Steven Laureys#
| Membership Number: | 6990 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CLINICAL & VETERINARY SCIENCE |
| Affiliated section(s): | PHYSIOLOGY & NEUROSCIENCE |
| Elected: | 2024 |
| Main Country of Residence: | BELGIUM |
| Homepage(s): | https://www.gigaconsciousness.uliege.be/cms/c_12496670/en/about-us |
| ORCID: | 0000-0002-3096-3807 |
| Twitter: | @drstevenlaureys |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/drstevenlaureys/ |
| Linkedin: | https://www.linkedin.com/in/drstevenlaureys/ |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2024 - present Chairholder, Canada Excellence Research Chair in Neuroplasticity, CERVO Brain Centre, U Laval
- 2024 - present Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Laval University
- 2024 - present Editor-in-Chief, Brain Connectivity
- 2023 Invited Professor, Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston MA
- 2023 - present Chief Medical Officer and co-founder BRAIN-NM Neuromodulation Clinics Antwerp and Amsterdam
- 2019 - 2024 Founding Director & Clinical Professor, Centre du Cerveau2, Liège University Hospital, Belgium
- 2015 - present Founding Co-Director, Hangzhou International Consciousness Institute, China
- 2014 - 2024 Founding Director, GIGA Consciousness, University of Liège, Belgium
- 2012 Research Director at the Belgian National Fund for Scientific Research (FNRS)
- 2012 - present Professor, Dept of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Liège, Belgium
Fields of Scholarship
- Neuroplasticity
- Neurostimulation
- Coma
- Neuromodulation
- Locked-in syndrome
- Consciousness
- Neuroimaging
Honours and Awards
- 2004 ASSC William James Prize for Contributions to the Study of Consciousness, USA
- 2006 Belgian Nuclear Research Centre - Pr Roger Van Geen Award
- 2007 InBev-Baillet Latour Fund Clinical Research Prize
- 2007 Society of Cognitive Neuroscience Young Investigator Award, New York, USA
- 2009 26th World Cultural Council Award - Special Recognition for Science – Mexico/ULg
- 2012 Tom Slick Research Award in Consciousness, Mind Science Foundation, TX, USA
- 2012 Blaise Pascal Medal of Medicine, European Academy of Sciences
- 2014 Mérite Wallon Rang d'Officier
- 2017 Honorary citizenship, Liège, Wallonia
- 2017 Zülch Prize neurological research (with Giulio Tononi) - Max Planck Society
- 2017 Francqui Prize biological & medical sciences - Royal Belgian Academy
- 2018 Commander in the Order of Leopold
- 2018 Trophy for the Popularization of Science « Matière grise » (RTBf) & Paris-Match
- 2019 Generet Award, King Baudouin Foundation
- 2020 European Academy of Neurology Brown-Séquard Award for Functional Neurology
- 2022 European Award in Medicine, Neurology
- 2024 Canada Excellence Research Chair in Neuroplasticity
- 2024 Health 2.0 Outstanding Leadership Award for Health Care
