Meet Dr Katherine Howell - Epilepsy Team Leader and Clinician-Scientist Fellow
Katherine Howell is a Clinician-Scientist Fellow and the Epilepsy Team Leader at MCRI, and a paediatric neurologist and epileptologist at The Royal Children's Hospital. Her work in severe, early-life epilepsies has informed changes to diagnostic pathways and clinical guidelines, benefitting patients, families and health systems. She is recognised nationally and internationally for her work in severe epilepsies, via publications in journals including The Lancet Neurology, Neurology and Epilepsia.
Katherine’s passion for research began early in her neurology career. She was determined to help make discoveries into the underlying causes of her patients’ epilepsies. With a genetic basis for many different types of epilepsies becoming clearer, Katherine has been leading efforts to provide diagnoses and life-changing treatments for these children.
Katherine discusses her efforts to describe the natural history of genetic epilepsy, the future of rapid genetic screening and global collaborations to accelerate discoveries and change children’s lives.
Meet Associate Professor Sebastian Lunke - Head of the Division of Genetics and Genomics
Sebastian Lunke is the Head of the Division of Genetics and Genomics at the Victorian Clinical Genetics Services (VCGS) and MCRI. His team is one of the largest officially accredited clinical genetics and genomics laboratories in Australia, with a strong focus on integrated pathology and translation of novel technologies into the clinic. Sebastian is passionate about continuous improvement and driving innovation in genomics through multi-disciplinary collaboration.
Sebastian will speak about the evolution of clinical genomics in Australia and at VCGS and the impact that ultra-rapid genomics has on the clinical care of critically ill children in intensive care. He will also present his vision for the role of genomics in the health care system of the future.
And finally, Karsha and Steve Trowbridge introduce their special little boy, Levi, who has a rare form of genetic epilepsy.
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