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Living Out Loud
In 2008, Jewell’s life drastically changed. She was diagnosed with a seizure disorder and since then, she has endured many EEG’s, EKG’s and MRI’s in an attempt to classify the types of non-epileptic and epileptic seizures Jewell experiences. Like many people diagnosed later in life Jewell had little knowledge of what Epilepsy was, and an even more limited knowledge about what life would be like living with it.
Jewell hopes her blog gives women living with epilepsy some tips to make life a little easier.
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Jessica K. SmithFounder and CEO; Executive Director
Jessica Keenan Smith is a patient advocate and epilepsy community leader with more than 15 years of experience. As Founder and CEO of Living Well With Epilepsy and Executive Director of ASENT she bridges the gap between the scientific and patient communities, with a particular focus on the needs of the epilepsies. Jessica Keenan Smith is Founder and CEO of Living Well With Epilepsy, an award winning online resource for people affected by epilepsy to share stories and access in-depth information on the disease. Since 2009, Living Well With Epilepsy (https://livingwellwithepilepsy.com) has been featured in Forbes, Wired, NBC, NPR and the cover story of Epilepsy Advocate Magazine and has partnered with companies such as UCB, Lundbeck, Sunovion, Eisai, and more. Ms. Smith is also the Executive Director of the American Society for Experimental Neurotherapeutics (ASENT) (https://asent.org), an organization that brings together leaders from industry, academia, government and advocacy who are engaged in bringing drugs and devices to market across all neurologic disease states. In this role she is responsible for leading a successful scientific journal and annual scientific conference with speakers from all over the world.
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