EUROPEAN PAEDIATRIC NEUROLOGY SOCIETY

Elected to the 2010-2014 Board of the EPNS 
President: Lieven Lagae

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Affiliation
Director of the Paediatric Neurology Program and the Childhood Epilepsy Program at the University Hospitals of Leuven, Full Professor at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Leuven, Belgium 

Training
Paediatric neurology training in Leuven and in Boston.

Field of clinical and research interest
Relationship between childhood epilepsy and cognitive development, event-related potential (ERP) study of prefrontal functions in childhood epilepsy; wireless and miniaturised EEG systems for the detection of seizures; simultaneous ERP and fMRI measurement of cognitive functions in children; and new anti-epileptic drugs in childhood epilepsy

Memberships

  • Past-President of the Belgian Society for Paediatric Neurology
  • Holder of the 2005 – 2010 UCB Chair for Cognitive Disabilities in Children
  • Board Member of the International Child Neurology Association.
  • Chair of the Technology Committee of the International Child Neurology Association
  • Editor-in-Chief of the European Journal of Paediatric Neurology