Professor Andreas Brunklaus, is a Consultant Paediatric Neurologist at the Royal Hospital for Children, Glasgow and Honorary Professor at the School of Health and Wellbeing, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow.
Professor Brunklaus leads international research collaborations developing cutting edge diagnostic tools in epilepsy genetics, has published widely in high impact journals and has written numerous book chapters. He is an international expert in SCN1A related childhood epilepsies and Dravet syndrome with frequent national and international speaking engagements. He is the UK chief investigator for “SCN1A Horizons – A natural history study of SCN1A-related epilepsies in the United Kingdom”.
In 2020 he was appointed lead of the Scottish Paediatric Epilepsy Network, funded by the Scottish Government, promoting clinical and research excellence in the epilepsies across Scotland. He has numerous national and international advisory board positions, is co-chair of the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) Task Force on Clinical Genetic Testing and editorial board member of the European Journal of Paediatric Neurology. He is the national paediatric epilepsy training course lead with teaching commitments at the University of Glasgow including the academic lead of the Post Graduate Certificate in Child Health Neurology Section.