Jasmine Smith

Jasmine Smith was 17 years-old when she was diagnosed with a brain tumour triggering epileptic seizures. She had hoped to become a ballet dancer but was asked to leave the university where she was studying dancing due to having epilepsy – which also happened with several jobs. Jasmine, now 26, is living seizure free following extensive surgery, and as a result of her experiences works within Cardiothoracic Critical Care at Harefield Hospital, with an on-going interest in epilepsy.

She is also an epilepsy patient ambassador working with the UK’s Epilepsy Society since 2011; and started working with UCB in 2012, beginning as a patient ambassador, speaking with their medical teams and giving a patient insight into living with epilepsy. For the past year she has been working with the UCB European research team as a patient consultant.