Research Team
Dr James W. Mitchell
Lead Researcher
James Mitchell is an Association of British Neurologists (ABN) Clinical Training Research Fellow and neurology registrar at The Walton Centre NHS FT and University of Liverpool. His primary research interest is outcome measurement in epilepsy research and clinical practice.
Dr Adam Noble
Adam Noble is a Senior Lecturer in health services research based at the University of Liverpool. He uses mixed-methods research to identify the psychological and social difficulties of those with neurological conditions and their families, explore the causes of these problems, and translate these findings into improved care by developing and testing interventions.
Professor Paula Williamson
Paula Williamson is Professor of Medical Statistics at the University of Liverpool. She leads the MRC/NIHR Trials Methodology Research Partnership and has co-founded and led the COMET (Core Outcome Measures in Effectiveness Trials) Initiative since 2010.
Professor Tony Marson
Tony Marson is a consultant neurologist and epileptologist at The Walton Centre and Professor of Neurology at The University of Liverpool. He has coordinated the largest randomised controlled trials in epilepsy, and is chief investigator of the recently completed NIHR HTA trial of Standard and New Antiepileptic drugs II (SANAD II), and is the Coordinating Editor of the Cochrane Epilepsy Group.
EPSET Project International Working Group
Professor Gus Baker
Professor Emeritus of Clinical Neuropsychology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK and Secretary General at International Bureau for Epilepsy, Dublin, Ireland
Ms Rachel Batchelor
Research Assistant and Patient Representative member, Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, England
Dr Francesco Brigo
Consultant Neurologist, Department of Neurology, Hospital of Merano (SABES-ASDAA), Merano-Meran, Italy
Dr Jakob Christensen
Associate Professor of Neurology, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Denmark
Professor Jacqueline French
Professor of Neurology, NYU Comprehensive Epilepsy Center, New York, USA
Dr Antonio Gil-Nagel
Director of Epilepsy Programme, Department of Neurology, Hospital Ruber Internacional, Madrid, Spain
Professor Alla Guekht
Professor of Neurology, Russian National Research Medical University and Director of Moscow Research and Clinical Center for Neuropsychiatry, Russia
Professor Nathalie Jette
Professor of Neurology, Population Health Science and Policy, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, USA
Professor Reetta Kälviäinen
Professor of Neurology, University of Eastern Finland and Kuopio Epilepsy Center, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland
Professor John Paul Leach
Professor of Clinical Neurology, School of Medicine, Dentistry & Nursing, University of Glasgow, UK
Dr Melissa Maguire
Honorary Clinical Associate Professor, Leeds Institute of Medical Research, University of Leeds , Leeds, UK
Professor Terence O’Brien
Professor of Neurology and Clinical Pharmacology, Central Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
Professor Felix Rosenow
Professor of Epilepsy and Director of the Epilepsy Center Frankfurt-Rhine-Main, University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe-University, Frankfurt, Germany
Professor Philippe Ryvlin
Professor of Neurology, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Mr Phil Tittensor
Consultant Nurse for the Epilepsies, The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust and Honorary Lecturer, University of Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton, UK.
Professor Eugen Trinka
Professor of Neurology, Department of Neurology, Christian Doppler University Hospital, Paracelsus Medical University Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
Professor Manjari Tripathi
Professor of Neurology, Department of Neurology, Neurosciences Centre, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Professor Samuel Wiebe
Professor of Neurology, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada.
Dr Abbie Fearon
Patient representative member
We would like to thank the following professional and patient organisations who kindly facilitated dissemination of the EPSET Project surveys, and contributed to ensuring this COS is as representative as possible of the international perspective
