Professor of Child Neurology and Psychiatry, Children's Hospital A. Meyer-University

Renzo Guerrini M.D., is Professor of Child Neurology and Psychiatry, Director of the Neuroscience Department and Director of the Pediatric Neurology Unit and Laboratories at Children’s Hospital Anna Meyer, University of Florence, Italy. His previous posts include: Professor of Clinical Neuroscience – Epilepsy, Director of the Centre for Epilepsy at King’s College University of London UK; Pofessor of Pediatric Neurology at the Institute of Child Health and Great Hormond Street Hospital, University College London UK; Prof. Guerrini has authored over 450 Articles in peer reviewed journals, edited or authored 10 books on epilepsy and given over 400 invited lectures throughout the world. He has served in the Editorial board of several journals and book series including Neurology, the Journal of Child Neurology, Epilepsia, Epileptic Disorders, Seizure, Neuropediatrics, Neurological Sciences, European Journal of Neurology, BMC Medical Genetics, Progress in Epileptic Disorders, Topics in Epilepsy, and has served as an Associate Editor for Epilepsia from 2006 to 2013. He has chaired the Commission on Pediatrics of the International League Against Epilepsy and participated to other ILAE commissions and task forces and to committees and commissions on Pediatric Epilepsy for the World Health Organization, the European Medicines Agency, and the INSERM. He was awarded the Ambassador for Epilepsy ILAE recognition in 2003, the Award for Research in Clinical Science by the American Epilepsy Society in 2012 and is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (London). Prof. Guerrini has been the principal investigator of numerous research project funded by the Italian Ministry of Health and Research, by the EU and by Telethon, on the genetics of the malformations of cortical development, and the neurobiology and genetics of epilepsy. He is now Coordinating DESIRE (Development and Epilepsy - Strategies for Innovative Research to improve diagnosis, prevention and treatment in children with difficult to treat Epilepsy), a major EU Research project funded by the 7th framework programme. His research activities have coupled the classical clinical epileptology based on observation and semiology with the more modern diagnostic methods and laboratory based research.


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