Scott Baraban

Scott Baraban is a Professor in the Department of Neurological Surgery at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), affiliated with the UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences. His research focuses on epilepsy, neurodevelopmental disorders, and translational therapies using zebrafish models and interneuron transplantation.

Research Interests include:

• Epilepsy mechanisms and treatment
• Zebrafish as a model organism
• Interneuron-based cell therapy
• Genetic studies of childhood seizures
• Neurophysiological network analysis

Scientific Awards:

• 2016 Research Recognition Award for Basic Science (American Epilepsy Society)
• NINDS Javits Neuroscience Investigator Award (R37, 2015-2022)
• 2008 William K. Bowes Jr. Endowed Chair in Neuroscience Research
• Klingenstein Fund Fellowship (2003-2004)
• March of Dimes Basil O’Connor Award (1999-2000)

Grants include continuous NIH funding since 2000 for projects like An Interneuron-based Cell Therapy for Epilepsy (R37NS071785), Zebrafish models for Dravet syndrome (R01NS096976), and Gluconeogenic control of Dravet syndrome (R01HD102071). His Baraban Lab specializes in neural circuit dynamics and antiepileptic drug development.