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The William Gowers Clinical Research FellowshipsThe Epilepsy Foundation's William Gowers Clinical Research Fellowships have been supported by grants from Abbott Laboratories since 1986. The Gowers Fellowship is awarded annually to a physician/scientist who is embarking on a career in academic clinical medicine and who wishes to undertake a specific project in epilepsy research. Fellowship applications compete on the basis of scientific merit; in each case a senior academic clinician serves as a preceptor to the successful recipient. For the past eighteen years, these fellowships have attracted outstanding young people to the field of research while providing them with a priceless opportunity to learn—and contribute to—the latest developments in patient care. The Gowers fellows continue to be active in the field of epilepsy research and clinical care. They publish, they teach, they treat, and they are rising to leadership positions in their profession. The Epilepsy Foundation and Abbott Laboratories are proud of the achievements of the Gowers fellows, and look forward to their future contributions to the understanding of epilepsy, its successful treatment, and ultimate cure. About William R. Gowers (1845-1915)The William Gowers Clinical Research Fellowships are named in honor of William R. Gowers, a British physician who was one of a small group of brilliant neurologists who, towards the end of the nineteenth century, led the way to a new understanding of the brain and epilepsy. His book, Epilepsy and Other Chronic Convulsive Diseases, published in 1881, and his subsequent lectures and writings, are generally cited as marking the beginning of modern concepts of epilepsy, its causes, symptoms and treatment. In addition to teaching and writing, Gowers spent most of his professional life treating patients in London's National Hospital for the Paralyzed and Epileptic (now the National Hospital, Queens Square). He was a clinician, a physician-scientist, a man whose careful observations, supported by data, and principles of patient care and management exemplify the characteristics which the Epilepsy Foundation and Abbott Laboratories hope to cultivate in the recipients of the William Gowers Clinical Research Fellowships. The William R. Gowers Clinical Research Fellows: 1986—20062006Adam Olding Hebb, M.D. 2005William Stanley Anderson, M.D., Ph.D. 2004Lawrence W. Ver Hoef, M.D. 2003Jack J. Lin, M.D. 2002Kathryn McVicar, M.D. 2001Heidi Majors, M.D. 2000Lori Uber-Zak, D.O. 1999Barbara C. Jobst, M.D. 1998Jehuda Sepkuty, M.D. 1997Scott J. Sherman, M.D., Ph.D. 1996Thomas Perkins, M.D., Ph.D. 1995Donald Born, M.D., Ph.D. 1994Fu Du, Ph.D. 1993Kris Smith, M.D. 1992Brian Litt, M.D. 1991Jane G. Boggs, M.D. 1990Amiram Katz, M.D. 1989Martha J. Morrell, M.D. 1988Peter Wade, M.D. 1987Cynthia A. Rask, M.D. 1986Christopher M. De Giorgio, M.D. From the Fellows"Without the Foundation's support, this research would not have been possible. [I] was able to acquire additional skills and knowledge regarding intracranial EEG recordings and presurgical diagnostic work-up for epilepsy surgery." "Fellowship support from the Epilepsy Foundation in the form of the William Gowers Fellowship was crucial in my transition to an academic position." "I credit my work as a William Gowers fellow as a seminal influence on my career in epilepsy and neurophysiology …" "The preliminary data gathered during the fellowship was directly responsible for receiving an award from the NINDS. I am now in the process of completing these studies and will be publishing results shortly." "This fellowship was crucial to my research in status epilepticus and was key to my career!" "Funding by Abbott Laboratories and the Epilepsy Foundation is an important factor in helping new researchers, as myself, at the beginning of their career." "The Gowers Fellowship allowed me to undertake research on salivary antiepileptic drug levels in breakthrough seizures and obtain important training needed to advance my career." "The Gowers Fellowship is allowing me to participate in the development of a novel presurgical mapping technique…" "The Gowers Fellowship has allowed me to explore the relationship between epilepsy and childhood language disorders…" "I believe that this project will be the beginning of a rewarding career in academic neurology in which I can use advanced brain mapping technology to discover biological mechanisms underlying neurobehavioral aspects of epilepsy." "My study will examine verbal memory in patients with left mesial temporal lobe epilepsy." For information on how to apply for the William Gowers Clinical Research Fellowships, contact:
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