Researcher

Barbara Willekens

Research Expertise:My research is driven by my clinical work as academic neurologist. Translational and clinical research in Multiple Sclerosis and rare neuroimmunological diseases of the CNS, incl. NMOSD, MOGAD, tumefactive demyelination and Susac syndrome). Overarching themes: (1) improve understanding of CNS neuroimmunological diseases, (2) develop and/or investigate novel care/treatment/monitoring approaches, including cellular immunotherapies. PI in academic and industry-led clinical trials in MS (phase I-IV). (Inter)national collaborations for real-world data collection and analysis of observational studies, eg MSBase, BELTRIMS, ACON

Keywords:NMOSD (NEUROMYELITIS OPTICA SPECTRUM DISORDERS), COHORT STUDY, MOGAD (MOG ANTIBODY ASSOCIATED DISEASE), CLINICAL TRIAL, NEUROIMMUNOLOGY, SUSAC SYNDROME, CELL THERAPY, MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, Medicine

Disciplines:Regenerative medicine not elsewhere classified, Clinical trials, Applied immunology, Autoimmunity, Immunomodulation therapy, Biomarker discovery, Neurosciences not elsewhere classified, Cell therapy

Research techniques:clinical trials, phase I-phase IV clinical research (observational, qualitative) translational research guidelines

Users of research expertise:Clinicians, epidemiologists, paramedics, nurses, fundamental researchers, industry