Gardiner Lapham Awarded 2025 ILAE Social Accomplishment Award, May 2025
Featuring AES member, Gardiner Lapham, RN, MPH

Gardiner Lapham became a passionate advocate for epilepsy research and awareness after the devastating loss of her son to SUDEP. She is co-founder and current chair of Partners Against Mortality in Epilepsy (PAME).

From Lab to Clinic: A Mission Against Epilepsy, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Pharmacy, March 25, 2025
Featuring AES board member, Barry Gidal, PharmD, FAES

“One of the reasons why I like this field so much is there’s a lot of art that goes along with the science,” he says. “So we do a lot of combination therapies, putting things together that work a little bit differently, and hopefully we find the right formula, if you will, for an individual patient.”

Pharmacist's Role in the Race Against Infantile Spasms, Pharmacy Practice News, January 16, 2024
Featuring AES member and Fellow Elia Pestana Knight, MD, FAES

“Historically, they’ve been behind the scenes, but [pharmacists] can have a tremendous role in education,” said Elia Pestana Knight, MD, FAES, a pediatric epileptologist at Cleveland Clinic and panelist.

“In my own practice, I see people who are reluctant to have surgery because of a mistrust of the system and rightfully so,” said Chapman, who is white. “What techniques can I use to help them understand that by not doing this surgery they may be putting their child at risk, and how can I do so in a culturally sensitive manner?”