Dr. Christiane Hampe has received a one year pilot research award through the T1D Exchange Biobank Operations Center at the Benaroya Research Institute (BRI) for her project entitled “GAD65Ab: Connecting Type 1 Diabetes and Epilepsy”.  This proposal focuses on the investigation of GAD65Ab in T1D-associated epilepsy. The T1D Exchange Biobank Operations Center at BRI was established in 2013 through a grant from The Liona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust. Dr. Hampe is a Research Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition.