Young Investigator Award Winners 2020

53 Young Investigators from 27 different countries were accepted to present their poster during the 28th Annual Meeting.

All 53 posters were subdivided in 5 different categories: Basic Studies, Clinical, Epidemiology, Investigations and Treatment.

For each category, 4 ECF Board Members reviewed the posters and discussed the results with the Young Investigator.

The winners of the best poster presentation are:

Basic Studies:

Anterior optic pathway pathology in CNS demyelinating diseases
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Marco Pisa
Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele (Milan, Italy)

Poster presentation

Clinical:

Efficacy of high-intensity aerobic exercise on fatigue, walking, and quality of life in people with multiple sclerosis: A randomized controlled trial
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Martin Langeskov-Christensen
Aarhus University (Aarhus, Denmark)

Poster presentation

Epidemiology:

Probing gene-environment interactions in the pathogenesis of Multiple Sclerosis using UK Biobank
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Benjamin Jacobs
Queen Mary University of London (London, UK)

Poster presentation

Investigations:

Serum neurofilaments predict recovery after acute optic neuritis
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Gloria Dalla Costa
San Raffaele Hospital (Milan, Italy)

Poster presentation

Treatment:

Inhalation of Dimethyl Fumarate encapsulated-nanoparticles attenuates clinical signs and central nervous system inflammation of Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis animals’ models
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Bárbara Pinto
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (Belo Horizonte, Brazil)

Poster presentation

The winners of the Young Investigator Awards become part of the Worldwide ECF Fellow Community.

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