Frances Jensen, M.D.

Javits Award
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Photo of Frances Jensen, M.D. - Javits Awardee FY20

Dr. Frances Jensen focuses on developing new age-specific therapies for epilepsy and its comorbidities. In this project, using a rodent model, she will longitudinally track neurons that are activated by early life seizures, in order to determine the extent to which they drive impairments associated with seizures later in life. Understanding how seizure activity contributes to developmental dysregulation and cognitive impairment will inform the development of novel clinical and therapeutic strategies.