Bart van de Warrenburg

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Bart van de Warrenburg is a professor of neurology at Radboud university medical center, in Nijmegen (The Netherlands). He leads the expert center for rare and genetic movement disorders, which has been formally recognized by the Dutch government and which is part of ERN-RND. His research group conducts translational research, with a strong focus on cerebellar ataxias. Current efforts are geared towards trial-readiness and preclinical to clinical therapy development, ranging from symptomatic to disease-modifying interventions. He completed his neurology training in Nijmegen and did a movement disorders fellowship at UCL in London (UK). At present, he is chair of the MDS ataxia study group and of Ataxia-ACT within the Ataxia Global initiative, and member of various (inter)national committees and consortia.