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Véronique E. Miron is the John David Eaton Chair in Multiple Sclerosis Research at the Barlo MS Centre and Keenan Research Centre for Biomedical Science,[1] Full Professor at the University of Toronto Department of Immunology,[2] and Honorary Chair at the University of Edinburgh Dementia Research Institute.[3]
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Miron received her B S. from McGill University in 2004, and her PhD in Neurological Sciences, also from McGill, with Prof Jack Antel in 2009. Her PhD thesis was on "The effects of CNS-accessible multiple sclerosis-directed immuno-modulatory therapies on oligodendroglial lineage cells, myelin maintenance, and remyelination".[4] She then carried out her postdoctoral studies at the Centre for Regeneration in Scotland, training under Prof Charles ffrench-Constant and Prof Robin Franklin.[5]
Miron conducts research on neuroimmunology,[6] specifically, how microglia support myelin formation and regeneration. Much of her work is related to neurological disorders such as multiple sclerosis. She is one of the ten Laureates of the 2020 Suffrage Life Science award for her scientific investigations.[7]
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