哈吉耶奥尔吉乌, 乔治奥斯 M.

Prof. Hadjigeorgiou is a Professor of Neurology, Acting Dean, Medical School, University of Cyprus and elected Member of the Cyprus Academy of Sciences, Letters and Arts. He received his MD and PhD degree from Kapodistrian & National University of Cyprus. Previous academic positions include Professor of Neurology/Chair of the Department of Neurology and Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Thessaly, Greece. His postdoctoral training includes post-doctoral research fellowships at University of Milano, and Columbia University, New York. His major research interest is in the field of Neurogenetics/ genetic epidemiology of complex neurological diseases (Metabolic Myopathies, Parkinson’s disease, Multiple Sclerosis, Dementia, etc) His research output includes more than 240 PubMed publications and his activity has been recognized in >6000 citations in Scopus (h-index=40) and >9000 in Scholar (h-index=52). He published in high-impact scientific journals including Cell, Nature Commun, Nature Genetics, Lancet Neurology, JAMA, Annals of Neurology and Neurology. He has extensive clinical and research experience and currently, he collaborates with all Medical Departments in Greece/Cyprus and with leading research centres and study groups abroad (Laboratory of Neurogenetics NIH/NIA, Columbia NY, GEO-PD, IMSGC, EURLSSG, etc.). Among others, he is currently site PI in the Genetic Epidemiology of Parkinson’s Disease (GEO-PD) and in International Multiple Sclerosis Genetic Consortium (IMSGC). He also served as Vice President of the European Restless Legs Syndrome Study Group (EURLSSG). He has received financial support from participation in various research programs (FP7; Greek General Secretariat for Research and Technology; Cyprus Research Promotion Foundation; Alzheimer Association USA; PD Foundation, USA).