SSADH Fellowship Grant Awarded to Dr. Jens Andersen at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark
The SSADH Association committed $50,000 for a fellowship program with Dr. Jens Andersen at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark to evaluate the “Molecular Pathological Mechanisms of CaMK2a in SSADH Deficiency” under the guidance of Dr. Petrine Wellendorph, an international leader in the neuroscience community related to GHB/GABA research. The funds will…
Read More$100,000 Awarded to WSU
The amount of $100,000 was awarded to Drs. Gibson and Roullet at Washington State University to extend the initial funding of the SSADH Biorepository for the period of 10/01/21 to 05/31/23. This end date coincides with the current end date of the Natural History Study. The Biorepository is storing all…
Read MoreCelebrating Rare Disease Day
Celebrating Rare Disease Day 2021! On February 25th, Washington State University (WSU) took the time to recognize Rare Disease Day. The McConnell family put together a video sharing some insight as to how a rare disease impacts a family. We are grateful to the team at WSU for their continued support…
Read MoreInducible SSADH Mouse Model
In early 2020, Drs. Rotenberg and Lee from Boston Children’s Hospital were given a one year $100,000 grant to create an additional SSADH Deficient mouse model. The goal of this project was to allow researchers to turn on and off the gene mutation that causes SSADH at different stages of…
Read MoreSSADH Consortium (SDIC)
The SSADH Virtual Conference was held on July 9 and 10, 2020. The top SSADH researchers and clinicians from around the world shared updates for medical professionals and patient families. Over 300 attendees registered, representing 25 countries and every continent. The proceedings from the event will be published as a…
Read MoreSuccessful 22nd Annual Chip for Charity
The 22nd Annual Chip for Charity Golf Outing was help on September 10 in southern Wisconsin in honor of Sam Hoffman. Unfortunately, in addition to managing the challenges that came with the COVID Pandemic we also had less than perfect weather. However, regardless of the cold all day rain this…
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