This spring, we invited people with epilepsy to join our crew as Virtual Shipmates by participating in our One More Step Challenge. We asked, “Are […]
Author: Lauren Zike
Richie Shane
Richie Shane started having seizures soon after he finished college. After over 3000 seizures and unsuccessfully trying to control them through medication, he underwent 2 […]
Trudy Robinson, sailor
Like many others, I was not born with epilepsy. I had my first seizure when I was 17 during my senior year of high school. […]
Did You Know That There are Many Types of Epilepsy?
When someone says the word “seizure”, what do you think of? Does the idea make you feel anxious or scared? Many people think that seizures […]
Rosalind Picard, M.I.T. and Empatica
Rosalind (Roz) Picard is a Professor in the Media Lab at M.I.T. and has a long history of developing technologies to help society. In this interview, Roz […]
Amber Freed, SLC6A1 Connect
Amber Freed, founder of SLC6A1 Connect, provides messages of hope in our first Voices For Epilepsy interview and encourages everyone not to give up. In […]
Tufts Researchers Receive NIH Grant to Research Alzheimer’s Disease
In Phil’s role as a scientist, he heads an active research laboratory that studies neurological conditions, including epilepsy and Alzheimer’s disease. In April 2020 he […]
Partnership Announcement
Today, Sail For Epilepsy announced that Epilepsy Foundation New England will be one of its two partners, with Tufts University School of Medicine. Haydon said, […]
Bermuda Race 2020
Phil and his co-captain Mike DiMella have entered the 2020 Newport to Bermuda race and recently received the official invitation to participate. In addition to […]
Sail For Epilepsy Logo
We are proud to present our new logo that was designed by Peter Galipault and Nancy Ballantoni of movidea. This logo presents several integrated concepts […]