Ingrid Eileen Scheffer is an Australian paediatricneurologist and senior research fellow at the Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health. Scheffer has made several major advances in the field of epilepsy research. Scheffer is credited with finding the first gene implicated in epilepsy. She has also described and classified novel epileptic syndromes such as Epilepsy limited to Females with intellectual disability .[1]
Beyond further describing the aetiology of epilepsy, Ingrid has worked to characterise new epilepsy syndromes, from infancy to adulthood, which have permitted appropriate treatment and diagnosis, such as Dravet Syndrome[3] and Epilepsy limited to Females with Mental Retardation. Her work also provides for more accurate genetic reproductive counselling.
In 2014, Scheffer, alongside her close collaborator Professor Sam Berkovic, AC, won the Prime Minister’s Prize for Science for their work on deciphering the genetics of epilepsy.[4] It is one of many awards in she has received throughout her career.[2]
Awards and honours
American Epilepsy Society Research Recognition Award (2007)[5]
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