The scientific advisory board will ensure a high standard of research and monitor the progress of the project by taking part in the annual Project Governing Board Meetings. Whenever appropriate, it will consult the consortium and make recommendations as to improve their performance.

Current positions:
Chair, Department of Neurology
Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
Clinical focus:
Pediatric neurology
Clinical neurophysiology
Research focus:
Neonatal seizures

Current position:
Professor of Perinatal Medicine, University of Queensland
NHMRC Practitioner Fellow
Director, Perinatal Research Centre, School of Medicine, University of Queensland
Group Head, Clinical Neurosciences Laboratory, UQ Centre for Clinical Research
Consultant Neonatologist, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital
Research focus:
Brain development/injury/rescue
Clinical Trials
Signal Processing
Speech and Language
Systems Physiology
Fetal Movement

Current position:
Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology, University College Cork, Ireland
Director of the European Centre for Clinical Trials in Rare Diseases at UCC.
Consultant Endocrinologistat Bon Secours Hospital Cork and faculty member in the Departments of Medicine and of Pharmacology & Therapeutics at University College Cork (UCC).
Chairman of the Advisory Committee on Human Medicines of the Irish Medicines Board, and a member of the Board.