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USA
Heather Mefford is a physician scientist and Member in the Center for Pediatric Neurological Disease Research at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. She completed the MD and PhD in Genetics at University of Washington, after which she completed a Pediatrics residency and Medical Genetics fellowship at UW and Seattle Children’s Hospital. She went on to establish her research program in the genetics of rare pediatric disease at UW, where she remained until moving to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in 2021. Her research is dedicated to gene discovery in pediatric neurological diseases, focusing on epilepsies,...
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Australia
Paediatric Neurologist and Epileptologist, University of Melbourne/ Austin Health Laureate Professor Ingrid Scheffer AO MBBS PhD FRACP FAES FAA FRS FAHMS is a physician-scientist whose work as a paediatric neurologist and epileptologist at the University of Melbourne and Florey Institute has led epilepsy genetics research over 25 years. In collaboration with Professor Samuel Berkovic and molecular geneticists, they identified the first epilepsy gene and many genes subsequently. She led the first major International League Against Epilepsy revision of the classification of epilepsies in 28 years (March 2017) and was a co-recipient...
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USA
Michael R Pranzatelli, MD, PHD Southern Illinois University 751 N Rutledge St Rm 3100 Springfield, IL 62702 Tel: (217) 545-8417 email: mpranzatelli@siumed.edu
Michael R. Pranzatelli, MD, is Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics and Head of the Division of Child and Adolescent Neurology at the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine.
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Israel
Hilla Ben-Pazi, MD Pediatric Movement Disorders Neuropediatric Unit Shaare Zedek Medical Center, P.O.B. 3235, Jerusalem Israel 91031 Tel: (972)2-6555345 Fax: (972)2-6555672 email: Benpazi@gmail.com