Meet the people of IXA-Neuroscience of Amsterdam Neuroscience. From the two Chief Officers, to the Business Development team, Legal and Financial team, or the Translational Research and Clinical Trial teams.
Chief Officer
Pieter van Bokhoven
Chief Scientific Officer (CSO), PhD
Yolande Pijnenburg
Chief Medical Officer (CMO), MD, PhD
Business Development Team
Prisca Leferink
Senior Business Developer, PhD
Mark Mizee
Senior Business Developer, PhD
Andrea Soto Padilla
Senior Business Developer, PhD
Legal and Financial Team
Margot Muller
Financial Officer & Business Manager
Maarten Regtuit
Business Controller, MSc
Hubert Yeung
Contract Manager
Amy Zaagsma
Contract Manager
Kim Verheul
Clinical Trial Proposal Manager
Isadora Lopes Alves
Clinical Trial Proposal Manager
Maurice Duurvoort
Clinical Trial Proposal Manager
Patricia De Souza Gordiano
Administrative Assistant
Translational Research Teams
Under supervision of:
Guus Smit
Head of Center of Neurogenomics & Cognitive Research (CNCR) VU, Co-director of Amsterdam Neuroscience, prof. , PhD
Menno Schoonheim
Scientific Director of MS Center Amsterdam, Associate professor at department of Anatomy & Neurosciences, PhD
Charlotte Teunissen
Head of Clinical Neurochemistry group, prof., PhD
Elga de Vries
Head of Neurovascular Unit, MS Center Amsterdam, prof., PhD
Wilma van de Berg
Neuroscientist, prof., PhD
Brenda Penninx
Head of Research department of Psychiatry, prof., PhD
Danielle Vugts
Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, prof., PhD
Elsmarieke van de Giessen
Radiologist, Nuclear Medicine, PhD
Ronald Boellaard
Head of Imaging Methodology group, prof., PhD
Wiesje van der Flier
Alzheimer Center Amsterdam, prof., PhD
Paul Lucassen
Swammerdam Institute of Life Science (SILS), UvA, prof., PhD
Clinical Trial Teams
Under supervision of:
Yolande Pijnenburg
Co-director of Amsterdam Neuroscience, neurologist, prof., MD, PhD
Jort Vijverberg
Director of Alzheimer Center Amsterdam, Neurologist, PhD
Rob de Bie
Director of Parkinson and Movement Disorders Center Amsterdam, neurologist, prof., MD, PhD
Joep Killestein
Full Professor MS Research, neurologist, prof., MD, PhD
Brigit de Jong
Neurologist MS Center Amsterdam, MD, PhD
Marjo van der Knaap
Founder of Amsterdam Leukodystrophy Center, neurologist, prof., MD, PhD
Nicole Wolf
Coordinator of Amsterdam Leukodystrophy Center, Neurologist, prof., MD, PhD
Diederik van de Beek
Director of Neuroinfection Center Amsterdam, neurologist, prof., MD, PhD
Jonathan Coutinho
Program leader Neurovascular Disorders, neurologist, prof., MD, PhD
Rick Schuurman
Director DBS Center Amsterdam, neurosurgeon, prof., MD, PhD