The Encephalitis Podcast Ep 29 - Dr Greta Wood: Seizures and encephalitis

In this edition of The Encephalitis Podcast, Dr Ava Easton is joined by Dr Greta Wood for a discussion around seizures and encephalitis.

In this wide-ranging conversation, they discuss an important new research paper before answering some questions around seizures and encephalitis.

Greta is an Academic Clinical Fellow in Infectious Diseases at the University of Liverpool and has a wide range of research interests, including the socio-economic impact of infectious diseases and multi-morbidity.

She is also a member of the COVID-19 Clinical Neuroscience Study which is investigating the neurological and neuropsychiatric complications of COVID-19.

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Find out more about seizures and encephalitis by viewing our factsheet: https://www.encephalitis.info/seizures-and-encephalitis

For more information about Greta, visit https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/infection-veterinary-and-ecological-sciences/staff/greta-wood/

The research paper, Acute seizure risk in patients with encephalitis, can be found here: https://neurologyopen.bmj.com/content/4/2/e000323 

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