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Angela Cenci-Nilsson, MD, PhD, MD, PhD

Associate Professor, Neuroscience
Lund University

Angela Cenci Nilsson (M. A. Cenci in all published papers) obtained her medical degree, and specialized in neurology, at the University of Verona (Italy). She then joined Anders Björklund´s laboratory in Lund (Sweden) to study neural transplantation as a treatment option for neurodegenerative disease. At Lund University, Cenci-Nilsson received a PhD degree in Neurobiology (1993), followed by appointments as Assistant Professor (1993-2002) and Associate Professor (from 2002-2008). In 2003 she was awarded the Erik K. Fernström Award for Young Promising Investigators.

Since 2008 Cenci-Nilsson has been Professor of Experimental Medical Science at Lund University, where she heads the Basal Ganglia Pathophysiology Laboratory. The laboratory is part of three centres of excellence in translational neuroscience supported by the Swedish National Research Council (Neurofortis, www.med.lu.se/neurofortis; BAGADILICO, www.med.lu.se/bagadilico; and the Neuronano Research Centre, www.med.lu.se/nrc). The lab's research activities are focused on new experimental treatments for Parkinson's disease. Several ongoing projects address the molecular and cellular mechanisms of levodopa-induced dyskinesia.