Academic Appointments
- Professor of Neurology at CUMC
Upon graduating with her MD from the University of Pennsylvania, Alison Pack completed residency training in Neurology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. Following Dr. Pack’s residency, she trained as a Clinical Fellow in Epilepsy at the Columbia Comprehensive Epilepsy Center at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. After completing fellowship she joined the faculty at Columbia University as an Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurology and became an Associate Professor of Clinical Neurology in 2008. She received an MPH with a concentration in epidemiology from the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health in 2010.
In 2001 she received the Epilepsy Foundation Junior Investigator Research Award to study bone health in postmenopausal women with epilepsy receiving antiepileptic drugs. She received an NIH K23 award to study the effects of antiepileptic drugs on bone and hormonal health. She has been a co-investigator on a number of clinical studies, including reproductive function in young women with epilepsy, contraceptive use in women with epilepsy, and neurodevelopmental effects of antiepileptic drugs. She has written numerous original publications as well as reviews on topics pertaining to women with epilepsy as well as endocrine issues in epilepsy.
She was elected vice-chair of the Neuroendocrinology section of the AAN in 2012 and previously served as Councilor from 2009- 2012. In 2012 she received the AAN Neuroendocrine Research Award. Since 2002 she has been co-director of the epilepsy fellowship program at the Columbia Comprehensive Epilepsy Center. She is currently a member of the National Professional Advisory Board of Epilepsy Foundation and she serves on the editorial board of Epilepsy Currents.
Departmental Appointments
- Department of Neurology
Division of Epilepsy and Sleep
Education and Training
- University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
- Residency: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
- Fellowship: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center
Centers / Institutes / Programs
- Columbia Comprehensive Epilepsy Center (Adult and Pediatric)
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Honors and Awards
- Young Investigator Award, American Epilepsy Society, 2004
- AAN Neuroendocrine Research Award, 2012
NIH Grants
MATERNAL OUTCOMES AND NEURODEVELOPMENTAL EFFECTS OF ANTIEPILEPTIC DRUGS (MONEAD) II (Federal Gov)
May 15 2018 - Feb 28 2023
MATERNAL OUTCOMES AND NEURODEVELOPMENTAL EFFECTS OF ANTIEPILEPTIC DRUGS (Federal Gov)
Aug 1 2012 - Apr 30 2018
MATERNAL OUTCOMES AND NEURODEVELOPMENTAL EFFECTS OF ANTIEPILEPTIC DRUGS (Federal Gov)
Aug 1 2012 - Jul 31 2017
MATERNAL OUTCOMES AND NEURODEVELOPMENTAL EFFECTS OF ANTIEPILEPTIC DRUGS (Federal Gov)
Aug 1 2012 - Jul 31 2017
CATEGORY I: TECHNOLOGY AND COMMUNITY-BASED APPROACHES TO IMPROVE HEALTH IN HARLEM (Federal Gov)
Sep 30 2009 - Jun 29 2015
BONE AND HORMONAL HEALTH IN PREMENOPAUSAL WOMEN WITH EPILEPS Y (Federal Gov)
May 4 2006 - Apr 30 2012
NEURODEVELOPMENT EFFECTS OF ANTIEPILEPTIC DRUGS (Federal Gov)
Sep 1 2008 - Aug 31 2010
NEURODEVELOPMENT EFFECTS OF ANTIEPILEPTIC DRUGS (Federal Gov)
Sep 1 2008 - Aug 31 2010
PROGESTERONE THERAPY FOR WOMEN WITH EPILEPSY (Federal Gov)
Sep 20 2005 - Aug 31 2010
NEURODEVELOPMENTAL EFFECTS OF ANTIEPILETPTIC DRUGS (Federal Gov)
Sep 1 2005 - Aug 31 2010
NEURODEVELOPMENTAL EFFECTS OF ANTIEPILEPTIC DRUGS II (Federal Gov)
Sep 1 2007 - Aug 31 2008
