Yamila Torres Cleuren

Position

Senior Adviser, Director

Affiliation

Research groups

Short info

I hold a PhD in molecular biology and bioinformatics, with an extensive international research career. Currently, I serve as the Managing Director of Neuro-SysMed, where I oversee a broad portfolio of international projects and lead the development of their research and innovation strategy
Work

My current research focus is on neurodegeneration and neuroinflammation, focusing on translational and clinical studies of Parkinson's disease, Multiple Sclerosis, Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and dementia.

Publications
2025
2023
2021
2020
2019

See a complete overview of publications in Cristin.

Projects

I currently manage a large portfolio of research and innovation projects based at the University of Bergen and Haukeland University Hospital, funded from the Norwegian Research Council, Horizon Europe, Michael J Fox foundation, ERA4HEALTH, Regional Health trusts, patient organizations and private foundations. My role is to continously update our research and innovation strategy and to lay the foundation for the next generation of projects. This includes two Research Centers:

2022- ongoing: Head of Research & Innovation Strategy – K.G. Jebsen Center for Parkinson’s Disease, University of Bergen - Norway

2020- ongoing: Head of Research & Innovation Strategy – Neuro-SysMed Center, Haukeland University Hospital - Norway

Major Research and Innovation projects: 

2025: "GameON: Gamified Activity and Monitoring for Early Onset of Neurological Decline" - Project Leader - Norwegian Research Council (Pilot Helse program)

2025-2028: "NADage - Boosting NAD metabolism to prevent pathological brain aging" - Scientific project manager & WP leader - ERA4Health (NutriBrain program)

2024-2025: "Development of novel NAD-therapies for neurodegeneration" – Project co-leader – Digital Life Norway Innovation Roadmap

2023-2028: “EBV-MS” – WP leader and scientific project manager – Horizon Europe (RIA project, 15 partners, €7 M)