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Changing Australia: Sam Berkovic and transforming the way we understand and treat epilepsy

Changing Australia: Sam Berkovic and transforming the way we understand and treat epilepsy

Update: 2025-12-09
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Thousands of Australians live with epilepsy, but the cause of the neurological disorder has not been well understood.

In the 1990s, Laureate Professor Sam Berkovic and his collaborators made a discovery that finally gave answers to some families living with the disease.

Guest: Laureate Professor Sam Berkovic, esteemed Australian neurologist, Director of the Epilepsy Research Centre at Austin Health, incoming president of the Australian Academy of Science.

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Changing Australia: Sam Berkovic and transforming the way we understand and treat epilepsy

Changing Australia: Sam Berkovic and transforming the way we understand and treat epilepsy

Australian Broadcasting Corporation