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Personal details
Name Dr Finbar O'Callaghan
Job title Reader in Paediatric Neurology
Department School of Clinical Sciences University of Bristol
Contact details This expert can be contacted via the University of Bristol Public Relations Office.

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Qualifications MA (Oxon), MB,ChB(Bristol), MSc(Lond), PhD(Bath), FRCPCH
Professional details
Membership of professional bodies Member of the British Paediatric Neurology Association
Fellow of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians
Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine
Keywords paediatric neurology
stroke in children
epilepsy
Tuberous sclerosis
epidemiology
clinical trials in paediatric epilepsy
Areas of expertise Clinical expertise in diseases of the brain and nervous system in children and adolescents. I have particular research interests in childhood stroke, infantile epilepsy and tuberous sclerosis complex.

I have research training in epidemiology and therefore my research projects are those which study neurological diseases on a population basis and in clinical trials.
Languages (other than English)
French written
Media experience Relatively extensive experience of written, radio and television interviews in my fields of expertise