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2025
Antonia Lefter (Romania)
Institution: University of Oxford (Oxford, UK)
Mentor: Jacqueline Palace, BM (Hons) FRCP DM
Fellowship term: December 2025 – December 2027
The joint fellowship between ECTRIMS and the MOGAD Eugene Devic European Network (MEDEN) aims to foster collaboration and research among clinicians and scientists in Europe, focusing on neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders (NMOSD) and myelin oligodendrocyte antibody associated disorder (MOGAD). This fellowship was made possible with support from The Sumaira Foundation and Alexion Pharmaceuticals.
2024
Barbara Willekens (Belgium)
Institution: The University of Verona (Verona, Italy)
Mentor: Sara Mariotto, MD, PhD
Fellowship term: December 2024
Research focus: live cell-based diagnostic assays
This short-term fellowship was funded by The Research Foundation Flanders (FWO) and The Sumaira Foundation.
Ola Mohamed Saad Marzouk (Egypt)
Institution: The University of Verona (Verona, Italy)
Mentor: Sara Mariotto, MD, PhD
Fellowship term: October – November 2024
Research focus: live cell-based diagnostic assays
João Vitor Mahler (Brazil)
Institution: Massachusetts General Hospital (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)
Mentors: Michael Levy, MD, PhD and Marcelo Matiello, MD
Fellowship term: May – September 2024
Research focus: seronegative neuromyelitis optica
Wasantha Pushpakumara (Sri Lanka)
Institution: University of Oxford (Oxford, United Kingdom)
Mentor: Patrick Waters, PhD
Fellowship term: February – March 2024
Focus: live cell-based diagnostic assays
Dhanushka Dasanayake (Sri Lanka)
Institution: University of Oxford (Oxford, United Kingdom)
Mentor: Patrick Waters, PhD
Fellowship term: February – March 2024
Focus: live cell-based diagnostic assays
Caroline Kabwe (Zambia)
Institution: University of Oxford (Oxford, United Kingdom)
Mentor: Patrick Waters, PhD
Fellowship term: January – February 2024
Focus: live cell-based diagnostic assays
2023
Zhila Maghbooli (Iran)
Institution: University of Oxford (Oxford, United Kingdom)
Mentor: Patrick Waters, PhD
Fellowship term: October – November 2023
Focus: live cell-based diagnostic assays
