National Epifellows Foundation

2008 Dreifuss EpiFellows Award for Clinical Research

The National EpiFellows Foundation recognizes the outstanding achievements of those training in the field of epilepsy.

This award is named in honor of Fritz E. Dreifuss, MB, FRCP, a leader in the field of epilepsy for over 25 years. It is presented each year to the fellow who writes the most compelling and clinically sound research grant proposal.

For his research on “Voltage-dependent Properties of Extrasynaptic GAB_A Receptors in Cultured Rat Hippocampal Neurons,” this year’s Dreifuss award goes to:

Christopher B. Ransom, MD, PhD
Yale University School of Medicine
New Haven, CT