Rate My Professor Hannah Cock

Professor Hannah Cock is Professor of Epilepsy and Medical Education at St George's, University of London, jointly affiliated with the Institute of Medical and Biomedical Education. She qualified with an MBBS from the University of London in 1989, having previously received a Medical Research Council scholarship for a BSc in Physiology in 1985. Prior to postgraduate neurology training, she was awarded an MRC Clinical Training Fellowship for her MD research on cellular mechanisms in mitochondrial diseases. She completed a Professional Accreditation in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education at the Institute of Education, London in 2000 and is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Joining St George's in 2003 as Consultant Neurologist at Atkinson Morley Regional Neuroscience Centre, St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, and Senior Lecturer, she was promoted to Reader in 2011 and Professor in 2016. She served as Course Director for Medicine (MBBS) from 2019 to 2024 and holds numerous educational leadership roles, including Chair of the European Academy of Neurology Education Committee (2014-2018), faculty for UK Epilepsy Masterclass since 2002, and contributions to ILAE e-learning task force (2018-2020). Her clinical practice focuses on all aspects of epilepsy diagnosis and management, including dissociative/non-epileptic attack disorder, within the regional Atkinson Morley Regional Epilepsy Network.

Professor Cock's research specializations include status epilepticus, sudden unexpected death in epilepsy, drug-resistant epilepsy treatments, non-epileptic seizures, and epilepsy service improvements. She was a member of the executive team for the NIH NINDS Established Status Epilepticus Treatment Trial (ESETT, 2014-2019), influencing global practices, and contributed to the ILAE status epilepticus classification task force. Key publications include 'A definition and classification of status epilepticus' (2015, cited over 3000 times), 'Randomized trial of three anticonvulsant medications for status epilepticus' (ESETT, 2019), 'Cognitive behavioural therapy for adults with dissociative seizures (CODES)' (2020), and SANAD II studies on antiepileptic drugs (2021). She has received awards such as the St George's University of London Excellence in Education Award (2021), European Academy of Neurology Service Award (2019), International League Against Epilepsy Young Investigators Prize (1999), and Wellcome Trust Advanced Training Fellowship (2001). Her work extends to e-learning platforms like ebrain (Clinical Lead 2009-2019) and a massive online course on organ donation with NHS Blood and Transplant.