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Consultant Neurologist

Clinical interests

Professor Cock is a consultant neurologist with a speciality in epilepsy, encompassing all aspects of the diagnosis and management of epilepsy and dissociative/non-epileptic attack disorder in adult patients. She also has an interest in the medicolegal aspects of epilepsy and neurology education. She was integral in the development and expansion of the now well-established epilepsy service both locally, and with respect to the broader Atkinson Morley Regional Epilepsy Network spanning South West London and Surrey Boarders ICBs.

Professional Profile

Professor Cock qualified from the University of London in 1989, and also completed her post-graduate and research training in and around London. Having started her consultant career at the National Hospital for Neurology, Professor Cock moved to a tenured clinical academic post at St George’s in 2003, subsequently moving into clinical research, and expanding her medical education portfolio.

She has considerable clinical trial experience, was chair of the UK epilepsy research network Interventions & treatment clinical study group (2010-14) and sat on the Scientific Advisor Committee of Epilepsy Research UK (2019-23). Her primary research interest is in status epilepticus including early pre-clinical work, membership of the ILAE status epilepticus classification task force, and most recently as a member of the executive team on the NIH (USA) NINDS Established Status Epilepticus Treatment Trial (2014-19) which influenced practice worldwide. Other areas include dissociative seizures, sudden unexpected death in epilepsy, and health service delivery.

She is professionally qualified in higher education, a fellow of the Higher Education Academy and has been involved in all aspects of undergraduate medical and post-graduate neurological education throughout her career. Prof Cock was chair of the Education Committee of the European Academy of Neurology (2014-2018), Course Director for Medicine at St George’s University of London (2019-2024), and a member of the ILAE Epilepsy Education (certification) Task force (2018-21).

Membership of professional bodies

Fellow Higher Education Academy; Member Association of Medical Education in Europe; Fellow of the European Academy of Neurology; Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians London; Member American Epilepsy Society; Royal Society of Medicine; International League Against Epilepsy; Association of British Neurologists; American Academy of Neurology; European Neurological Society. UK Register Expert Witnesses.

 Awards and accolades

  • European of Academy Service Award, 2018
  • Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (London) – 2006
  • Wellcome Trust Advanced Training Fellowship – 2001
  • International League against Epilepsy – Millenium Young Scientific Investigators Prize – 1999
  • Neurology Advisor: London Underground/Transport for London occupational health – 2002-2014
  • Contributor: All Party Parliamentary Group report on epilepsy – 2007gh
  • MiMember: ABN clinical research and academic committee – 2001-2007
  • Founding Chair: Association of British Neurology Trainees – 1998-2000
  • Epilepsy Advocacy Europe, including presenting at the European Parliament 2013-14

Further information

Additional information is available on her university profile at Professor Hannah Cock .