The 2005 Novartis Prize for Epilepsy Research

The 2005 Novartis Prize for Epilepsy Research was presented to Jeffrey L. Noebels, Professor of Neurology, Neuroscience, and Molecular Genetics at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas at the opening ceremony of the 26th International Epilepsy Congress in Paris.

This prestigious Prize (to the sum of 60,000 Swiss francs) is awarded in recognition of outstanding research in the field of epilepsy to a researcher (or research group) outside the pharmaceutical industry considered by the judges to have made a significant scientific contribution to epilepsy research. The adjudication panel, made up of distinguished members of the IBE and ILAE, as well as a representative from Novartis, award the Prize on the basis of the scientific impact, originality and innovation, breadth and scope of the research.