Advancing Precision Therapies in Neurogenetic Disorders and the Treatment of Medically Refractory Epilepsies

Introducing Remarks

We would like to express our great gratitude to Professor Linda de Vries. In the past two decades, Professor de Vries supported the journal, from submitting as an author to becoming an exceptional reviewer and advancing to the role of associate editor ensuring the highest-quality peer review in the journal.

We are now happy though to introduce Dr. Damjan Osredkar as a new associate editor of Neuropediatrics. Since 2015 Dr. Osredkar is heading the Pediatric Neurology Department at the University Children's Hospital Lubljana (UMCL), Slovenia. In addition to his clinical responsibilities, his primary research interests lie in the development of precision-medicine treatment options for rare diseases, such as the development of gene-addition therapy for the CTNNB1-neurodevelopmental syndrome. Damjan started his research—leading to a thesis—on the follow-up of newborns after hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) at Wilhemina Children's Hospital in Utrecht (The Netherlands, supervisors Prof. David Neubauer and Prof. Linda de Vries) and proceeded to research in the field of treatment of HIE at the universities of California San Francisco (USA, Prof. Donna Ferriero) and Oslo (Norway, Prof. Marianne Thoresen).

Publication History

Article published online:
07 March 2025

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