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Join us Saturday, September 20, 2025 for Night of Discovery! CURE Epilepsy's annual Chicago Benefit is an exciting evening of cocktails, dinner, and dancing. Come together with our dedicated community to celebrate our collective achievements, hear stories from people impacted by epilepsy, and raise critical funds for epilepsy research.
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Featuring
Tanja Babich,
ABC7 Chicago Anchor/Reporter,
Master of Ceremonies
Miguel Cervantes
Broadway Star,
Special Musical Guest
Maggie Speaks
Award Winning Band
Founders Award
Senator Dick Durbin (IL)
CURE Epilepsy is proud to present the 2025 Founders Award to Senator Durbin for his unwavering support of scientific research and his embodiment of the spirit of our founding members.
Senator Durbin has served the people of Illinois as their Senator since 1996. He is the Senate Democratic Whip, the second highest ranking position among the Senate Democrats and a post to which he has been elected by his Democratic colleagues every two years since 2005. He also serves as Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee and sits on the Appropriations and Agriculture Committees.
Over his long and celebrated career of public service, Senator Durbin has been a tireless champion for epilepsy research and biomedical research more broadly.
CURE Epilepsy Founder Susan Axelrod with Senator Dick Durbin, 2011
In partnership with Susan Axelrod and CURE Epilepsy leadership, he advocated for the 2015 establishment of the Epilepsy Research Program within the Department of Defense's Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP); the Epilepsy Research Program has since invested almost $100 million to study the causes and prevention of post-traumatic epilepsy. More recently, Senator Durbin has championed the American Cures Act, which would guarantee steady, predictable funding for breakthrough research at America's top four biomedical research agencies.
As a key leader behind past increases to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) budget, he has been an outspoken critic of the drastic cuts to important epilepsy research funding sources this year.
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Our mission is to fund breakthrough research that will transform the lives of people with epilepsy as we lead the search for a cure. CURE Epilepsy is a non-profit 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization. Our tax identification number is 36-4253176.
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