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. […]
Author: Lauren Zike
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 […]
Sail For Epilepsy wins the Ida Lewis Doublehanded Race
Phil Haydon and co-captain Mike DiMella raced in the annual Ida Lewis Overnight race on the weekend of August 16th. They sailed on Phil’s race […]
Ida Lewis Race
On August 16th Phil will be competing in the Ida Lewis Distance Race starting and ending in Newport RI. This is a prestigious race and […]
