Neuroscientist Dr Tracy Dixon-Salazar gives hope to future generations of epilepsy

Catherine Shanahan meets neuroscientist Dr Tracy Dixon-Salazar, a former stay-at-home mother, who spent 12 years studying to find effective treatments for her daughter’s epilepsy.

MOST kids don protective headgear for high contact sport, cycling or horseriding, but Savannah Salazar wore a helmet all day everyday for 15 years.

“Parents look back at their kids’ school photographs and they see how they developed over the years.