ILAE COVID-19 and Epilepsy Research Award 2021 Asia-Oceania

Naoto Kuroda is a postgraduate student in the Department of Epileptology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan, as well as a research fellow in the Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA.

Winning research:

Kuroda, N., & Fujimoto, A. (2021). Considering temporality in causal relationship between seizure worsening and psychological stress in patients with epilepsy during the COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review. Epilepsy & behavior : E&B, 122, 108184. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yebeh.2021.108184