Marie-Germaine Bousser
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Marie-Germaine Bousser | |
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 Marie-Germaine Bousser in 2024. | |
| Born | 11 August 1943 |
| Alma mater | Paris-Sorbonne University |
| Occupation | neuroscientist |
| Known for | Discovery of CADASIL |
Marie-Germaine Bousser (born 11 August 1943) is a French neuroscientist. She won the Brain Prize in 2019 for her work on CADASIL.[1]
Bousser graduated from Paris-Sorbonne University in neuro-psychiatry in 1972 with her thesis devoted to the prevention of cortical artery thrombosis in rabbits by aspirin and PGE1.[1]
She trained at the Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital.[1][2] Subsequently, she worked at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, before returning to Paris.[1] She became a Professor of Neurology at Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital in 1981.[1] She became head of neurology at the Saint-Antoine Hospital in Paris in 1989, where she stayed until 1997.[1][2] She returned to Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital in 1997, becoming the head of neurology there. She later became Emeritus Professor at the Paris-Diderot University.[1]
