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Personal profile
Research interests
seizure semiology, seizure and epilepsy diagnosis, EEG, psychogenic nonepileptic seizures
Biography
Professor Udaya Seneviratne, MBBS, MD, MRCP (UK), FRACP, PhD
Udaya Seneviratne is a clinician-researcher in epilepsy. He is an Adjunct Clinical Professor at the Department of Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. As a clinician, he works as a Consultant Neurologist and Epileptologist at Monash Health. He is the director of the Epilepsy Service and the deputy director of Neurology at Monash Health. He also leads clinical trials in epilepsy at Monash Health. Professor Seneviratne has published extensively in the field of epilepsy and electroencephalography including a textbook on EEG. He mentors medical students and honors students as well as supervises Ph.D. students at Monash University.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Research area keywords
- epilepsy, seizure, EEG, semiology
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Australian Autoimmune Encephalitis Consortium Study - improving diagnosis, outcomes, and quality of care for patients with this devastating neurological illness.
Monif, M., Wesselingh, R., Butzkueven, H., Reddel, S. W., Malpas, C., Haartsen, J., Hardy, T. A., Gillis, D., Seneviratne, U., Blum, S., Nesbitt, C. S., Heiss, L., Macdonell, R. A. L., Mykytowycz, M., Sanfilippo, P., D'Souza, W. J., Kulkarni, J., Buzzard, K., O'Brien, T., Broadley, S., Taylor, B. V. M., MacIntyre, J., Barton, J., Swayne, A., Alpitsis, R., Harding, I., Butler, E., Ramanathan, S., Giles, A. & Gadi, M.
1/03/24 → 31/12/27
Project: Research
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PERSONAL: Personalised Selection of Medication for Newly Diagnosed Adult Epilepsy – the PERSONAL Trial
Kwan, P., Chen, Z., Lannin, N., Ademi Delaney, Z., Ge, Z., Reutens, D., O'Brien, T., D'Souza, W. J., Perucca, P., Reeder, S., Nikpour, A., Wong, C., Kiley, M., Saw, J., Nicolo, J., Seneviratne, U., Carney, P., Jones, D., Somerville, E. R. & Stapleton, C.
1/02/23 → 31/01/27
Project: Research
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Autoimmune Encephalitis - a rare and debilitating neurological illness affecting the Australian population. A study of the Australian Autoimmune Encephalitis Consortium.
Monif, M., Butzkueven, H., Reddel, S. W., Kalincik, T., Tarlinton, D., Seneviratne, U., Kulkarni, J., Buzzard, K. & Taylor, B. V. M.
1/06/20 → 31/05/25
Project: Research
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Monash Health Status Epilepticus Registry
Muthusamy, S., Foong, Y. C. & Seneviratne, U.
13/03/23 → 31/03/24
Project: Research
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Characterizing cognitive function in patients with autoimmune encephalitis: an Australian prospective study
Griffith, S. P., Wesselingh, R., Seery, N., Rushen, T., Kyndt, C., Long, B., Seneviratne, U., Buzzard, K., Butzkueven, H., O’Brien, T. J., Alpitsis, R., Malpas, C. B. & Monif, M., 2024, In: Journal of Neurology. 27, p. 310–324 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access5 Citations (Scopus) -
Home-based ambulatory video EEG monitoring: a cost-effective and underutilised diagnostic tool for people with seizure disorders in Australia
Seneviratne, U., Gillinder, L., Kraemer, T., Lee, A. & Bower, S., Dec 2024, In: Internal Medicine Journal. 54, 12, p. 2096-2097 2 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › Other › peer-review
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Language impairments in seropositive and seronegative autoimmune encephalitis
Griffith, S. P., Wesselingh, R., D’Aprano, F., Seery, N., Rushen, T., Kyndt, C., Long, B., Seneviratne, U., Kalincik, T., Buzzard, K., Butzkueven, H., O’Brien, T. J., Alpitsis, R., Malpas, C. B., Monif, M. & on behalf of the Australian Autoimmune Encephalitis Consortium, Jul 2024, In: Neurological Sciences. 45, 7, p. 3389–3398 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access1 Citation (Scopus) -
A cross-sectional investigation of cognition and epileptiform discharges in juvenile absence epilepsy
Dharan, A. L., Bowden, S. C., Peterson, A., Lai, A., Seneviratne, U., Dabscheck, G., Nurse, E., Loughman, A., Parsons, N. & D'Souza, W. J., Mar 2023, In: Epilepsia. 64, 3, p. 742-753 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access6 Citations (Scopus) -
Circadian distribution of epileptiform discharges in epilepsy: Candidate mechanisms of variability
Marinelli, I., Walker, J. J., Seneviratne, U., D'Souza, W., Cook, M. J., Anderson, C., Bagshaw, A. P., Lightman, S. L., Woldman, W. & Terry, J. R., Oct 2023, In: PLoS Computational Biology. 19, 10, 19 p., e1010508.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access3 Citations (Scopus)