Norman Delanty

Professor Delanty has been active in many translational research projects. He initiated the Irish epilepsy biobank, originally funded by the Higher Education Authority of Ireland, and collaborates nationally and internationally with other investigators. He was the clinical instigator in the development of the now nationally-used Epilepsy Electronic Patient Record. He is also the founder of the Irish Epilepsy and Pregnancy Register. Professor Delanty has published widely, including to the New England Journal of Medicine, Nature, and Lancet Neurology. He has edited two books and has co-authored many book chapters. In 2009, he received an ILAE Ambassador for Epilepsy Award and is a former President of the Irish Chapter of the ILAE. He recently established and organised the inaugural national neurogenomics conference held virtually in June 2021.

Prof. Delanty trained in general medicine in Cork and Dublin before completing a neurology residency at Cornell Medical Centre, New York. He then moved to Philadelphia to complete a fellowship at Penn Epilepsy Centre, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, before returning to Dublin in 2000.