Senyene Hunter, MD, PhD (UNC Neurology) and Alain Zingraff Lekoubou Looti, MD (Pennsylvania State University) are the first grantees to receive the award and to be named American Epilepsy Society Sergievsky Scholars.
Launched in 2021, the Sergievesky Award for Epilepsy Health Equity and Diversity, provides support for early career physicians and scientists who identify as members of groups historically underrepresented in medicine and science and/or who are researching issues that affect medically underserved individuals with epilepsy or seizures or related aspects of health equity. As an AES Sergievsky Scholar, Dr. Hunter will receive $75,000 per year for two years of support (for a total award of $150,000) along with other benefits.