Researchers

Ulla Räisänen

Ulla is a senior researcher with the Health Experiences Research Group, Department of Primary Health Care, University of Oxford. Over the past ten years, she's worked on research projects in health communication, the experiences of (mental) health and illness, young people's health and (mental) health in the media, both in Finland and the UK.

Advisory Panel

Acknowledgements Our special thanks go to all the young people who shared their stories with us and made this research possible. We would also like to thank all the people who helped us recruit, especially Professor John Duncan, NSE, Epilepsy Action and NCYPE.

Anthony Linklater Epilepsy Specialist Nurse, National Hospital for Neurology & Neurosurgery

Dr Aidan Macfarlane Independent international consultant in Child and Adolescent Health

Dr Andrew Herxheimer Clinical pharmacologist, DIPEx Co-founder

Dr Greg Rogers General Practitioner, Clinical Lead of GPs with a Special Interest in Epilepsy East Kent

Dr Sarah Aylett Consultant Paediatric Neurologist, GOSH, NCYPE

Finlay Johnson Student, participant

Helen Purves Broadcast assistant, participant

Jane Hanna Director of Epilepsy Bereaved

Professor Ann Jacoby Professor of Medical Sociology, University of Liverpool

Professor Helen Cross Professor of Paediatric Neurology and Head of Neurosciences Unit, GOSH

Rona Gibb Epilepsy Information Manager, The National Society for Epilepsy

Sue Ziebland

Research Director, Health Experiences Research Group, Department of Primary Health Care, University of Oxford.

Dr Suman Prinjha

Senior Researcher, Health Experiences Research Group, Department of Primary Health Care, University of Oxford.

Supported by:

Department of Health