Prof Jo Wilmshurst

Professor Jo Wilmshurst is Head of Paediatric Neurology at the Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital, University of Cape Town, in South Africa. She is the past-President of the International Child Neurology Association (2018-2022) and Secretary General for the International League Against Epilepsy (2025-2029). She is the director of the African Paediatric Fellowship Program – a training program under the auspices of the University of Cape Town that aims to develop skills in paediatric disciplines among doctors from across Africa. She is an associate editor for Epilepsia, chief editor for the Paediatric Neurology sub-section of Frontiers in Neurology, and an editorial board member for JICNA, Epileptic Disorders, and Seizure. She has over 250 peer-reviewed publications. She has interests in rare neurological disorders, such as neuromuscular diseases and neurocutaneous syndromes, and common high-impact diseases, such as epilepsy and neuroinfections.