Research Priorities
One of Brainwave's key objectives is "To undertake, encourage and assist research into the causes of, cure for and management of epilepsy and into the social and psychological effects of the condition".
All of Brainwave's strategic plans to date have highlighted the importance of research. The current 5-year Strategic Plan (2007-2011) identifies research as one of six key activities for the period.
Brainwave supports research into all aspects of epilepsy in accordance with the above objective.
In the 2012 (current) call for proposals, the following priorities have been identified:
- Psychosocial aspects of epilepsy
- Causes or prevention of/ Potential cures for SUDEP
- Epilepsy in the Intellectual Disability population
- Role/ Impact of the Epilepsy Specialist Nurse
- Epilepsy and the older person
- Epilepsy and Men
In the 2011 call for proposals, the following priorities have been identified:
- Psychosocial aspects of epilepsy
- Causes or prevention of/ Potential cures for Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy
- Epilepsy in the Intellectual disability population
- Role of the Epilepsy Specialist Nurse and effects on patient quality of life
In the 2009 call for proposals under our Research Funding Scheme, the following research priorities were highlighted:
- Psychosocial aspects of epilepsy
- Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP) - identifying causes/ SUDEP prevention
- Effects of switching between generic and branded anti-epileptic drugs (AEDs)
- Epilepsy and teenagers
