Prof. Irma Khachidze – Speaker
Irma Khachidze is the main research scientist at the Beritashvili Centre of Experimental Biomedicine and professor at the Caucasus University, Tbilisi, Georgia. She graduated from I. Javakxishvili Tbilisi State University, and then she completed PhD studies in the field of Neuroscience in 2010.
Irma Khacidze has got experience both in clinical studies and basic science. She study EEG pattern in patients with epilepsy and work to reveal EEG biomarkers in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in clinical/research settings. Khachidze has investigated EEG biomarkers to develop criteria for more adequate assessment of the degree of brain dysfunction in humans. She has received awards from numerous International organizations such as: IBRO, FENS, EBBS, ILAE, SPR, WFN, CRDF, ECNP, etc. In addition, she has enlarged international partnership as joining new research applications and projects in the different international research and training grants such as ERASMUS, DAAD, Swedish Research Council, EaPEC -Eastern Partnership by EU, Horizon and etc. She has more than 50 peer reviewed publications and delivered presentations at local and international conferences.