Jury 2018

January 17, 2018

The jury of the Charcot Fund 2018

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Prof. Dr. Christian Sindic

President of the Fondation Charcot Stichting

Function: Professor Emeritus of UCL

Specialism: Neurology

Research Focus: MS
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Dr. Pierrette Seeldrayers

President of the Belgian Study Group for MS

Function: Honorary Head of the Department of Neurology at CHU Charleroi

Specialism: Neurology

Research Focus: MS
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Prof. Dr. Alex Michotte

Function: Professor of Neuroanatomy at the Faculty of Medicine of the VUB. Head of Clinic Department of Neurology and Anatomo-Pathology of UZ Brussel.

Specialism: Neurology and Neuropathology

Research Focus: Neuropathological study of central nervous system tumor

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Prof. Dr. Alain Maertens de Noordhout

Function: Head of Department of Neurology of CHR Citadelle Liège.

Specialism: Diseases of the motor, extrapyramidal and peripheral nervous systems

Research Focus: function of the motor system in healthy men and in neurological pathology
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Prof. Dr. Gilles Defer

Function: Head of Department of Neurology, Coordinator of the Center Resources and Skills SEP, University Hospital Center, President of the Bas-Normand Network of Management of MS Patients, Member of Unit INSERM UMR 1237, Cyceron, CAEN, France

Specialism: Neurology, CNS Inflammatory Diseases

Research Focus: The study of cognitive disorders of MS and their management, in particular cognitive remediation - The epidemiological study of the influence of social inequalities on the therapeutic management of patients. The research in e-health particularly around the adverse effects of MS drugs and their declaration by patients.

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Prof. Dr. Juan Antonio Garcia Merino

Function: Professor of Neurology Universidad Autonoma Madrid, Director of the Neuroimmunology Laboratory Puerta de Hierro Hospital, Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain

Specialism: Neurology

Research Focus: the study of experimental models with particular interest in mechanisms of damage and the role of cannabinoids in the control of neuroimmune inflammation.

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