Arkansas Children's Hospital Research Institute

May L. Griebel, MD

Professor of Pediatrics and Neurology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences/College of Medicine/Department of Pediatrics

Neurology, Arkansas Children’s Hospital

Phone: 501-364-1893

Research Overview

Dr. Griebel’s research activities include pediatric sleep disorders and epilepsy. She currently holds a five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health to study childhood absence epilepsy. Dr. Griebel also conducts clinical trials for epilepsy medications.

Key Publications

Williams J, Steel C., Sharp GB, De los Reyes E, Phillips T., Bates S, Lange B, Griebel ML. Parental anxiety and quality of life in children with epilepsy. Epilepsy and Behavior, Vol 4: 483-486, 2003.

Williams J, Griebel ML, Sharp GB, Lange B, Philllips T, De los Reyes E, Bates S, Schulz EG, Simpson P. Differentiating between seizures and ADHD in a pediatric population. Clinical Pediatrics, 41: 565-568, 2002.

Williams J, Dykman R, Griebel ML. Neuropsychological patterns in pediatric epilepsy. Seizure, Vol 7: 2323-228, 1998.

Griebel ML. Acute management of hypersensitivity reactions and seizures. Epilepsia, Vol 39 (suppl 7): 17-21, 1998

Wiet GJ, Bower C, Seibert R, Griebel ML. Surgical correction of obstructive sleep apnea in the complicated pediatric patient documented by polysomnography. International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology Vol. 41(2): 133-143, 1997.

Griebel ML, Williams JP, Glasier CM, Spence GT, Russell SS. Clinical and developmental findings for children with giant interhemispheric cysts and dysgenesis of the corpus callosum. Pediatric Neurology 13, 119-124, 1996.

Research Support

NIH: Childhood Absence Epilepsy