Marina A.J. de Koning-Tijssen

Professor of Neurology · University Medical Centre Groningen (UMCG) · company speakers →

Marina A.J. de Koning-Tijssen is a neurologist and researcher in movement disorders. Since 2012, she has been Professor of Neurology at the University Medical Centre Groningen (UMCG) and Chair of its Expertise Centre for Movement Disorders, which is part of the European Reference Network for Rare Neurological Disorders (ERN-RND). She trained in neurology at Leiden University, where she completed her PhD on Hyperekplexia. Afterward, she worked as a neurologist in Amsterdam before moving to Groningen. During her studies, she also spent time at Johns Hopkins University in the USA and the Institute of Neurology in London, UK. Her research focuses on jerky movements and dystonia, with a particular emphasis on integrating clinical, neurophysiological, and imaging data through machine learning techniques. Her current project, Next Generation Phenotyping – The Next Move in Movement Disorders (NEMO), aims to better classify movement disorder phenotypes. She has received multiple prestigious grants for this work, including funding from the European Regional Development Fund, ZONMW-Top, and NOW-TTW. In 2024, she received the Stanley Fahn Presidential Lecture Award from the International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society. Prof. de Koning-Tijssen has held several European leadership roles, including Chair of the clinical line for the European COST platform Dystonia, and WP leader in the ERN-RND. She is currently Secretary of the International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society.

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