Dr. Richard Huntsman – 2018

Dravet Canada - Research Award Recipient

Dr. Richard Huntsman, MD, FRCP(C), CSCN (EEG)
– University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
– 2018

Dr. Richard Huntsman

Dr. Richard Huntsman

Dr. Huntsman is awarded $10,000.00 by Dravet Canada for his project entitled “CBD Enriched Cannabis Herbal Extract Clinical Trial in Children with Refractory Epileptic Encephalopathy (seed funding)”. Dr. Huntsman’s team will design a large scale phase 3 randomized clinical trial assessing the efficacy of CBD enriched herbal product in children with refractory epileptic encephalopathy including children with Dravet Syndrome.