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A cohort study thrives on collaboration. Without the active cooperation of the participating MS centers with dedicated medical and nursing staff committed to research, we would not have been able to recruit and follow-up so many patients. Another important aspect is, of course, the efficient operation of the data center.
– Jens Kuhle, Principal Investigator SMSC –
Our Centers
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University Hospital Basel (Coordinating Centre)
Prof Jens Kuhle
Principal investigator SMSC
Dr Pascal Benkert
Head of SMSC Data Center
Prof Cristina Granziera
Head of ThINk Basel– MRI analysis Center and Co-Director RC2NB
Prof Ludwig Kappos
Director RC2NB
Prof Claudio Gobbi
Head of SMSC Scientific Board
Dr Johanna Oechtering
Deputy site investigator
PD Dr Özgür Yaldizli
Principal investigator of MultiSCRIPT
PD Dr Lars Hemkens
Lead Pragmatic Trials and Real World Evidence
Dr Perrine Janiaud
Principal Investigator Pragmatic Trials
Aleksandra Maleska Maceski
Laboratory head fluid biomarkers SMSC
Sabine Schaedelin
Statistician
Suvitha Subramaniam
Data management
Lilian Demuth
Study coordinator
Dr Annette Orleth
Study coordinator
Mauricio Rodriguez
Study coordinator