Susanne A. Schneider (born in 1978) is a German neurologist at the
Ludwig Maximilians-Universität in Munich, Germany who is known for her work in movement disorders.
Biography
Susanne Schneider studied medicine in
Freiburg im Breisgau
Freiburg im Breisgau (; abbreviated as Freiburg i. Br. or Freiburg i. B.; Low Alemannic German, Low Alemannic: ''Friburg im Brisgau''), commonly referred to as Freiburg, is an independent city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. With a population o ...
, Germany. and completed a Ph.D. in Neuroscience at University College London. She finished her
habilitation
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at
University of Lübeck. As of 2022 she is a professor at
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
The Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (simply University of Munich or LMU; german: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München) is a public research university in Munich, Germany. It is Germany's sixth-oldest university in continuous operatio ...
.
Her field of interest is
Parkinson's disease,
dystonia
Dystonia is a neurological hyperkinetic movement disorder in which sustained or repetitive muscle contractions result in twisting and repetitive movements or abnormal fixed postures. The movements may resemble a tremor. Dystonia is often inten ...
and rare movement disorders, especially those with a genetic component. During the
COVID-19 pandemic she worked on the links between COVID-19 and movement disorders.
Selected publications
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**Reviewed by the International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society and winner of the Neurology first prize at the
BMA Medical Book Awards
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Awards and prizes
In 2006, she received the William Koller Memorial Fund Award for "significant contribution to clinical research in the field of Movement Disorders” from the International Parkinson and Movement Disorders Society. In 2009, she received the David Marsden Award from the European Dystonia Society for her 2009 paper published in ''
The Lancet Neurology''. In 2011 Schneider received the Jon Stolk Award in Movement Disorders for Young Investigators from the
American Academy of Neurology. In 2010, Marsden's Book of Movement Disorders, co-authored by Schneider, won the Oppenheim-Preis from the German Dystonia Society.
The 2013 edition won the Neurology first prize from the British Medical Book Awards.
References
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Alumni of University College London
Academic staff of the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
Living people
Women neurologists
1978 births