Grand Rounds - The Hopkins Symposium

When

Wednesday, 1 March 2023 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM

Advances and challenges in aetiologic diagnosis and multidisciplinary management of early-life epilepsies

Synopsis:

Children with early-life epilepsies are at high risk of treatment-resistant seizures, severe developmental impairments, and mortality, and their families have a high psychosocial burden. In this Grand Round, we discuss the advances in aetiologic diagnosis that have come from availability of, and rapid access to, state-of-the-art genomic and imaging technologies. We will highlight the challenges of implementing tailored and holistic management to children and their families affected by these conditions, including availability of disease-specific therapies, tailoring seizure management, optimising development, safe vaccination, and psychologic support for families. 

Speaker:

Dr Katherine Howell is a paediatric neurologist and epileptologist at the Royal Children's Hospital, and a Clinician-Scientist Fellow and the Epilepsy Team Leader at the Murdoch Children's Research Institute. She is the lead investigator at the Melbourne Children's Campus for the Gene-STEPS study of rapid genomic sequencing in infants with epilepsy, conducted by the International Precision Child Health Partnership consortium of world-leading paediatric institutes, aiming to improve precision diagnosis and treatment for children with rare diseases.  Her research has been supported by grants from the National Health and Medical Research Council and the Medical Research Futures Fund.

Presented in the Ella Latham Auditorium, The Royal Children's Hospital 

and online by zoom webinar: Click to join