Jeroen Geurts (1978) is a pioneer in tracking difficult-to-detect abnormalities in the brains of MS patients. In the course of his career he arrived at a new theory about the cause of MS, one which fundamentally differs from the theory held by most of his colleagues.

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Geurts studied medical biology at the University of Amsterdam and was awarded his PhD by the VU (Amsterdam). As a VUmc-researcher he was later appointed Professor of Translational Neuroscience and head of the Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience.