Mathilde Renaud

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Clinician-Scientist - Professor - Hospital Practitioner
Equipe 1 Groupe 1
CHRU de Nancy - Service de Génétique Clinique / Service de Neurologie
m.renaud2@chru-nancy.fr
03 83 15 36 22
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Huntington disease, Genetic cerebellar ataxias

Coordinator of the Rare Disease Expertise Centers for Neurogenetics, Huntington’s Disease, and Multiple System Atrophy (MSA) within the BRAIN TEAM rare disease network – Nancy University Hospital
Secretary of the Francophone Society of Neurogenetics (SFNG)

Degrees
• DES in Neurology and Medical Doctor (MD) – University of Strasbourg (2014)
• Master’s degree in Neuroscience – IGBMC Strasbourg (2012)
• PhD in Medical Sciences – IGBMC / Strasbourg (2017)
• Inter‑university diplomas in movement disorders, memory disorders, dysmorphology, and precision medicine (2011–2020)
• Postdoctoral training in neurogenetics – Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University (2017–2018)
• HDR (Habilitation to Direct Research) – University of Lorraine (2023)

Clinical, Teaching, and Research Activities
• Clinical fellow in neurology (Marseille then Strasbourg, 2014–2016)
• Neurologist at Nancy University Hospital (CHRU Nancy), later appointed Professor (PU‑PH)
• 95 indexed publications, H‑index 29
• Research activities in neurogenetics (cerebellar ataxias, Huntington’s disease, movement disorders, rare neurodegenerative diseases)
• Principal and associate investigator in several national and European studies
• Supervision of 18 students (PhD, Master’s, medical theses)
• Institutional responsibilities: CCMR BrainTeam (Huntington’s disease, neurogenetics, multiple system atrophy), SFNG, scientific boards at CHRU Nancy and INSERM
• Teaching in neurology and medical genetics (Nancy, Strasbourg, McGill University)