László Vécsei#
| Membership Number: | 5317 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CLINICAL & VETERINARY SCIENCE |
| Elected: | 2020 |
| Main Country of Residence: | HUNGARY |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.u-szeged.hu/szakk/neur |
| ORCID: | 0000-0001-8037-3672 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 1993 - present Professor of Neurology, Department of Neurology, University of Szeged (full time)
- 2012 - present Head of Neuroscience Research Group, Hungarian Academy of Sciences and University of Szeged (HAS) (part time)
- 1998 - 2019 Professor and Director, Department of Neurology, University of Szeged (full time)
- 1993 - 1998 Professor and Head of Neurology Section, Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, University of Szeged (full time)
- 1990 - 1993 Associate Professor of Neurology, Department of Neurology, University of Pécs, Hungary
- 1989 - 1990 Research Fellow in Neurology, Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA (full time)
- 1987 - 1989 Research Fellow, Department of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry, University of Lund, Lund, Sweden (full time)
- 1984 - 1987 Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, University of Pécs, Hungary (full time)
- 1979 - 1984 Research Fellow, Department of Pathophysiology, University of Szeged, Hungary (full time)
- 1973 - 1979 Undergraduate Research Student, Departments of Experimental Surgery and Pathophysiology (part time)
Fields of Scholarship
- Experimental behavioral pharmacology
- Experimental models of neurological disorders (migraine, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, mulitple sclerosis)
- Neurochemical investigations in models of neurological disorders (excitotoxins, peptides, kynurenines)
- Investigation of newly developed kynurenine-amino-transferase (KAT) knock-out animals
- Investigation of newly synthesized kynurenic acid analogues in different animal models of neurological disorders
- Molecular biomarkers of multiple sclerosis (catecohlamines, kynurenines, neurofilament etc.)
- Molecular biomarkers of migraine (CGRP, PACAP, kynurenines etc.)
- Clinical pharmacological studies in the field of neurological disorders
- Translation of biomarker and neuropharmacological data from basics to clinic
Honours and Awards
- 2020 Markusovszky Lajos Medal (Markusovszky Foundation)
- 2019 Commemorative Medal of the Albert Szent-Györgyi Clinical Center (University of Szeged)
- 2019 Order of Merit of the Hungarian Republic, Middle Cross (President of the Hungarian Republic)
- 2017 Endre Csanda Award (Hungarian Headache Society)
- 2015 Ilona Jelencsik Memorial Award (Hungarian Headache Society)
- 2015 Környey Memorial Award (Környey István Society)
- 2013 Genersich Award (Genersich Antal Foundation)
- 2012 Széchenyi Award (President of the Hungarian Republic)
- 2011 Pro Talentis Award (University of Szeged)
- 2007 Szőkefalvi-Nagy Béla Scientific Merit Award of Foundation for Szeged (Town of Szeged)
- 2007 Elected Ordinary member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (HAS)
- 2005 Klebelsberg Kunó Award (University of Szeged)
- 2004 Senator Dr Franz Burda Foundation Prize (Berlin)
- 2004 TEVA Natural Science Award (TEVA)
- 2004 First Prize "Innovative Pharmacologist", Association of Innovative Pharmacological Companies
- 2001 Elected Corresponding Member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (HAS)
- 1999 Kálmán Sántha Medal (Society of Hungarian Neurologists and Psychiatrists)
- 1979 István Apáthy Medal (Albert Szent-Györgyi Medical Universtiy, Szeged)
