Dr. Maurizio A. Leone Appointed Associate Editor of Sclerosis

We would like to extend a warm welcome to our new Associate Editor Dr. Maurizio A. Leone, who has taken over the editorial leadership of Sclerosis (ISSN: 2813-3064), starting from 16 January 2024.

Name:  Dr. Maurizio A. Leone
Affiliation: IRCCS Casa Sollievo Della Sofferenza, San Giovanni Rotondo, and Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche “Mario Negri”, Milano, Italy
Homepage: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maurizio-leone-48453968/
Interests: risk factors; prognostic factors; guidelines; neuroepidemiology; multiple sclerosis; amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; alcohol-related diseases

Dr. Maurizio Leone is the past head of the Neurology Unit and is currently a consultant at the “Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza” hospital in San Giovanni Rotondo, and the Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche “Mario Negri” in Milano, Italy. Both are Clinical Research Institutes, with a special focus on translational medicine.

After graduating from the University of Torino in Medicine and Neurology, Dr. Leone was a Guest Researcher at the Neuroepidemiology Branch, NINCDS, NIH, Bethesda, USA, and head of the Multiple Sclerosis Centre of the University Hospital "Maggiore della Carità" in Novara, Italy. He has co-authored over 220 articles in peer-reviewed journals and almost 400 conference publications and book chapters.

Dr. Maurizio Leone is a member of the Scientific Committee of the European Academy of Neurology and heads its Guideline Production Group. He was President of the Italian Society of Neuroepidemiology, a member of the board of the Italian Society of Neurology, and is an honorary member of the Moldovan Society of Neurologists.

We are honored that we have the opportunity to introduce Dr. Maurizio A. Leone to our editorial team, and we are confident that, with the guidance of our new Associate Editor, we will continue to improve the reputation and quality of Sclerosis.