Matilde Leonardi

Current Affiliations:

• Director of Neurology, Public Health, Disability Unit and Coma Research Centre and Director Italian WHO Collaborating Centre-Research BranchFondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milan, Italy

Qualifications and memberships:
Neurologist , Paediatrician, Neonatologist, Child neurologist. Specialized in Bioethics. WFNR Presidium member, EAN board member, EFRR board member, WHO expert on disability and neurology Corresponding member of the Pontificia Academia Pro Vita. FEAN Fellow of the European Academy of Neurology. From June 2020 nominated Co chair WHO NeuroCovid Forum–essential neurological services Group and member of Neuro Covid Global Research Coalition.

Areas Of Interest:

• Developing and carrying out national and international research projects related to burden of diseases, neurology (in particular disorder of consciousness and headaches), neurocovid, neurorehabilitation, disability, ageing, chronic non communicable diseases, public health, employment and NCDs, ICF (WHO’s International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health) and related instruments.

Publications: more than 270 publications on related topics

Awards: Italian excellence for research 2019 – one of the 100 Italian Excellences