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Source prevalence map: The Multiple Sclerosis International Federation, Atlas of MS, 3rd Edition (September 2020)

Asia

Department of Neurology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences – Kyushu University, Japan

PI(s): Professor and chairperson Noriko Isobe, MD, PhD

Members: Lecturer Takuya Matsushita, MD, PhD; Instructor Katsuhisa Masaki, MD, PhD; Assistent professor Mitsuru Watanabe, MD, PhD; Collaborative researcher Fumie Hayashi, MD, PhD; Graduate school student Eizo Tanaka, MD; Graduate school student Shoko Fukumoto, MD; Professor emeritus Jun-ichi Kira, MD, PhD

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Europe

Neurology Biomarker Research Unit – Department of Neurology, Medical University of Graz, Austria

PI(s): Assoc. Prof. Michael Khalil, MD, PhD

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Laboratory for Neuroimmunology – Department of Neurosciences, KU Leuven, Belgium

PI(s): Prof. An Goris and Prof. Bénédicte Dubois

Members: Stijn Swinnen, MD; Margaux David, MSc; Jarne Beliën, MSc; Dries De Wit, MD; Nina Dedonkcer, BSc

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Research in Neuroimmunology and Genetics, Danish Multiple Sclerosis Center (DMSC), Department of Neurology, Rigshospitalet – Copenhagen University Hospital, Denmark

PI(s): Assoc. Prof. Annette Oturai, Helle Bach Søndergaard (laboratory head), Prof. emeritus Per Soelberg Sørensen, Prof. Finn Sellebjerg

Members: Malene Bredahl Hansen (Post Doc), Anna Gabriella Olsson (PhD), Stefan Gustavsen (PhD)

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Translational Immunogenomics of Transplantation and Autoimmunity – Université de Nantes, France

PI(s): Prof. Pierre-Antoine Gourraud and Dr. Nicolas Vince

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Department of Neurology, Neuroimmunology Research Groups – University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany

PI(s): Dr. Frauke Zipp (Strategy Group, Governance Group), Dr. Stefan Bittner, Dr. Christina M. Lill, Dr. Vinzenz Fleisher, Dr. Felix Lüssi

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Department of Neurology, Klinikum rechts der Isar – Technical University of Munich, Germany

PI(s): Prof. Dr. Bernhard Hemmer

Members: Dr. Till Andlauer, Dr. Christiane Gasperi, Prof. Dr. Mark Mühlau

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MS center ErasMS – Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

PI(s): Dr. Joost Smolders (head MS center), Dr. Marvin van Luijn

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Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo & Department of Neurology – Oslo University Hospital, Norway

PI(s): Prof Hanne F. Harbo, Prof Elisabeth Gulowsen Celius, Prof Tone Berge and Steffan Daniel Bos

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Laboratory for Epigenetics – Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

PI(s): Assoc. Prof. Maja Jagodic

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Section of Neuroimmunology and MS Research (nims), Department of Neurology – University Hospital Zürich / University of Zürich, Switzerland

PIs: Prof. Roland Martin (Head of section), Dr. Mireia Sospedra (laboratory head), Dr. Ilijas Jelcic (specialized on autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation) and Prof. Andreas Lutterotti (Head of Experimental Therapies Research)

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Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Neurology Unit – Cambridge University, UK

PI(s): Prof. Stephen Sawcer

Post Doc: Dr. Maria Ban

Technician: Amie Baker

Neuroscience and Neurology Group, School of Pharmacy and Bioegineering – Keele University, UK

PIs: Dr. Seema Kalra

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North America

MS Genetics Lab – San Francisco, CA, USA

PI(s): Sergio Baranzini, PhD

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Cotsapas Laboratory – Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA

PI(s): Chris Cotsapas, PhD

Members: Matthew Lincoln, MD DPhil FRCPC; Klementy Shchetynsky, PhD; Iryna Kolosenko, PhD; Oksana Goroshchuk, MD PhD; Kevin Hu, BA; Andrea Tamminga, BSc; Ernie Chen, BSc

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Center for Translational & Computational Neuroimmunology – Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA

PI(s): Philip De Jager, MD PhD

Independent Investigator: Gao Wang, PhD; Claire Riley, MD; Vilas Menon, PhD

Members: Masashi Fujita, PhD; Tina Roostaei, MD

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Oceania

Immunogenetics Group, Centre for Immunology and Allergy Research, The Westmead Institute for Medical Research – The University of Sydney, Australia

PI(s): Dr. Grant Parnell

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MS Research Flagship, Menzies Institute for Medical Research – University of Tasmania, Tasmania, Australia

PI(s): Bruce Taylor, MD, PhD and Yuan Zhou, PhD

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Perron Institute for Neurological and Translational Science – The University of Western Australia, Western Australia, Australia

PI(s): Prof. Allan G Kermode MD, PhD and Dr. Marzena J Fabis-Pedrini, PhD

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