants. For more information, please go to their website.
If you or your company would like to financially support a grant for a future funded researcher, please contact our Executive Director at laari@bcepilepsy.com.
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