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Filip Scheperjans, PhD/MD

Neurologist at Helsinki University Central Hospital

Location: Helsinki Finland

Filip Scheperjans, MD, PhD, studied medicine at the University of Düsseldorf (Germany) and gained international experience as a visiting student in London, New York and Helsinki. He did his doctoral thesis about histological and neurochemical anatomy of the human brain in the laboratory of Prof. Karl Zilles. After graduation in 2006 Dr. Scheperjans continued his research at the Institute of Medicine at the Research Center Jülich and his thesis was awarded best thesis of the medical faculty in 2008. After moving to Finland, he started his training in neurology at Helsinki University Central Hospital. During this period Dr. Scheperjans completed a clinical research fellowship to develop his expertise in conducting clinical studies and trials. His main interests in neurological research are movement disorders and acute neurology including stroke, status epilepticus and neuroimaging. In 2013 Dr. Scheperjans received my degree as specialist in neurology. Currently he is continuing research on the involvement of microbiota in PD.


Associated Grants

  • The Microbiome in Parkinson's Disease: Role as a Potential Biomarker and Relation to Disease Progression

    2014


  • Intestinal and Nasal Microbiota of Patients with Idiopathic Parkinson's disease

    2012


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