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Professor Sam Fankhauser
Professor of Climate Change Economics and Policy
Sam Fankhauser is a Research Director for the Oxford Martin Initiative on a Net Zero Recovery, and a Fellow of Reuben College.
Sam is also Professor of Climate Change Economics and Policy at the University of Oxford, where he is affiliated with the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment and the School of Geography and the Environment.
Outside academia, Sam...
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Dr Robin Sengupta
Neurosurgeon
Dr Robin Sengupta is a neurosurgeon who has been dubbed ‘neurosurgeon of the millennium’ by the Indian Neurological Association.
After obtaining a medical degree from the University of Calcutta, he moved to study surgery in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK. Dr Sengupta has worked in the NHS for over 50 years, mostly in the North East, where the Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS...
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Professor Charles Newton
Pediatric Neurologist
Professor Charles Newton is a pediatric neurologist with over 30 years of experience in conducting studies on the epilepsy and neurological disorders in sub-Saharan Africa.
Charles Newton is a professor in psychiatry at the University of Oxford, with a special interest in global neurodevelopmental disorders, in particular autism. He is conducting research on the epidemiology and psychiatric co-morbidity of epilepsy...
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Professor Graham Fieggen
Head of Neurosurgery Division at University of Cape Town
Professor Graham Fieggen is Head of Division at the University of Cape Town, Head of Clinical Department, Neurosurgery at Groote Schuur Hospital and a Paediatric Neurosurgeon at the Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital.
He is also Head of the Department of Surgery at the University of Cape Town and has been the project leader and Director of the new Neuroscience...
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Dr Lawrence Tucker
Head of Clinical Neurology
Dr Lawrence Tucker heads the Clinical Neurology Unit at Groote Schuur Hospital and the Division of Neurology at the University of Cape Town (UCT), where he is also Director of Postgraduate Neurology Training.
He is currently President of the College of Neurologists of South Africa, as well as Vice- and Past President of the Neurological Association of South Africa. He was...
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Taurai Kadzviti
Advocacy Officer
Taurai Kadzviti is Advocacy Officer at the Epilepsy Support Foundation Zimbabwe.
He has helped raise awareness for people with epilepsy throughout Africa, providing presentations and giving testimony of his experience with epilepsy and the care he received from the local epilepsy support.
Taurai is also a member of the Disability Board of Zimbabwe.
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Professor Jacob Mugumbate
Researcher
Professor Jacob Mugumbate is a researcher at Bindura University, Zimbabwe and the University of Newcastle, Australia.
His current research is on disability, employment and social justice in the context of people with epilepsy in Zimbabwe. Dr Mugumbate's PhD in Social Work was on disability, employment and social justice in the context of people with epilepsy in Zimbabwe. He practiced at...
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Happy Purple Day - 26th March 2021
26 Mar 21 in Videos
Happy Purple Day! The Epilepsy Pathway Innovation in Africa team celebrated Purple Day virtually this year.
Hear our Lead Researchers, Professors Charles Newton (University of Oxford), Arjune Sen (University of Oxford), Ley Sander (University College London) and Helen Cross (University College London), discuss how the Epilepsy Pathway Innovation in Africa research project strives to improve epilepsy diagnosis and treatment in Ghana...
https://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/videos/happy-purple-day-26th-march-2021
Prof Chris Dye & Prof Salim Abdool Karim in conversation: 'The Great Health Dilemma: Is Prevention Better than Cure?'
19 May 21 in Videos
The benefits of prevention over cure are self-evident and yet we are reluctant to invest in staying healthy.
Resolution of this age-old dilemma begins with a timeless truth: the benefits of good health come at a cost; prevention is not better than cure at any price. That logic leads to the testable hypothesis that prevention should be favoured when an imminent...
https://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/videos/the-great-health-dilemma