Alexandre Castro Caldas
Director
Portuguese Catholic University
Portugal
Biography
Alexandre Castro-Caldas is a Professor and currently Director of the Institute of Health Sciences of Portuguese Catholic University and was Full Professor of Neurology at the University of Lisbon and Head of the Department of Clinical Neurosciences of the Hospital de Santa Maria, in Lisbon, Portugal. He obtained his M.D. and his Ph.D. from the University of Lisbon - School of Medicine, where he started his career in 1974. He has been responsible for the Language Research Laboratory until 1998 and organized the Centre for Neurosciences of Lisbon in 1990. He was President of the International Neuropsychological Society (2000-2001). His publications include a textbook of Neuropsychology in Portuguese, papers in international journals, as: Brain, Neurology, NeuroImage, Journal of Cognitive Neurosciences, JINS, and multiple chapters in national and international books. He is member of the editorial board of several national and international journals. His current research interests include several topics in Cognitive Neurosciences and in particular the modulatory effect of environmental stimulation in the human brain. During these years his work has been recognized, having received several awards, from here we choose to mention the Great Price of Medicine from Bial Foundation and more recently the Distinguished Career Award of the International Neuropsychological Society.
Research Interest
Clinical Neurosciences and Cognitive Neurosciences .