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Email

i.scheffer@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
Chair of Paediatric Neurology Research
Department of Medicine
Education
PhD
University of Melbourne
Bachelors Degree
Monash University
Bachelors Degree
Monash University
ORCID

0000-0002-2311-2174

Prof Ingrid Scheffer

Chair of Paediatric Neurology Research
Department of Medicine

998 Scholarly works
81 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2022

    Research Grant

    "Integrative-Omics" for Precision Medicine in the Epilepsies
  • 2022

    Research grants (ARC, NHMRC, MRFF)

    "Integrative-Omics" for Precision Medicine in the Epilepsies
  • 2021

    Journal article

    Defining Dravet syndrome: An essential pre-requisite for precision medicine trials
    DOI: 10.1111/epi.17015
  • 2021

    Journal article

    FBXO28 causes developmental and epileptic encephalopathy with profound intellectual disability
    DOI: 10.1111/epi.16784
  • 2020

    Journal article

    BRAT1 encephalopathy: a recessive cause of epilepsy of infancy with migrating focal seizures
    DOI: 10.1111/dmcn.14428
  • 2020

    Journal article

    Familial adult myoclonic epilepsy type 1 SAMD12 TTTCA repeat expansion arose 17,000 years ago and is present in Sri Lankan and Indian families
    DOI: 10.1038/s41431-020-0606-z
  • 2020

    Research grants (ARC, NHMRC, MRFF)

    Precision Medicine for a Life-Threatening Infantile Epilepsy
Ingrid Scheffer

Latest Honours,
Awards and Fellowships


2020
Reappointment for 3 years University of Melbourne
2020
UoM Service Recognition 25 Year Bronze Medal
2018
Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS)
2017
Monash University 2017 Distinguished Alumni Award

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2026

    Journal article

    Associations of Cortical and Subcortical White Matter Morphometric Abnormalities With Clinical and Genetic Findings in STXBP1 Encephalopathy.
    DOI: 10.1212/NXG.0000000000200416
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Changes in effectiveness and safety in patients with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome transitioning from the fenfluramine randomized controlled trial to open-label extension study.
    DOI: 10.1002/epi4.70320
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Viewpoint: Decline in Speech and Language Skills May Signal Childhood Dementia
    DOI: 10.1044/2026_AJSLP-25-00310
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Neonatal developmental and epileptic encephalopathy with movement disorder and arthrogryposis: A shared phenotype across brain-expressed sodium channelopathies
    DOI: 10.1002/epi.70220
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Primary Results of the 12-month Open-label Extension of the Phase 1b/2a PACIFIC Trial of Bexicaserin for the Treatment of Seizures in Participants with Developmental and Epileptic Encephalopathies Demonstrates Long-term Safety, Tolerability, and Efficacy (P11-10.004)
    DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000215386
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Precision Antisense Oligonucleotide Therapy Amenability for Infantile Genetic Epilepsies
    DOI: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2026.1021
  • 2026

    Journal article

    KCNQ2 neonatal epilepsy: Impact of prompt diagnosis and treatment, and early predictors of outcome severity
    DOI: 10.1002/epi4.70266
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Childhood motor speech disorders: who to prioritise for genetic testing
    DOI: 10.1038/s41431-025-01993-9

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