Meet the Experts
Pierre Magistretti
Neurobiologist at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) and KAUST University, specializing in brain energy metabolism and glial cells.
Isabelle Arnulf
Head of Department, Neurologist
Sleep Pathologies Department
Reference Centre: Narcolepsy, Hypersomnia and Kleine-Levin Syndrome
EOLE Building
Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital
Paris
Jocelyne Bloch
Head of the Neurosurgery Department and Swiss neuroscientist at Lausanne University Hospitals (CHUV/UNIL) and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL).
Yves Agid
Emeritus Professor of Neurology and Cell Biology at the University of Paris-Sorbonne, co-founder of the Paris Brain Institute, member of the Académie des Sciences.
Grégoire Courtine
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Director of the Neuro-X Institute and a specialist in the study and repair of spinal cord injuries.
Bruno Dubois
Professor of Neurology at Sorbonne-Université, former Head of Department at the Salpêtrière Hospital, member of the Académie Nationale de Médecine.
Richard Frackowiak
Retired neurologist and researcher; former Director of the Institute of Neurology in London, Head of Department at CHUV Lausanne and Vice President of University College London. Specialist in brain imaging, cognitive diseases and neuroplasticity.
Steven Laureys
Neurologist Steven Laureys holds the Canada Excellence Research Chair in Neuroplasticity at the CERVO Research Centre at Université Laval, is a Research Director at the Belgian Scientific Research Fund, and is a lecturer and author. He is internationally recognised for his scientific studies of consciousness and human cognition.
With his teams, he explores the neuroanatomy of the human mind, our thoughts, perceptions and emotions, using the latest brain imaging technologies to assess cranial trauma, sleep and dreaming, meditation and hypnosis.Â
Sandrine Louchart de la Chapelle
Psychiatrist and geriatrician, Dr Sandrine Louchart de la Chapelle is head of the geriatrics department at the Princess Grace Hospital in Monaco. With a doctorate in life sciences, she is involved in a number of working groups devoted to advances in psychiatric and geriatric care. Specialising in neurocognitive and behavioural disorders, she actively contributes to research and teaching projects aimed at better understanding and treating these pathologies. She is also a member of the Scientific Council of the Société Française de Gériatrie et de Gérontologie, a member of the Board of Directors of the Société Francophone de Psychogériatrie et de Psychiatrie de la Personne Âgée, Vice-President of the Institut de Gérontologie des Alpes Maritimes, and General Secretary of the Association Monégasque pour la Recherche sur la Maladie d'Alzheimer.
David Szekely
Hospital psychiatrist in Monaco. He has been involved in clinical research in particular in the field of neuromodulation techniques such as electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) or direct current stimulation (tDCS).
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Moderator
Mac Lesggy
Mac LESGGY, whose real name is Olivier Lesgourgues, is an iconic television presenter on the M6 channel, thanks to his star science programme E=M6. He is also the director of his own production company, Link Production, and hosts events and conferences.
