Our mission is to transform the lives of people living with epilepsy for the better by identifying, understanding and correcting or preventing the underlying mechanisms leading to the epilepsies and associated comorbidities in each individual person. Our vision is to build upon the excellence and breadth of our research, seamlessly integrating basic and clinical science.

  • Head of Department: Professor Gabriele Lignani
  • Deputy Heads of Department: Professor Sanjay Sisodiya, Dr Umesh Vivekananda, Dr Meneka Sidhu
Experimental research
Audiology for ENT trainees 16th March 2018

Experimental research

Researchers in the department.

Clinical research
epilepsy brains

Clinical research

Clinical researchers in the department; BRC Epilepsy Centre; Epilepsy Imaging Group; Epilepsy Society Brain and Tissue Bank; Brain Buddy UK

Living with Epilepsy: Insights and Innovations at UCL-UCLH

living with epilepsy event

On 2 October 2025, the Epilepsy teams at the National hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery and UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology hosted an event for people living with epilepsy at the fantastic Art Workers’ Guild, 6 Queen Square. Read further details on the event.

 

Contacts

Departmental Administrator: Charlotte Burt

Sources of Support

External organisations that have supported our research: 

  • Action Medical Research;
  • British Council;
  • Community Fund;
  • CRDC;
  • Department of Health;
  • Epilepsy Society;
  • EU;
  • Epilepsy Research Institute;
  • MRC;
  • NIHR UCL-UCLH Biomedical Research Centre;
  • Royal Society;
  • Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust;
  • UCB Pharma Ltd;
  • Wellcome Trust.

Principal Investigators