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2022 | 10th SCOR Young European Researcher Prize for Alzheimer’s Research

The 2022 SCOR Young European Researcher Prize for research into Alzheimer’s disease was awarded to neurologist Dr Alberto Benussi, Assistant Professor of Neurology at Brescia Hospital (Italy).

XVIe Gala de la Fondation pour la Recherche sur Alzheimer

The 2022 SCOR Young European Researcher Prize for research into Alzheimer’s disease was awarded to neurologist Dr Alberto Benussi, 36, currently Assistant Professor of Neurology at Brescia Hospital (Italy) where he heads the center for cognitive disorders. Professor Alberto Benussi completed his training in Rome (lRCCS in Santa Lucia), and then in London (Queen Square Institute of Neurology). His innovative work focuses on non-invasive brain stimulation methods that may benefit patients suffering from neurodegenerative diseases.

 

 

He is currently looking to develop a device that could be used at home to assess the cognitive benefits of long-term stimulation (repeated low-intensity transcranial electrical stimulation).

The award jury, composed of renowned European researchers, was chaired by Professor Giovanni Frisoni, Director of the Memory clinic at Geneva University Hospital. Commenting on the award, André Levy-Lang, Chairman of the SCOR Foundation for Science, said: “Advances in Alzheimer’s disease research focus not only on the nature of the disease and on how to cure it, but also on how to support the people affected by it. The SCOR Foundation for Science is proud to have been supporting this award for so long.”

 

Alberto Benussi on the French Alzheimer’s Research Foundation (Fondation Recherche Alzheimer) website.

 

Publications by Professor Alberto Benussi:

 

More publications by Alberto Benussi are available on the National Library of Medicine website.

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