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Chair of Paediatrics, The Florey Institute, and Neurology Research, Departments of Medicine & Paediatrics, the University of Melbounre, Austin Health and Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne. Director of Paediatrics, Austin Health, Melbourne, Australia.
Professor Scheffer is a paediatric neurologist and epileptologist at the University of Melbourne, Australia. Her work together with Professor Sam Berkovic, molecular geneticist at the Women's and Children's Hospital in Adelaide, has led the field of epilepsy genetics research over the last 21 years.This collaboration resulted in identification of the first epilepsy gene and more than half of the genes currently known. Professor Scheffer has described many novel epilepsy syndromes and continues to work on genotype-phenotype correlation.
Professor Scheffer's research interests include genetics of epilepsy, epilepsy syndrome classification, and genetics of autism spectrum disorders and speech and language disorders. She was awarded the 2007 American Epilepsy Society Clinical Research Recognition Award, the 2009 Eric Susman Prize from the Royal Australasian College of Physicians and the L'Oreal-UNESCO Women in Science Laureate for the Asia-Pacific region for 2012. Professor Scheffer is currently Chair of the International League Against Epilepsy Commission for Classification and Terminology.