FutureNeuro, a €13.6 million SFI Research Centre has been launched at RCSI, Dublin today. The Centre aims to translate breakthroughs in understanding of brain structure and function to transform the patient journey for people with neurological diseases.
The HSE sodium valproate (Epilim) Patient Support Helpline will close this Friday (November 16th).
The Patient Support Team can help if you took Epilim during a previous pregnancy and may be concerned about your child or the drug.
[Update: Contact details removed as the Helpline has now been closed]
A new research grant has been awarded to Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland under the 2017/2018 round of the Epilepsy Ireland Research Funding Scheme. This project will again open up new possibilities and most importantly has potential to deliver tangible benefits for patients with autoimmune epilepsy.
A new report by Trinity School of Nursing and Midwifery (Rising to the challenge: Epilepsy Specialist Nurses as leaders of service improvements and change, SENsE study) has again highlighted the importance of Epilepsy Specialist Nurses (ESNs) in five key areas of epileps
A new study on sodium valproate by two leading British academics reveals that patients should have been informed about the drug’s risks during pregnancy as far back as 1990.
Dr. Colin Doherty is a consultant neurologist and Honorary Senior lecturer in neurology at St James's Hospital in Dublin. He was trained in the Partners neurology residency programme at Harvard Medical School, Boston and subsequently completed Fellowships in Epilepsy and Cognition. He has published widely in the areas of brain imaging in epilepsy, the genetics of epilepsy, functional imaging of language and clinical epileptology and neurology.
This year Epilepsy Ireland and 60 Irish charities are asking the public to consider leaving a legacy gift in their wills.
Ireland Rugby Coach Joe Schmidt made a surprise appearance along with his wife Kelly at the book launch of 'Beautiful Thoughts For Beautiful Minds' in St Patrick’s Cathedral yesterday evening. Also in attendance was Epilepsy Ireland Patron, Rick O’Shea.
ROLE DESCRIPTION: MATHEMATICS TUTOR
Title: Mathematics Tutor – Training For Success
Location: Institute of Technology, Sligo
Epilepsy Ireland is seeking a Mathematics Tutor for a small group of students on our Training for Success (TFS) course based in the Institute of Technology, Sligo.
About Epilepsy Ireland
Colin Doherty is a Consultant Neurologist at St James’s Hospital, Dublin, and Associate Professor of Clinical Epilepsy, Academic Unit of Neurology, TCD. At the 2018 Epilepsy Ireland National Conference, he spoke about Medicinal Cannabis following a video on the subject from Orrin Devinsky which can also be watched below.