Clotilde Lagier-Tourenne,
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Clotilde Lagier-Tourenne is Assistant Professor of Neurology at the Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, and Associate Member of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard University.
She was trained as a Medical Geneticist in Strasbourg where her research focused on the identification of new genetic causes of neurological disorders. During her postdoctoral training at the University of California San Diego, she applied approaches in genomics to explore the molecular mechanisms that drive neurodegeneration in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD). Her recent efforts have focused on understanding disease mechanisms and developing therapeutic strategies for ALS and FTD linked to C9ORF72 expansion. With her colleagues, she has provided evidence supporting the therapeutic potential of Antisense Oligonucleotides (ASOs) targeting C9ORF72 expansion. She received the Alphonse Laveran Prize, the Milton-Safenowitz Postdoctoral Fellowship from the Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Association, the Muscular Dystrophy Association Career development Award, the Frick Foundation 2013 Award (conjointly with Dr. Luc Dupuis), and the 6th International Medicine Paulo Gontijo Award.
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