Written By Torie Robinson

Climate Change & Epilepsy - Sanjay M Sisodiya, UCL, UK

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Hear of the real threats posed by climate change to those with epilepsy and what we can do to help make change and minimise risk. With global lead Sanjay M Sisodiya - Consultant Neurologist at UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology & Neurosurgery.

    • How is climate change already affecting those with epilepsy?

    • What does the future hold on the current trajectory?

    • What can clinicians do to minimise risk and change our course?

    • What can patients and families do to minimise risk and change our course?

  • Sanjay’s positions:

    • Institute Deputy Director Sustainability & Climate Change and Consultant Neurologist

    • Department of Clinical and Experimental Epilepsy, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology

    • National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery and Chalfont Centre for Epilepsy

    • Director of Genomics, Epilepsy Society

    • Lead, EpilepsyClimateChange and ILAE Climate Change Commission

    Sanjay’s research focuses on:

    • Genetic causes of epilepsy

    • Treatment responses and outcomes

    • Drug resistance

    • Population genetics and pharmacogenomics

    • Neuropathology

    • Genetic neuroimaging

    Teaching summary

    Teaching to undergraduates and postgraduates, including lecturing on MSc Courses at UCL.

    Education

    • University of London: Doctorate, Doctor of Philosophy | 1996

    • Royal College of Physicians: Doctorate, Member of the Royal College of Physicians | 1991

    • Other higher degree, Master of Arts | 1990

    • United Medical and Dental Schools of Guy's and St. Thomas's Hospitals

    • Doctorate, Bachelor of Medicine/ Bachelor of Surgery | 1988

    • University of Cambridge - First Degree, Bachelor of Arts | 1985

    Biography

    Undergraduate training in Cambridge, clinical training at Guys, with postgraduate clinical training in London, in the Department of Neurology at Oxford, and the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square. Currently Professor of Neurology, UCL Institute of Neurology, and Honorary Consultant Neurologist at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery.

  • Wiley | UCL | UCLH | ResearchGate

 
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