Professor Vincent Thijs
MD, PhD, FRACP

Professor Vincent Thijs is a neurologist and clinician researcher specialised in acute stroke treatment, stroke prevention, stroke in the young, and genetics of stroke.

For more than 20 years Vincent has worked at some of the world’s leading health services as a clinician. Vincent has led large stroke units in Belgium and Australia and is currently the Director of Neurology at Austin Health.

Passionate about driving improved access and outcomes in stroke care, particularly for young patients, Vincent has been involved in the leadership of large, international multicentre, collaborative studies. Vincent strives to establish and maintain productive and professional clinical and research networks to drive advancements in stroke care both in Australia and internationally. Education and mentoring PhD and early career researchers is a priority in Vincent’s career.

Vincent Thijs is a group head of stroke research at The Florey.

Vincent is a current and past member of editorial boards of the world’s most important journals in stroke (Annals of Neurology, Neurology, International Journal of Stroke, and the European Stroke Journal). He is a regular guest editor for Circulation.

He is currently supervising 2 PhD students and 1 masters student, and has trained more than 60 advanced trainees in neurology.

Young Stroke Service is an MRFF Rapid Translation Grant currently underway at the Florey. It is the first of its kind in Australia.

Key collaborators:

• Julie Bernhardt
• Dominique Cadilhac
• Christopher Bladin
• Karen Borschmann
• Emily Ramage
• Sarah Amesz
• Fiona Ellery