Kristie wins the Shapira Award!

Kristie won the 2025 Emmanuel Shapira Award for the paper Feasibility of newborn screening for pyridoxine-dependent epilepsy. We are grateful that this paper was recognized. It represents 10 years of work and collaboration among clinicians, scientists, and patients with PDE-ALDH7A1. We are also excited that Kristie was recognized. From the moment she joined the laboratory, she was passionate about helping patients. She was crucial for this paper and much of the lab’s missions. Congratulations Kristie!!!!!

The award is given by the Society for Inherited Metabolic Disorders (SIMD) and recognizes the best paper in the field of biochemical genetics and metabolism published in the previous year in Molecular Genetics and Metabolism by an SIMD member or their trainee. The Shapira Award was established in 2023 and is named after Emmanuel Shapira, MD, PhD, a founder and supporter of SIMD.