Pasquale Striano MD, PhD
Professor of Pediatrics, Department of Neurosciences, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy; IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, ItalyProfessor Striano, a board-certified neurologist and pediatric neurologist, is Full Professor of Paediatrics at the University of Genoa, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini. He has conducted translational studies on different forms of genetic epilepsies and participated to clinical trials of antiepileptic drugs in patients affected by seizure disorders. He is member of the Board of Italian League Against Epilepsy (LICE), a scientific association that is focused on promoting knowledge of the Epilepsy among people and among physicians to improve the care of patients.
Prof. Striano is associate partner of the EUROEPINOMICS consortium for study of genetic epilepsies through Next Generation (NGS) sequencing techniques and has awarded by the ILAE the Young Investigator Award at the European Congress of Epileptology, London, November 2012. From 2013 he is Member of the Pediatric Committee of Italian Medicines Agency (AIFA).