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

10/12/2025 10 min
Changing Australia: Sam Berkovic and transforming the way we understand and treat epilepsy

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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.