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Email

s.berkovic@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
Honorary Clinical Professor
Department of Medicine
Education
Doctorate (Research)
University of Melbourne
Bachelors Degree
University of Melbourne
Bachelors Degree
University of Melbourne
ORCID

0000-0003-4580-841X

Prof Sam Berkovic

Honorary Clinical Professor
Department of Medicine

1125 Scholarly works
65 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

    Research grants (ARC, NHMRC, MRFF)

    Genetics of Epilepsy: Completing Our Understanding
  • 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
  • 2018

    Journal article

    Aberrant Inclusion of a Poison Exon Causes Dravet Syndrome and Related SCN1A-Associated Genetic Epilepsies
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2018.10.023
  • 2018

    Journal article

    Parental mosaicism in “De Novo” epileptic encephalopathies
    DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc1714579
  • 2016

    Journal article

    De Novo Mutations in SLC1A2 and CACNA1A Are Important Causes of Epileptic Encephalopathies
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2016.06.003
Sam Berkovic

Latest Honours,
Awards and Fellowships


2021
Reappointment for 3 years University of Melbourne
2014
2007
International Member of National Academy of Medicine (USA) 2017
2007
Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS)

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2026

    Journal article

    Delay to diagnosis of epilepsy: A history of a psychiatric disorder and substance use is associated with prior seizures
    DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2025.110864
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Epilepsy concordance in monozygotic twins: the role of common genetic variants
    DOI: 10.1093/brain/awaf362
  • 2026

    Journal article

    International Consensus on the Evaluation and Management of Hypothalamic Hamartomas
    DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000214760
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Pathogenic Variants in RNU2-2, a Non-coding Spliceosomal RNA, Cause a Distinctive Developmental and Epileptic Encephalopathy
    DOI: 10.1002/ana.78071
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Atenolol rescues premature mortality in genetic mouse models of sudden unexpected death in epilepsy
    DOI: 10.1111/epi.18642
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Twins with temporal lobe epilepsy: genetic contributions to hippocampal sclerosis and other subtypes
    DOI: 10.1093/brain/awaf209
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Is there really evidence for neurodegeneration in Dravet syndrome? Commentary on the publication by Selvarajah et al.
    DOI: 10.1111/epi.18582
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Toxoplasma gondii seropositivity as a risk factor for epilepsy: A discordant monozygotic twin study
    DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2025.110492

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