Elena Becker-Barroso is the Editor-in-Chief of The Lancet Neurology since July 2012. She graduated with a BSc in Life Sciences and, in 1997, received a doctorate cum laude in Molecular Biology from the Universidad de Salamanca (Salamanca, Spain). Elena completed her postdoctoral training at the Skirball Institute for Biomolecular Medicine (New York University, New York, USA), from 1998 to 2001.
Elena moved from New York City to London on March 2002, after her post-doctoral training in the USA. For 3 years, she worked as a research fellow for the Medical Research Council (MRC), at the MRC Centre for Neurodevelopmental Neurobiology at King’s College London. In 2005, she completed a Diploma on Science Communication at Birkbeck University of London and decided to pursue an editorial career. She then joined The Lancet Neurology as a Senior Editor. She became the Deputy Editor of the journal in 2008 and, in 2012, was promoted to Editor-in-Chief.
The Lancet Neurology is now firmly established as the leading academic publication in clinical neurology and a major forum for the brain health community worldwide.
Elena Becker-Barroso received an honorary doctorate from the University of Exeter (Exeter, United Kingdom) in December 2019.
Elena will be judging the Science & Technology category
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Elena moved from New York City to London on March 2002, after her post-doctoral training in the USA. For 3 years, she worked as a research fellow for the Medical Research Council (MRC), at the MRC Centre for Neurodevelopmental Neurobiology at King’s College London. In 2005, she completed a Diploma on Science Communication at Birkbeck University of London and decided to pursue an editorial career. She then joined The Lancet Neurology as a Senior Editor. She became the Deputy Editor of the journal in 2008 and, in 2012, was promoted to Editor-in-Chief.
The Lancet Neurology is now firmly established as the leading academic publication in clinical neurology and a major forum for the brain health community worldwide.
Elena Becker-Barroso received an honorary doctorate from the University of Exeter (Exeter, United Kingdom) in December 2019.
Elena will be judging the Science & Technology category
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laneur/issue/current
Facebook: TheLancetMedicalJournal
Twitter: @TheLancetNeuro
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