A huge congratulations to Dr Rob Wykes and his co-investigator Dr Beate Diehl (UCL) who were awarded the Endeavour Project Grant from Epilepsy Research UK last week. The new project is entitled ‘Improved understanding of the mechanisms and intervention strategies for a known risk factor for Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP) ‘.

The project will aim to gain a better understanding of the mechanisms that result in respiration depression during and immediately after a seizure, as well as the brain arousal systems that should consequently kick in to regularise breathing and vigilance state post seizure cause.

The Endeavour Project will not only develop new clinical techniques, but also inform future research on SUDEP. Watch Rob explain more about the project in the video below.