Ingrid Scheffer
| Professor Ingrid Scheffer | |
|---|---|
| Residence | Australia |
| Citizenship | Australian |
| Alma mater | University of Melbourne |
Ingrid Scheffer, FAA FAHMS, is an Australian paediatric neurologist and senior research fellow at the Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health. She has made several major advances in the field of epilepsy research. Scheffer is credited with finding the first gene implicated in epilepsy. She has also described and classified novel epileptic syndromes such as Epilepsy limited to Females with Mental Retardation.[1]
Early life and education
Ingrid Eileen Scheffer was born in Melbourne, Victoria on 21 December 1958. She finished her secondary schooling at Methodist Ladies' College in 1976. She attended Monash University, from where she graduated with a Bachelor of Medicine and a Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) in 1983. She went on to complete her PhD in Neurology at the University of Melbourne in 1998.
Work in epilepsy
Beyond further describing the aetiology of epilepsy, Ingrid has worked to characterise new epilepsy syndromes, from infancy to adulthood, which have permitted appropriate treatment and diagnosis, such as Dravet Syndrome[2] and Epilepsy limited to Females with Mental Retardation. Her work also provides for more accurate genetic reproductive counselling.
Awards and honours
References
- ↑ "Epilepsy and mental retardation limited to females: an under-recognized disorder" (PDF). Brain 131: 918–927. 2008. doi:10.1093/brain/awm338.
- ↑ "Severe myoclonic epilepsy of infancy (Dravet syndrome): recognition and diagnosis in adults". Neurology 67: 2224–6. 06/11/14. doi:10.1212/01.wnl.0000249312.73155.7d. PMID 17190949. Check date values in:
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External links
- Personal page
- 2014 Prime Minister's Prize for Science: The genetics of epilepsy: bringing hope to families