Professor Lynette Sadleir
Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Wellington
MBChB MD DipPaed FRACP
Professor Lynette Sadleir is a physician scientist with expertise in epilepsy phenotyping. She is the director of the Epilepsy Research Group and a paediatric epileptologist at Wellington Children's Hospital. Professor Sadleir is the president of the New Zealand League Against Epilepsy, the chair of the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) Budget Review Committee, and a member of the ILAE Task Force of the Clinical Genetic Testing of the Epilepsies.
Dr Ngaire Keenan (PhD Student)
Ngaire is a Paediatric Registrar who graduated with a MBChB and a BMedSc(Hons) from the University of Otago. She is an advanced trainee in Paediatrics in the Wellington Region with a plan to become a Paediatric Neurologist. Ngaire first joined the ERG when she did her BMedSc(Hons) and a subsequent Summer Studentship on epilepsy research topics. She has now returned to do a PhD focusing on Epilepsy in Māori Children.
Dr Sue Davis (Paediatric Neurologist)
Dr Sue Davis is a paediatric neurologist with a specialist interest in epilepsy. She is president of the New Zealand League Against Epilepsy and chair of the Ministry of Health Epilepsy Improvement Project. She co-led the development of the present New Zealand Paediatric Epilepsy Guidelines. Dr Davis was a co-investigator for Epilepsy Research Group's CBD drug trial and is actively involved in the Epilepsy in Māori Children project.
Dr Erik Andersen (Paediatric Neurologist)
Dr Erik Andersen is a Paediatric Neurologist at Capital and Coast DHB and a senior clinical lecturer for University of Otago Wellington. He is on the New Zealand faculty of the Paediatric Epilepsy Training Courses and regularly teaches paediatricians about epilepsy diagnosis and management. Dr Andersen is actively involved in recruiting families to the Epilepsy Research Group projects. He is also involved in phenotyping children in our Epilepsy in Māori Children project.
The Epilepsy Research Group (2022).