Pierre Gressens
UMR1141 ”NeuroDiderot",
Inserm-Université Paris Cité,
Hôpital Robert Debré, Paris, France
Titre
Role of perinatal inflammation in neurodevelopmental disorders
Astract
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Biosketch
Pierre Gressens received his Medical Degree in Brussels, Belgium in 1989 and his Ph.D. at the University of Louvain Medical School, Brussels in 1995. He further specialized in Child Neurology and carried out his post-doctoral research training with the renowned scientist Professor Phil G. Nelson at the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA. He has been working at Robert Debré Hospital, Paris both a researcher and child neurologist since 1995. Currently, he is the Director of the laboratory U1141 Inserm–Université Paris Cité, Consultant in the Department of Child Neurology at Robert Debré Hospital at Paris, and Invited Professor of UCL, London.. Dr. Gressens’ laboratory has been involved with the basic and applied aspects of research in the area of diseases of the developing brain. He has put forward various novel concepts towards understanding the pathophysiology of neonatal brain damage and their consequences including autism, with a special focus on inflammation, and his current interests are aimed at improving the therapeutic strategies to treat these brain damage.
He has published more than 349 original research papers and more than 236 review papers and book chapters (H index = 103). More than 442 invited conferences and seminars are at his credit. In his laboratory, he has trained several young medical and non-medical scientists from various countries.
