Baziel van Engelen#
| Membership Number: | 5542 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHYSIOLOGY & NEUROSCIENCE |
| Elected: | 2020 |
| Main Country of Residence: | THE NETHERLANDS |
| Homepage(s): | https://www.radboudumc.nl/en/people/baziel-van-engelen |
| ORCID: | 0000-0001-9867-9047 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2019 - present President of the scientific advisory board of Euro-dyma, European organization of 8 countries
- 2017 - present Member translational Neurology of EAN, European Academy of Neurology
- 2016 - present Principal Clinician, Radboudumc, The Netherlands
- 2016 - present Chair, Principal Investigators Assignment Committee, Radboudumc, The Netherlands
- 2010 - 2014 Research Director, European Neuromuscular Centre (ENMC)
- 2009 - present Principal Investigator, Radboudumc, The Netherlands
- 2009 - 2011 Member Board of Directors, Donders Centre for Neuroscience, The Netherlands
- 2004 - 2007 Director of the Dutch Neuromuscular Research Centre (ISNO)
- 2003 - present Full Professor of Neuromuscular Diseases, Radboudumc
- 1993-1995 Research Fellow, Dept. of Neurology and Immunology, Mayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
Fields of Scholarship
- Neuromuscular diseases, especially Myotonic dystrophy, Facioscapulohumeral dystrophy
- N-of-1 trialdesign
- muscle physiology
Honours and Awards
- 2001 National Dutch Vaandrager award for excellence in Neurology residency training
- 2004 Elected to director of the Dutch Neuromuscular Research Centre (ISNO)
- 2007 Elected to National committee to formally define the content of Medical Education (“Raamplan Geneeskunde”)
- 2009 Principal investigator Radboudumc
- 2010 Election to Research Director, European Neuromuscular Centre (ENMC)
- 2016 Principal Clinician Radboudumc
- 2017 Steinert Award for excellence in myotonic dystrophy clinical research, by the Myotonic Dystrophy Foundation, USA
- 2018 Royal distinction, Knight in the order of the Netherland's Lion
