Gilles Allali

Current position

Professor of Neurology at University of Lausanne, Switzerland
Head, Leenaards Memory Centre, Lausanne University Hospital, Switzerland

Academic background

2003 Diploma in Medicine, University of Geneva, Switzerland.
2006 Master in Neurosciences, University of Saint-Etienne, France.
2007 MD, University of Geneva, Switzerland.
2009 PhD in Neurosciences, University of Saint-Etienne, France.
2016 Privat-docent, Faculty of Medicine University of Geneva, Switzerland.
2021 Full Professor, Faculty of Biology and Medicine, University of Lausanne, Switzerland

Research areas

Gilles Allali's field of research is the study of the relationship between motor functions and cognitive abilities, particularly gait control, as well as the study of pathological aging. Within the framework of international collaborations, Gilles Allali has identified clinico-biological markers of pathological aging which have led to improved identification of patients at risk of dementia. Thanks to the support of the Swiss National Science Foundation, his work has led to improved identification of reversible dementia, in particular normal pressure hydrocephalus. As a Head of the Leenaards Memory Center, he drives a research program capitalizing on the unique CLEMENS and ROMENS registries to refine the diagnosis of neurodegenerative and cerebrovascular dementias using multimodal biological and neuroimaging markers.

National and International Collaborations

Since 2013: collaboration to the Biomathics Consortium (international consortium on aging)
Since 2015: collaboration to GAIT initiative (international consortium on cognitive and motor aging)
Since 2013: collaboration to the MCR consortium (international consortium aiming to identify the motoric cognitive risk syndrome – a new predementia syndrome
Since 2021: collaboration of the ROMENS consortium (national consortium of memory clinics in Switzerland)

Industry and Educational Leadership

- Editor-in-Chief Neurodegenerative Diseases (Karger)
- Scientific board of the Société Francophone de Posture, Equilibre, et Locomotion.
- European Commission (project Horizon 2020): Reviewer Board.
- National Institute of Health (BUILD EXITO projects) – USA: Reviewer Board
- Haut Conseil de l’évaluation de la recherche et de l’enseignement supérieur (HCERES) – France : Reviewer Board.
- Dutch Research Council (Talent programme VENI 2021) – Netherland : Reviewer Board
- Israeli Science Foundation - Israel: Reviewer Board.
- German-Israeli Foundation for Scientific Research and Development – Germany/Israel: Reviewer Board.
- Barcelona Institute of Culture - Spain: Reviewer Board.
- Swiss National Science Foundation – Switzerland: Project Reviewer for investigator initiated clinical trials; Bridge Discovery; and SNSF Professorships application.