A Scalp-EEG Tool for Epilepsy Diagnosis: Getting Patients the Right Answers, Faster
Every year, over one million people in the U.S. rush to the emergency room after experiencing their first seizure or seizure-like event. For many, the journey that follows is frustrating and uncertain. Epilepsy is notoriously difficult to diagnose - so much so that nearly 30% of patients receive the wrong diagnosis. The most common mistake? Being told they have epilepsy when they do not. These misdiagnosed patients spend months or even years trying ineffective medications, enduring unnecessary side effects, and living with the fear of seizures they don’t actually have only to later discover they have a completely different condition. Why is diagnosing epilepsy so difficult? Unlike other diseases, there has been no reliable biomarker. Our team has identified an EEG-based biomarker for epilepsy, a game-changing discovery that is currently being tested in three major epilepsy centers across the U.S. This new tool, EpiScalp, has the potential to revolutionize epilepsy diagnosis, ensuring patients receive the right answers and the right treatment from their very first visit to a neurologist.
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- Starts 07 February 2026 05:00 AM UTC
- Ends 10 March 2026 10:00 PM UTC
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Sridevi Sarma, PhD - EMBS Distinguished Lecturer
Biography:
Sridevi V. Sarma received her B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University and her M.S. and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). She completed postdoctoral training in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences at MIT. She is currently a Professor in the Institute for Computational Medicine and the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Johns Hopkins University. Her research focuses on the modeling, estimation, and control of neural systems, with particular emphasis on therapeutic electrical stimulation for neurological disorders, including epilepsy and chronic pain. She has been invited to speak at over 70 venues worldwide.
Together with her undergraduate and graduate trainees, Dr. Sarma has authored over 80 journal articles, one book, two book chapters, and more than 90 peer-reviewed conference proceedings. She is an inventor on 11 patents and disclosures and has contributed to one FDA-cleared medical device. Dr. Sarma is the recipient of numerous honors, including the Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Award at the Scientific Interface, the Krishna Kumar New Investigator Award from the North American Neuromodulation Society, the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, the NIH Outstanding Investigator Award for her research in epilepsy, election as a Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE), and the Whiting School of Engineering Robert B. Pond Award for Excellence in Teaching.