• Find an Expert
  • Contact
  • SearchSearch icon
  • Menu
  • Help
  • Report an issue

Contact


Email

rickl@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
Honorary (Professorial Fellow)
Department of Paediatrics
Education
PhD
University of Melbourne

Monash Medical Centre
Bachelors Degree (Honours)
Monash University
ORCID

0000-0003-0362-5607

Prof Rick Leventer

Honorary (Professorial Fellow)
Department of Paediatrics

258 Scholarly works
2 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2026

    Journal article

    A severe neurodevelopmental syndrome linked to a South Asian founder variant in the UFMylation adaptor CDK5RAP3
    DOI: 10.1007/s00401-026-03017-2
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Biallelic variants in the noncoding RNA gene RNU4-2 cause a recessive neurodevelopmental syndrome with distinct white matter changes
    DOI: 10.1038/s41588-026-02554-6
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Metabolic Stroke: Atypical Presentation of Succinic Semialdehyde Dehydrogenase Deficiency
    DOI: 10.1002/jmd2.70071
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Bilateral frontal periventricular nodular heterotopia: a distinctive cortical malformation
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpn.2025.12.004
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Saturation editing of RNU4-2 reveals distinct dominant and recessive disorders
    DOI: 10.1038/s41586-026-10334-9
  • 2018

    Research Grant

    Shenzhen Sanming Project
  • 2015

    Journal article

    Mutations in the GABA transporter SLC6A1 cause epilepsy with myoclonic-atonic seizures
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2015.02.016
Rick Leventer

Latest Honours,
Awards and Fellowships


2015
Brain Research Foundation, Epilepsy Research Award
1998
Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (FRACP)

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2025

    Journal article

    A clinical and genotype-phenotype analysis of MACF1 variants
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2025.08.010
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Structural mediation of the default-mode network in children with callosal agenesis
    DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhaf190
  • 2025

    Journal article

    The genetic landscape and classification of infantile epileptic spasms syndrome requiring surgery due to suspected focal brain malformations
    DOI: 10.1093/braincomms/fcaf034
  • 2025

    Journal article

    ILAE genetic literacy series: Focal cortical dysplasia
    DOI: 10.1002/epd2.20308
  • 2024

    Journal article

    Anything is better than nothing’: exploring attitudes towards novel therapies in leukodystrophy clinical trials
    DOI: 10.1186/s13023-024-03320-9

RECENT PROJECTS

  • Research Grant

    Cerebral Plasticity or Early Vulnerability? Identifying Critical Periods for Childhood Development and Recovery

We acknowledge and pay respect to the Traditional Owners of the lands upon which our campuses are situated

Read about our commitment to reconciliation  

About us  

Careers at Melbourne  

Safety and respect  

Newsroom  

Contact  

Phone: 13 MELB ( 13 6352)

International: +61 3 9035 5511


Address:
The University of Melbourne
Grattan Street, Parkville,
Victoria, 3010, Australia


View all Campus locations  
facebookIconlinkedinIconinstagramIcontwitterIcon

Emergency information  |  Disclaimer and copyright  |  Accessibility  |  Privacy  |  VaxFACTS

CRICOS number: 00116K     ABN: 84 002 705 224