Ambassador for Epilepsy Award 2013

Dr Ingrid Scheffer is Chief Investigator of NHMRC funded research grants totalling AU$17.5 million over 4 years. This work laid foundations for clinical research in the genetics of common epilepsy syndromes, with emphasis on demonstrating that careful clinical observation can identify kindreds for linkage studies leading to identification of genes and gene products as causes of epilepsy. Her work with Dr Berkovic has defined membrane ion channels as one of the causes of genetic generalised epilepsies.