Dr Melinda Magyari

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Dr Melinda Magyari
Melinda Magyari, MD, PhD, Ass. Prof. is a consultant neurologist at The Danish Multiple Sclerosis Center, Department of Neurology, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen and the director of The Danish Multiple Sclerosis Registry.
She did her undergraduate medical training at the Semmelweis University in Budapest. She moved to Denmark and graduated in medicine at University of Southern Denmark in 1999. After completing her specialist training in neurology in 2008 she obtained PhD degree at University of Copenhagen in 2014.
Her clinical interests are multiple sclerosis and other inflammatory disorders of the central nervous system.
Melinda Magyari’s major research area is in multiple sclerosis epidemiology with a interest in gender differences in multiple sclerosis.
During the past years, Melinda Magyari has been involved in several registry studies addressing questions regarding reproductive issues and risk factors in multiple sclerosis. Her current research is focused on observational studies investigating the efficacy, safety and social consequences of MS therapies using real world data from registries. Furthermore, she is engaged in a multi-center treatment trial investigating new ways of monitoring major depressive disorder, epilepsy, and multiple sclerosis using wearable devices and smartphone technology.
She is strongly involved in international collaborations with other multiple sclerosis databases and is a member of the BIG MS steering committee.
She has authored more than 50 articles indexed on PubMed and has supervised several Ph. D students. She is a member of several national and international scientific committees and a fellow of the European Academy of Neurology.