Shobi Sivathamboo

Research Fellow, Department of Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Central Clinical School Shobi.Sivathamboo@monash.edu

Biography

Shobi is internationally recognised for her work on sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP). She leads the SUDEP research group at Monash University, which has a focus on uncovering the incidence and biomarkers for SUDEP risk.

articles

Seizures epilepsy. Anatomy of brain, electrical discharge.

What is sudden unexpected death in epilepsy, and what causes it?

Most of us have heard of epilepsy. Lesser known to the public is that seizures can lead to an uncommon but fatal complication known as sudden unexpected death in epilepsy.

Medicine and health