Alicja Kalinowska
Professor Alicja Kalinowska, MD, PhD is a neurology professor and senior consultant at the Institute of Neurological Disorders by Poznan University of Medical Sciences, and a research collaborator with the Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA. In 2025 she has taken over the position of the President of the Multiple Sclerosis and Neuroimmunology Section of the Polish Neurological Society. She is also a member of European Academy of Neurology Scientific Panel for Multiple Sclerosis, and a member of the editorial board of the Polish Journal of Neurology and Neurosurgery (IF 2.9).
Her main research and clinical interests include neuroimmunology, especially neuropathology of multiple sclerosis (MS) and related disorders, pathophysiology of neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosus and using advance image analysis tools in relation to immunological markers of neuroimmunological disorders. She has authored over 150 manuscripts, spoke during multiple neurological conferences, and received several awards for her research funded, among others, by the National Science Centre of Poland. She has gained experience in several research facilities abroad, including Department of Neuroimmunology, Center for Brain Research, Medical University of Vienna (Austria) and Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota (USA), where she currently holds the position of a research collaborator.
Awarded as an active advocate for MS patients, she is also committed to medical education and collaborated in this aspect with Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA.
