Charalampos (Haris) Tzoulis

Position

Professor, Professor of Neurology & Neurogenetics

Affiliation

Research

Charalampos Tzoulis is a Professor of Neurology and Neurogenetics at the University of Bergen and Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen Norway. As a clinical neurologist, Prof. Tzoulis is an expert on movement disorders and neurodegeneration, including dementia and parkisonism. His research focuses on exploring the role of mitochondrial dysfunction in Parkinson's disease (PD) with the aim to improve patient diagnosis and develop neuroprotective therapies. He is the Principal Investigator of the research group Neuromics at the University of Bergen and co-Director of the Neuro-SysMed Center of Excellence for Clinical Research in Neurological diseases, where he leads the research on PD and other neurodegenerative disorders. Since 2022, he is also the Director of the K.G. Jebsen Center for Translational Research in Parkinson's Disease at UiB.

Outreach

Neurodegenerative diseases remain an unsolved mystery: https://www.uib.no/en/med/145897/neurodegenerative-diseases-remain-unsolved-mystery

Vil ha hjernebank til Bergen – NRK Vestland

Mystisk hjernesykdom forundrer leger i Canada – NRK Urix – Utenriksnyheter og -dokumentarer

Da demensen tok ordene fra Atle, sluttet mange å snakke til ham. – Det gjorde meg så vondt, sier hans kone. (bt.no)

Han vil finne kur for Parkinson (bt.no)

Åpnet Neuro-SysMed i Bergen - Forskning - Dagens Medisin

– Vi har et problem, tenkte legen da Alice ventet barn (bt.no)

Diabetes drug cuts Parkinson's risk by 28 percent, study finds (medicalnewstoday.com)

Åpner nytt forskningssenter i Bergen: Slik skal de løse ALS-gåten – VG

Parkinson's: How a 'bad' enzyme might protect the brain (medicalnewstoday.com)

Frykter 400 000 med demens i Norge (forskning.no)

Parkinson's disease: Could the answer lie in mitochondria of dopamine cells? (medicalnewstoday.com)

Ny norsk forskning: Diabetesmedisin kan begrense Parkinsons-risiko – VG

Mitochondrial DNA Damage May Be Involved in Parkinson’s Disease… – Parkinson's News Today (parkinsonsnewstoday.com)

Ny norsk forskning kan gi Parkinson-svar – VG

Claes (70) donerer hjernen til forskning (bt.no)

Mitochondria Defects in Brains of Parkinson’s Patients Might Play… – Parkinson's News Today (parkinsonsnewstoday.com)

Forskere prøver alt fra musikk til maskinlæring for å behandle Alzheimers (forskning.no)

Er i gang med å la maskinene ta over for legene: - Nå jobber vi med de digitale modellene, sier norsk forsker - Digi.no

Diabetesmedisin virker mot Parkinsons (forskning.no)

 

Teaching

2018 Head of compulsory national course in neurogenetics for training neurologists

2010 – current Advanced training of neurologists in neurogenetics and movement disorders, at national and international (Europe & USA) courses and workshops.

2010 – current Advanced training of movement disorders specialists in botulinum toxin injection

2010 – current Teaching & examining residents for board specialization in Neurology

2007 – current Supervision of pre-graduate thesis projects, University of Bergen, Norway

2006 – current Teaching medical students in clinical neurology, University of Bergen, Norway.

Publications

For the most up-to-date publications, please see google scholar, pubmed or ORCID records. 

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See a complete overview of publications in Cristin.

Projects

For our up-to-date reserach projects, please check the group website: Neuromics Lab.