Rosa Rademakers

Dr. Rademakers received a BSc in Biology (1997), MSc in Biochemistry (1999) and PhD (2004) from the University of Antwerp, Belgium. In 2005 she became postdoctoral fellow in the Neuroscience Department at Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, Florida, USA, where she became faculty member in 2007 and full Professor in 2014. As of 2019, Dr. Rademakers is Scientific Director of the VIB-UA Center for Molecular Neurology and full Professor at the University of Antwerp. Her research is focused on the molecular genetics analyses of frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD) and related disorders. Her laboratory contributed to the discovery of GRN and C9ORF72 as causal disease genes with more recent work expanding into population-based studies focused on the identification of FTLD genetic risk and modifier factors. Dr. Rademakers published over 450 peer‐reviewed articles and reviews. She is the past President of the International Society for Frontotemporal Dementias and a member of the Medical Advisory Coun