Emmanuelle WILHELM
Madrid
Summary
⫸ Medical doctor & neuroscientist, curious about all matters related to the brain
⫸ Active in the field of Neurodegenerative Diseases & Movement Disorders, passionate about Parkinson's Disease
⫸ Strong drive to promote positive personal & societal change, highly motivated to help overcome new challenges in Parkinson's disease research, in the healthcare sector, in science communication and patient empowerment
⫸ Multilingual philanthropist valued for pronounced communication & networking skills
⫸ Leading by example, thinking critically but outside the box and continuously learning along the way
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
HM CINAC (HM Hospitales)
Madrid
2023.05 - Current
- Management of several parallel research projects, including healthy participants and patients with Parkinson's disease or essential tremor (among them, patients undergoing treatment by MRI-guided high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU)).
- Data acquisition using non-invasive brain stimulation techniques, among which transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) and novel neuromodulatory approaches like transcranial static magnetic stimulation (tSMS).
- Data management and analysis (including Bayesian statistics), scientific writing and presentations, training new team members.
PhD Candidate
Institute of Neuroscience
Brussels
2016.10 - 2023.04
- Title of doctoral thesis: "Investigating Corticospinal Dynamics Underlying Movement Preparation: Lessons From & For Parkinson's Disease"
- Acquired experience in: Teaching & Lecturing (see addendum); Training & Supervising of undergraduate students (see addendum); Oral communications at national & international science congresses (BE, FR, UK, IE, USA) ; 2-times member of the IoNS PhD Days organizing committee ; Jury member for master thesis defenses.
Doctoral Visiting Researcher
HM Cinac (HM Hospitales)
Madrid
2022.01 - 2022.06
- Doctoral research exchange, funded by a Belgian "WBI-World Excellence" grant (from Jan - Mar 2022).
- Aim: gaining experience in an international center of expertise in movement disorders (especially Parkinson's disease), headed by Prof. JA. Obeso. Working in a highly multidisciplinary team applying multimodal neuroscientific methods, under the supervision of Dr. G. Foffani.
- Active participation in the local research activity as well as attendance of specialized neurological consultations with expert clinicians in the field of movement disorders.
Neurology Assistant Doctor
Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc
Brussels
2016.10 - 2020.10
- Clinical Consultations in Movement Disorders (especially Parkinson's Disease), including patients treated with Deep Brain stimulation (DBS).
- Lecturer for workshops in Neurological Semiology, destined for medical students at UCLouvain.
- Collaboration with Dr. A. Boogers on "DBS Select", an interactive patient-education platform developed at Health House (Leuven, Belgium) for patients who are candidates for a neurosurgical DBS treatment in Movement Disorders. The idea of this collaboration is to translate and extend the platform to french-speaking patients in and around Belgium.
Medical Research Student
Institute of Neuroscience
Brussels
2011.01 - 2016.01
- Title of master thesis: "Deficit in motor inhibitory mechanisms in detoxified alcohol-dependent patients - A behavioral, TMS and structural MRI study".
- Grade: 95% (Prize destined for best medical research student of the year 2015-2016, by the Royal Academy of Medicine of Belgium)
Medical Exchange Student
Universidad de Valparaíso
Viña Del Mar
2015.04 - 2015.08
- Hands-on internships in Cardiovascular Surgery (Hospital Gustavo Fricke, Viña Del Mar) and Neuroradiology, Neurology & Neurosurgery (Hospital Carlos Van Buren, Valparaíso)
Education
Ph.D. - Neuroscience
Institute of Neuroscience, Université Catholique De Louvain
Brussels2023-06
Course - Interdisciplinary Program in Healthcare Innovation
Université Libre De Bruxelles, I3h
Brussels, BELGIUM 2019-06
M.D. - Medicine
Université Catholique De Louvain
Brussels 2016-06
Bachelor of Science - Medicine
Université Catholique De Louvain
Brussels 2012-06
High School Diploma -
Lycée Classique Diekirch
Luxembourg2008-06
Skills
- Adaptable & fast learner
- Ambitious & driven
- Committed teacher
- Conscious leader
- Curious & creative
- Great communicator
- Innovative thinker
- Organized & structured
- Passionate networker
- Polyglot
- Public speaking
- Press communication
- Responsible
- Science communication
- Soft skills
Languages
Luxembourgish
First Language
French
Proficient (C2)
C2
German
Proficient (C2)
C2
English
Proficient (C2)
C2
Spanish
Advanced (C1)
C1
Dutch
Elementary (A2)
A2
Italian
Elementary (A2)
A2
Fellowships & Awards
- WBI-World Excellence Grant 2023 (12-months scholarship for postdoctoral fellowship at HM CINAC, Madrid, Spain).
- MDS-ES Visiting Trainee Research Grant (6-months scholarship to initiate postdoctoral fellowship at HM CINAC, Madrid, Spain)
- WBI-World Excellence Grant 2020 (3-months scholarship for doctoral research exchange at HM CINAC, Madrid, Spain)
- National Congress of the Belgian Society for Neuroscience 2019: Best Oral Presentation (Prize destined for best oral presentations at the 13th National Congress of the Belgian Society for Neuroscience, Royal Academy for Arts and Sciences, Brussels)
- Belgian Brain Congress 2018: Patients' Associations Prize (Prize destined for best interaction with patients' associations at the Belgian Brain Congress 2018)
- L’Oréal-UNESCO “For Women in Science”, Laureate Belgium 2017 (2-year scholarship awarded every two years to promising young female scientists, starting a PhD thesis in the domain of Life Sciences; awarded via the FRS-FNRS)
- Aspirante FRS-FNRS (Belgian National Research Funds) 2017 (4-year doctoral scholarship)
- Doctoral scholarship by the Fonds Spéciaux de Recherche (FSR) (2016) (1-year scholarship to initiate doctoral research projects)
- Prize of the Royal Academy of Medicine of Belgium: Laureate 2016 (Prize destined for best medical research student of the year 2015-2016)
Publications
- See Addendum
Certification
Exchange Plus Programme: Duodopa Therapy (2020)
Abbvie; Skane University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
Certificate of Higher Education in Healthcare Innovation (2019)
Université libre de Bruxelles
Advanced Deep Brain Stimulation for Movement Disorders (2018)
International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society
Marketing for Scientists Workshop (2018)
UCLouvain
Human Brain Anatomy Course + Practical (2018)
Neurocourses, King's College London
Introduction to Matlab & Introduction to R Language (2017)
UCLouvain
Affiliations
- Loves: Art & Culture, Music, Reading, Sustainability, Travelling & Discovering New Cultures, Personal Development, Gastronomy, Hosting & Attending Networking Dinners
- Sports: Pilates, Aerial Silks, Horseriding, Fitness, Sailing
- Currently taking Italian classes
- Active member of URBAN CAMPUS, a coliving & coworking community in Madrid, Spain
Timeline
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
HM CINAC (HM Hospitales)
2023.05 - Current
Doctoral Visiting Researcher
HM Cinac (HM Hospitales)
2022.01 - 2022.06
PhD Candidate
Institute of Neuroscience
2016.10 - 2023.04
Neurology Assistant Doctor
Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc
2016.10 - 2020.10
Medical Exchange Student
Universidad de Valparaíso
2015.04 - 2015.08
Medical Research Student
Institute of Neuroscience
2011.01 - 2016.01
Ph.D. - Neuroscience
Institute of Neuroscience, Université Catholique De Louvain
Course - Interdisciplinary Program in Healthcare Innovation
Université Libre De Bruxelles, I3h
M.D. - Medicine
Université Catholique De Louvain
Bachelor of Science - Medicine
Université Catholique De Louvain
High School Diploma -
Lycée Classique Diekirch
Exchange Plus Programme: Duodopa Therapy (2020)
Abbvie; Skane University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
Certificate of Higher Education in Healthcare Innovation (2019)
Université libre de Bruxelles
Advanced Deep Brain Stimulation for Movement Disorders (2018)
International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society
Marketing for Scientists Workshop (2018)
UCLouvain
Human Brain Anatomy Course + Practical (2018)
Neurocourses, King's College London
Introduction to Matlab & Introduction to R Language (2017)
UCLouvain
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