Biomedical Frontiers: Winter 1995, Vol.2, No.2
Columbia's Comprehensive Epilepsy Center
Basic and Clinical Research Projects

Dr. Roger D. Traub: Uses advanced computers to model brain networks in epilepsy.

Dr. Arnold Kriegstein: Studies the mechanism and regulation of excitability of cerebral cortex neurons and how they develop.

Dr. Robert S. Sloviter: Investigates the mechanisms leading to epilepsy and the consequences of seizures on brain structure.

Dr. Helen E. Scharfman: Researches the abnormal ways neurons interact in an epileptic region in experimental animal.

Dr. Mark L. Scheuer: Investigates the sensitivity that older patients have to antiepileptic drugs.

Dr. Thaddeus S. Walczak: Defines criteria for interpreting results of monitoring and for recognizing seizures with psychiatric causes.

Dr. Timothy A. Pedley: Investigates surgical outcome and clinical pathological outcomes in epilepsy patients.

Dr. W. Allen Hauser: Analyzes the epidemiology of epilepsy and the variation in responses to treatments in different populations.

Dr. Douglas R. Nordli Jr.: Evaluates the effects of seizures on brain development in children and how brain development affects the expression of seizures.

Dr. Ruth Ottman: Explores the possible genetic basis of some types of epilepsy using extensive family pedigree studies.