Meet the people of IXA-Neuro 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

Pieter van Bokhoven
Chief Scientific Officer (CSO), PhD

Yolande Pijnenburg

Yolande Pijnenburg
Chief Medical Officer (CMO), MD, PhD

Business Development Team

Prisca Leferink

Prisca Leferink
Business Developer, PhD

Afbeelding Mark Mizee

Mark Mizee
Business Developer, PhD

Andrea Soto Padilla
Business Developer, PhD

Picture of Kim Riegman

Kimberley Riegman
Business Developer, PhD

Suzanne Miedema
Business Developer

Margot Muller

Margot Muller
Financial Officer & Business Manager

Ellis Keizer

Ellis Keizer
Clinical Trial Proposal Manager

Maarten Regtuit
Business Controller, MSc

Hubert Yeung
Contract Manager

Amy Zaagsma
Contract Manager

Translational Research Teams

Under supervision of:

Guus Smit

Guus Smit
Head of Center of Neurogenomics & Cognitive Research (CNCR) VU, Co-director of Amsterdam Neuroscience, prof. , PhD

Menno Schoonheim

Menno Schoonheim
Scientific Director of MS Center Amsterdam, Associate professor at department of Anatomy & Neurosciences, PhD

Charlotte Teunissen

Charlotte Teunissen
Head of Clinical Neurochemistry group, prof., PhD

Elga de Vries

Elga de Vries
Head of Neurovascular Unit, MS Center Amsterdam, prof., PhD

Wilma van de Berg

Wilma van de Berg
Neuroscientist, prof., PhD

Brenda Penninx

Brenda Penninx
Head of Research department of Psychiatry, prof., PhD

Guus van Dongen
Director of Imaging Center Amsterdam UMC, prof., PhD

Bart van Berckel

Bart van Berckel
Nuclear Physician, prof., PhD

Ronald Boellaard

Ronald Boellaard
Head of Imaging Methodology group, prof., PhD

Wiesje van der Flier

Wiesje van der Flier
Alzheimer Center Amsterdam, prof., PhD

Paul Lucassen

Paul Lucassen
Swammerdam Institute of Life Science (SILS), UvA, prof., PhD

Clinical Trial Teams

Under supervision of:

Yolande Pijnenburg

Yolande Pijnenburg
Co-director of Amsterdam Neuroscience, neurologist, prof., MD, PhD

Jort Vijverberg

Jort Vijverberg
Director of Alzheimer Center Amsterdam, Neurologist, PhD

Rob de Bie

Rob de Bie
Director of Parkinson and Movement Disorders Center Amsterdam, neurologist, prof., MD, PhD

Bernard Uitdehaag

Bernard Uitdehaag
MS Center Amsterdam, neurologist, prof., MD, PhD

Joep Killestein

Joep Killestein
Full Professor MS Research, neurologist, prof., MD, PhD

Brigit de Jong

Brigit de Jong
Neurologist MS Center Amsterdam, MD, PhD

Marjo van der Knaap

Marjo van der Knaap
Founder of Amsterdam Leukodystrophy Center, neurologist, prof., MD, PhD

Yvo Roos

Yvo Roos
Vice-head of department of Neurology, neurologist, prof., MD, PhD

Diederik van de Beek

Diederik van de Beek
Director of Neuroinfection Center Amsterdam, neurologist, prof., MD, PhD

Jonathan Coutinho

Jonathan Coutinho
Program leader Neurovascular Disorders, neurologist, prof., MD, PhD

Rick Schuurman

Rick Schuurman
Director DBS Center Amsterdam, neurosurgeon, prof., MD, PhD

Nicole Wolf

Nicole Wolf
Coordinator of Amsterdam Leukodystrophy Center, Neurologist, prof., MD, PhD