Prof. Kette Valente

About Kette

Kette Valente is a paediatric neurologist and epileptologist, and Full Professor of Paediatric Neurology at the University of São Paulo Faculty of Medicine. She is also Technical-Scientific Director of the Neurophysiology Laboratory at Hospital das Clínicas, USP. Her research focuses on cognition, behavioural morbidities, and functional outcomes in rare and developmental epileptic encephalopathies, with particular expertise in complex epilepsy assessment and neurodevelopmental outcomes.

Additional positions:

• Associate Editor Epilepsia

• Associate Editor Epilepsy & Behavior

• Editorial Board Member Epileptic Disorders, Epilepsy & Research

ILAE

• Treasurer of the International League Against Epilepsy 2025

• Chair of Non-Seizure Outcome in Precision Medicine - 2025

• Precision Medicine in Developmental & Epileptic Encephalopathies

Former positions

• Chair of the Pediatric Commission of the ILAE 2021-2025

• President of the Brazilian Chapter of the ILAE 2020-2022

Areas of focus

Cognition, behavioural comorbidities, and functional outcomes in rare and developmental epileptic encephalopathies.

Episode

When Seizures Aren’t the Only Problem in Childhood Epilepsies - 29 Jan 2026

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Links

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ILAE

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Orcid ID

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Liga Brasileira de Epilepsia

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