Epilepsy Sparks Insights

Sparking interest and understanding in the epilepsies whilst bridging the communication gap between epilepsy patients, clinicians, scientists, geneticists – and the world. Hosted by Torie Robinson. **NOT FOR CLINICAL OR PATIENT DECISION-MAKING* Visit www.torierobinson.com & www.epilepsysparks.com.

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Episodes

Tuesday Jan 05, 2021

Meet Dr. Jim Morrow, a former Neurologist from Northern Ireland, with whom we are talking about Sodium Valproate, aka Epilim, its feature in the UK Government's "Cumberlege Review", and why it has been called a "public health scandal" by some.Sodium Valproate is a medicine commonly used to treat epilepsy (and bipolar actually) and has been around since the 1960s. You'll find it referred to mainly as Valproate in this podcast.**CHECK OUT JIM**• BMJ: https://pn.bmj.com/content/16/2/162• Belfast Telegraph: https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/health/belfast-doctor-who-earned-global-reputation-for-treating-epilepsy-found-he-had-condition-himself-36706294.html• Epilepsy Action: https://www.epilepsy.org.uk/news/news/dr-jim-morrow-receives-special-recognition-award-outstanding-contribution-treatment**CHECK OUT THE YOUTUBE VIDEO WITH JIM**• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xd1Jt12x27g&t=586s**CONNECT WITH TORIE**• Website:https://www.torierobinson.com• Twitter:https://twitter.com/torierobinson10• LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/torierobinson• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TorieRobinsonSpeaker **CHECK OUT TORIE’S YOUTUBE & BLOG**• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/TorieRobinson• Blog: https://www.torierobinson.com/blog**HIRE TORIE AS A SPEAKER ON EPILEPSY, MENTAL HEALTH, DISABILITY, & DIVERSITY & INCLUSION**https://www.torierobinson.com/contact

Thursday Dec 10, 2020

Learn about what it's like to be a highly specialised paediatric clinical physiologist (often known as a neurophysiologist) - that person who does EEGs for children  - and more! I interviewed the really cool Dr. Stuart Smith from Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, London!Stuart talks about how he makes children more relaxed and how parents can help their children chill during an EEG, psychosocial implications, his studies into epilepsy (his Ph.D.) at the Pal Lab at King's College London, and more!**CONNECT WITH STUART**• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stuarteeg• Twitter: https://twitter.com/Neurospindle**READ ABOUT STUART'S WORK**• WILEY: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/epi4.12468 • KCL: https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/a-longitudinal-study-of-brain-structure-and-function-in-rolandic-epilepsy-between-active-epilepsy-and-seizure-remission(ae6bffdb-31c6-4a17-904d-3eb377471e00).html **CONNECT WITH TORIE**• Website:https://www.torierobinson.com• Twitter:https://twitter.com/torierobinson10• LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/torierobinson• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TorieRobinsonSpeaker **CHECK OUT TORIE’S YOUTUBE & BLOG**• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/TorieRobinson• Blog: https://www.torierobinson.com/blog**HIRE TORIE AS A SPEAKER ON EPILEPSY, MENTAL HEALTH, DISABILITY, & DIVERSITY & INCLUSION**https://www.torierobinson.com/contact

Tuesday Oct 20, 2020

Meet Sammy Ashby and Jennifer Thorpe from SUDEP Action, learn how to minimise your risk of SUDEP, and better your life/that of the person you care about.We mention brilliant leaders in the field including Dr. Rohit Shankar (MBE), Dr. Rhys Thomas, and Assistant Professor Arjune Sen!**CONNECT WITH SAMMY & JENNIFER**• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sammyashby, https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifer-thorpe-771989131• Twitter: https://twitter.com/SammyatSUDEP, https://twitter.com/Jennifert_SUDEP**READ ABOUT SUDEP ACTION'S WORK**• Website: https://sudep.org• Twitter: https://twitter.com/SudepAction• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sudep-action• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SUDEPAction.org• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sudepaction**CHECK OUT THE YOUTUBE VIDEO WITH SAMMY & JENNIFER**• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=de7wvAcoEOU&t=101s**CONNECT WITH TORIE**• Website: https://www.torierobinson.com• Twitter: https://twitter.com/torierobinson10• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/torierobinson• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TorieRobinsonSpeaker • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/torierobinson10**CHECK OUT TORIE’S YOUTUBE & BLOG**• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/TorieRobinson• Blog: https://www.torierobinson.com/blog**HIRE TORIE AS A SPEAKER ON EPILEPSY, MENTAL HEALTH, DISABILITY, & DIVERSITY & INCLUSION**https://www.torierobinson.com/contact

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