| Personal details |
| Name |
Dr Finbar
O'Callaghan |
| Job title |
Reader in Paediatric Neurology
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| Department |
School of Clinical Sciences University of Bristol
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| Contact details |
This expert can be contacted via the University of Bristol Public Relations
Office.
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when contacting the Public Relations Office.
work+44 (0)117 928 7777
email: public-relations@bristol.ac.uk
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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
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| Keywords |
paediatric neurology
stroke in children
epilepsy
Tuberous sclerosis
epidemiology
clinical trials in paediatric epilepsy
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| 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.
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| Languages (other than English) |
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| Media experience |
Relatively extensive experience of written, radio and television interviews in my fields of expertise
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