Evercooren Anne Baron Van

Biography

Head of research at INSERM, Anne Baron is coordinator of “Development, Glial pathology and Repair” research axes (Centre de Recherche de l’Institut du Cerveau et de la Moëlle épinière, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital) and group leader of the team “Molecular and cellular approaches of CNS myelin repair”. She studies the myelin repair of de- or dysmyelinating diseases in different animal models (rodent and primate) in order to develop therapeutical strategies  to promote the endogenous or exogenous repair of central myelin for patients suffering from multiple sclerosis, spinal trauma and some leucodystrophia. Awarded with the Charles Ketelear Prize, Belgian Society of Multiple Sclerosis in 1984, Prize of the Institut Electricité-Santé in 1996, she recently received the NRJ Prize from Institut de France. Knight of the Legion of Honour, Anne Baron is also teaching at Paris 6, Paris-Sud 11 and Paris 12 Universities.

Research Interest

Neurology