{"id":21950,"date":"2025-09-16T15:13:02","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T15:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lpfch.org\/?p=21950"},"modified":"2025-09-16T18:55:53","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T18:55:53","slug":"researcher-spotlight-juliet-knowles-md-phd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lpfch.org\/es\/impact-stories\/researcher-spotlight-juliet-knowles-md-phd\/","title":{"rendered":"Investigadora destacada: Juliet Knowles, MD, PhD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Aproximadamente 460.000 ni\u00f1os viven con epilepsia activa, una afecci\u00f3n neurol\u00f3gica que puede provocar convulsiones en cualquier momento. Pueden perderse clases, deportes y otras experiencias valiosas de la infancia. Algunos superan la afecci\u00f3n o la controlan con medicamentos u otras terapias, pero muchos sufrir\u00e1n s\u00edntomas hasta la edad adulta.<\/p>\n<p>La Dra. Juliet Knowles, m\u00e9dica e investigadora, ha dedicado su carrera a ayudar a ni\u00f1os con epilepsia. Como m\u00e9dica cient\u00edfica, trabaja con pacientes en la cl\u00ednica. <em>y<\/em> Investigadores en el laboratorio. Est\u00e1 decidida a comprender c\u00f3mo afecta la epilepsia al cerebro y utilizar ese conocimiento para desarrollar mejores terapias para ni\u00f1os. Muchas de sus innovadoras iniciativas de investigaci\u00f3n han sido financiadas a trav\u00e9s del Instituto de Investigaci\u00f3n de Salud Maternoinfantil (MCHRI), que se nutre de donaciones a la <em>Fondo para la Infancia.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cMe siento conmovida e inspirada cada d\u00eda por el coraje que presencio en los ni\u00f1os que padecen epilepsia y en sus familias\u201d, afirma la Dra. Knowles.<\/p>\n<p>La Dra. Knowles tambi\u00e9n est\u00e1 comprometida con la formaci\u00f3n de la pr\u00f3xima generaci\u00f3n de cient\u00edficos y m\u00e9dicos. Es mentora docente en el programa DRIVE in Research Pathway de MCHRI, un programa intensivo de investigaci\u00f3n y capacitaci\u00f3n de 10 semanas de duraci\u00f3n durante el verano para estudiantes de pregrado de Stanford interesados en seguir una carrera en medicina. Los participantes provienen de diversos or\u00edgenes, y muchos pertenecen a familias de bajos ingresos o son los primeros en su familia en asistir a la universidad.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sus donaciones permiten al Dr. Knowles invertir en el futuro de la salud infantil, a trav\u00e9s de la investigaci\u00f3n sobre la epilepsia y la formaci\u00f3n de los l\u00edderes del ma\u00f1ana. \u00a1Gracias!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aproximadamente 460.000 ni\u00f1os viven con epilepsia activa, una afecci\u00f3n neurol\u00f3gica que puede causar convulsiones en cualquier momento. 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