Our Editorial Team
The Group collaborates with editors who have multiple disciplinary expertise
Co-ordinating Editor (who has overall editorial responsibility)
Dr Graziella Filippini
Neuroepidemiology Unit
Fondazione I.R.C.C.S. - Istituto Nazionale Neurologico C. Besta
via Celoria 11
20133 Milano
Italy
Editors (with different backgrounds represent the various interest of the Group. They take responsibility for individual reviews)
Dr Roberto D'Amico
Statistician
Department of Oncology and Hematology
University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
Via del Pozzo 71
Modena
Italy
Prof George Ebers
Action Research Professor of Clinical University of Oxford
Clinical Neurology
3 rd Floor
West Wing
John Radcliffe Hospital
Oxford
OX3 9DU
UK
Prof Sten Fredrikson
Division of Neurology R54
Department of Clinical Neuroscience
Karolinska Institute
Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge
SE-14186
Stockholm
Sweden
Dr Carlo Di Pietrantonj
Statistician
Servizio Regionale di Riferimento per L'Epidemiologia, SSEpi- SeREMI - Cochrane Vaccines Field
Azienda Sanitaria Locale ASL AL
Via Venezia 6
15100 Alessandria
Italy
Dr Fary Khan, MBBS, FAFRM (RACP)
Neuro Rehabilitation Physician, Royal Melbourne Hospital
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine
University of Melbourne
Poplar Road
Parkville
Melbourne Victoria 3052
Australia
Dr Silvana Simi
Instituto di Fisiologia Clinica, CNR
Area della Ricerca
Via Moruzzi
56124 Pisa
Italy
Feedback Editor (who is responsbile for ensuring that external comments on protocols and reviews are taken into consideration by the authors and act upon appropriately)
Dr Dean M Wingerchuk
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Department of Neurology
Mayo Clinic
13400 East Shea Boulevard
Scotsdale Arizona 85259
USA
Beyond to the collaboration of the members of the editorial board the Multiple Sclerosis Group takes advantage of the collaboration of the following members :
Reviewers - who conduct systematic reviews usually in groups of two to six people
Statistical Advisor - who supports the Group and individual reviewers
Peer Reviewers - members representing individual topics who comment on protocols and reviews during the editorial process
Consumer Representative - represent the interest of patients and carers; she makes sure that the consuners' comments are taken into consideration by the reviewers during the preparation of their reviews and writes and/or check that plain language summaries are clear enough for lay people
Handsearchers - volonteers who under the guidance og the Group methodically scan the jounals for trial reports
Reviewers
Dr. Sarah Abrahamson, Australia
Dr. Kingi Aminu, UK
Prof. Walter O. Arruda, Brazil
Dr. G V Asokan, Bahrain
Dr. Roger Baker, UK
Dr. Michael H. Bennett, Australia
Dr. Alessandro Beretta, Italy
Dr. Joseph Beyene, Canada
Dr. Mike Boggild, UK
Prof. Alexei N. Boiko, Russia
Dr. Fabio Botti, Italy
Dr. Lex Bouter, The Netherlands
Dr. Lorenzo Brait, Italy
Dr. Dina Brooks, Canada
Dr. Fabio Brusaferri, Italy
Dr. Jodie M. Burton, Canada
Prof. Livia Candelise, Italy
Dr. Teresa Cantisani, Italy
Dr. Ruggero Capra, Italy
Dr. Mieke Cardol, The Netherlands
Dr. Marzia Carlini, Italy
Dr. Ilaria Casetta, Italy
Dr. Luisa Cavada, Italy
Dr. Frances Christopher, UK
Dr. Agustin Ciapponi, Argentina
Dr. Alfonso Ciccone, Italy
Dr. Rosalia Cirrincione, Italy
Dr. Antonietta Citterio, Italy
Dr. Gabriele Ciucci, Italy
Dr. Marinella Clerico, Italy
Dr. Jonathon Cole, UK
Prof. Giancarlo Comi, Italy
Dr. Paolo Confalonieri, Italy
Dr. Edgardo Cristiano, Argentina
Dr. Ye Cui, China
Dr. Roberto D'Amico, Italy
Roshan das Nair, UK
Dr. Donata De Benedetti, Italy
Dr. Jacques De Keyser, The Netherlands
Dr. Carlo Di Pietrantonj, Italy
Prof. Luca Durelli, Italy
Dr. Sofie De Broe, UK
Dr. Joost Dekker, The Netherlands
Prof. George C. Ebers, Canada
Prof. Fabrizio Faggiano, Italy
Ms. Mariangela Farinotti, Italy
Dr. Zbys Fedorowicz, Bahrain
Dr. Graziella Filippini, Italy
Dr. Irene Floriani, Italy
Dr. Raeburn B. Forbes, UK
Dr. Marco Forni, Italy
Prof. Sten Fredrikson, Sweeden
Dr. Jenny Freeman, UK
Dr. Tim Friede, UK
Dr. Ian Galea, UK
Dr. Kate Galvin, UK
Dr. Kathryn Getliffe, UK
Andrea Giordano, Italy
Dr. Marta Giuglietti, Italy
Dr. Giorgio Giuliani, Italy
Dr. Arjon Glazenborg, The Netherlands
Dr. Birgitte Graverholt, Norway
Dr. Orla Gray, UK
Dr. Duan Guo, China
Prof. Eugine I. Gusev, Russia
Dr. Zilong Hao, China
Dr. Dian He, China
Dr. Daniel Healy, Ireland
Dr. Robert Heard, Australia
Dr. Christoph Heesen, Germany
Dr. Charles Hillier, UK
Dr. Marika Hohol, Canada
Dr. Sally Hollis, UK
Dr. Chris Hyde, UK
Dr. Barbara Incorvaia, Italy
Dr. Gerardo Iuliano, Italy
Dr. Vanitha A Jagannath, Bahrain
Prof. Ludwig Kappos, Switzerland
Dr. Fary Khan, Australia
Dr. Joep Killestein, The Netherlands
Dr. Trevor Kilpatrick, Australia
Dr. Marcus Koch, Canada
Dr. Sascha Köpke, Germany
Dr. Gert Kwakkel, The Netherlands,
Dr. Loredana La Mantia, Italy
Dr. Myeong Soo Lee, Korea, South
Prof. Nadina Lincoln, UK
Dr. Jia Liu, China
Dr. Ming Liu, China
Dr. Roberta Lovati, Italy
Dr. Hongye Luo, China
Dr. Man Luo, China
Prof. Daniela Lupo, Italy
Dr. Monica Marchese, Canada
Dr. Filippo Martinelli-Boneschi, Italy
Dr. Gavin McDonnel, UK
Ms. Nicola McDowell, UK
Dr. Christopher McGuigan, Ireland
Dr. Brian Francisco Menezes, UK
Dr. Rune Midgard, Norway
Dr. Clara Milanese, Italy
Dr. Roger Mills, UK
Dr. Silva Minozzi, Italy
Dr. Jop P Mostert, The Netherlands
Dr. Luca Munari, Italy
Dr. Shabita Nathwani, Canada
Dr. Louisa Ng, Australia
Dr. Richard Nicholas, UK
Dr. Jianzhao Niu, China
Dr. Mica Nortvedt, Norway
Dr. Paol W. O' Connor, Canada
Dr. Sean O' Riordan, UK
Dr. Jacqueline Palace, UK
Dr. Elena Parmelli, Italy
Dr. Liliana Patrucco, Argentina
Prof. Chris Polman, The Netherlands
Dr. Susan Polman, The Netherlands
Dr. Santiago Portillo, Argentina
Dr. Alessandra Protti, Italy
Dr. Eugenio Pucci, Italy
Dr. Jason Ramtahal, UK
Dr. Mads Ravnborg, Denmark
Prof. Geoge P A Rice, Canada
Dr. Marc Rietberg, The Netherlands
Dr. Edward W Robak, Canada
Dr. David Rog, UK
Dr. Juan Ignacio Rojas, Argentina
Dr. Marina Romano, Argentina
Dr. Marco Rovaris, Italy
Dr. Greg Rowell, Canada
Dr. Giorgia Salanti, Greece
Dr. Antonio Scalfari, UK
Dr. David Shakespeare, UK
Prof. William A Sibley, USA
Prof. Silvana Simi, Italy
Dr. Rae Spiwak, Canada
Dr. Rajappa Sivakumar, India
Dr. Alessandra Solari, Italy
Dr. Chiara Spreafico, Italy
Dr. Ramaratnam Sridharan, India
Dr. Daniel L Stark, UK
Dr. Esther Steultjens, The Netherlands
Dr. Jipin Tan, China
Dr. Cristiana Taus, Italy
Dr. Aaron Tejani, Canada
Dr. Fabiana Tesser, Italy
Prof. Peter Thomas, UK
Dr. Sarah Thomas, UK
Prof. Alan J Thompson, UK
Dr. Mar Tintorè Subirana , Spain
Dr. Lynne Turner-Stokes, UK
Dr. Bernard M J Uitdehaag, The Netherlands
Dr. Riccardo Urciuoli, Italy
Dr. Maarten Uyttenboogaart, The Netherlands
Dr. Laura Vacchi, Italy
Dr. Cornelia van den Ende, The Netherlands
Dr. Jos van de Nes, The Netherlands
Dr. Tineke Van Veen, The Netherlands
Dr. Emilce Vicentin, Argentina
Dr. Jin Wang, China
Dr. Luning Wang, China
Dr. Michael Wasdell, Canada
Dr. Norman Waugh, UK
Dr. Bianca Weinstock-Guttman, U.S.A.
Dr. Liz Whamond, Canada
Prof. Mark Wiles, UK
Dr. Penelope Willinams, UK
Dr. Bo Wu, China
Dr. Yinyin Xia, China
Dr. Yousheng Xiao, China
Dr. Leesien Yap, UK
Dr. Carolyn Young, UK
Dr. Hong Yuzhou, China
Dr. Siyan Zhan, China
Dr. Xianlong Zhang, China
Dr. Liu Zhishun, China
Dr. Hongyu Zhou, China
Additional contributors
External Referees:
Dr. Angela De Boer, The Netherlands
Prof. Livia Candelise, Italy
Dr. Vasiliki Choleva, Greece
Dr. Antonietta Citterio, Italy
Prof. Giancarlo Comi, Italy
Prof. Christian Confavreux, France
Prof. John E Cornell, U.S.A.
Dr. Joost Dekker, The Netherlands
Dr. Vittorio Demicheli, Italy
Dr. Carlo Di Pietrantonj, Italy
Prof. Luca Durelli, Italy
Prof. George C. Ebers, Canada
Dr. Massimo Filippi, Italy
Dr. Peter Gates, Australia
Dr. Alberto Giattini, Italy
Prof. Alessandro Liberati, Italy
Dr. Nadine Lincoln, UK
Prof. WI McDonald, UK
Prof. Chris Polman, The Netherlands
Dr. David Shakespeare, UK
Dr. Claudio Solaro, Italy
Dr. Mariangela Taricco, Italy
Ms. Elena Telaro, Italy
Dr. Jos H Verbeek, Finland
Dr. Olaf Weingart, Germany
Dr. Mark Wiles, UK
Dr. Paola Zagami, Italy
Handsearchers:
Dr. Gabriele Ciucci, Italy
Dr. Jera Kruja, Albania
Dr. Maurizio Leone, Italy
Dr. Luca Munari, Italy
Dr. Marco Rovaris, Italy
Participanting consumers:
Mr. Paolo Arto, Italy
Ms. Danila Autuori, Italy
Dr. Claudia Baiocchi, Italy
Mr. Lorenzo Brait, Italy
Mr. Alessandro Chieppa, Italy
Ms. Deborah Chillemi, Italy
Mr. Roberto Gargani, Italy
Ms. Elisabetta Giorgi, Italy
Ms. Antonia Goisis, Italy
Dr. Athanassios Lordbopoulos, Greece
Prof. Daniela Lupo, Italy
Ms. Nicola McDowell, UK
Ms. Laura Mori, Italy
Ms. Anna Mungo, Italy
Dr. Lisa Paine, USA
Dr. Grazia Rocca, Italy
Ms. Chiara Ruggeri, Italy
Dr. Silvana Simi, Italy
Ms. Amy Zelmer, Australia
Advisory Board:
Prof. Giancarlo Comi, Italy
Prof. Christian Confavreux, France
Prof. George C. Ebers, Canada
Prof. Hans-Peter Hartung, Germany
Prof. Ludwig Kappos, Switzerland
Prof. WI McDonald, UK
Prof. Chris Polman, The Netherlands
Prof. William A Sibley, USA