Managing Director
CURE SYNGAP1 Co-Founder
Host of CURE SYNGAP1 Podcast
Here is a longer bio as well as images for head shots.
See Mikeās ORCiD to see a current list of publications.
Read Tonyās Warrior Story here.
Listen to Mike’s CURE SYNGAP1 Podcast here.
Listen to Mike on SYNGAP1 Stories Podcast: Episode #002, #016, and #041.
Rare Disease Media with Mike
Mike Graglia, SYNGAP1 Advocate, Featured in Stanford Medicine on Seizure Research

Mike spoke at CIRM on June 27, 2024. Here are his comments:
The California Stem Cell Report
Mike joins the 2024-2025 FasterCures’ LeadersLink Program

Profile

Global Genes Profile Rare Leader: Mike Graglia, Managing Director, Syngap Research Fund.

Mike’s article in Newsweek: ‘Our Son Has a Rare Genetic Disorder, Life Is Risky for Us’
Mike’s Nomination to the Rare Champions of Hope.

Rare Parents Tackling Rare Diseases a profile of SRF and Ashley & Mike’s work in IPM on December 23, 2022
Mike’s Podcast

More Podcasts
March 4, 2025 – UnravelingRare Ep10: Exponentially scaling drug discovery with COMBINEDBrain

Episode 41 – Time is Brain: SYNGAP Research Fund with Mike Graglia.
Episode 94 – The 12 Commandments with Nasha & Mike.
Episode 211 – The Juggle is Real

August 31, 2021 – Building the Connections with the SYNGAP Research Fund
āSeptember 1, 2021 – Dawn Blessing & Mike Graglia on the Speed of Change
November 1, 2021 – Mike interviewed by Mathew Passy of Causepods about SYNGAP10.

May 3, 2022 – Onno & Lyndsey interview Mike in the Rarebase Remarks Podcast.

June 3, 2022 – David Hirsch, founder of SFN interviews Mike about fatherhood and SRF.

December 30, 2022 – Kira Dineen of DNA Today interviews Mike & Elli Brimble for a conversation about SYNGAP1-related non-syndromic intellectual disability.
External Interviews & Panels
Thank you to the Epilepsy Foundation of America for convening this exceptional panel of Men in the Rare Epilepsies.
Global Genes 2021 Panel: Developing a Dynamic Plan for Impactful Advocacy and Storytelling
Thank you Ira for featuring SRF on Progress, Potential, and Possibilities.
Thank you to Billy for this interview and 10% off link. Syngap.Fund/Billy.
CBD
July 2021 article in Americans for Safe Access Newsletter regarding CBD.
Lacking guidance from doctors, parents lead the charge in treating children with CBD by Isabella Jibilian, December 20, 2018
Email: mike@curesyngap1.org
Twitter: https://twitter.com/jmgraglia
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/graglia/