Charalampos Tzoulis

Charalampos (Haris) Tzoulis (born in 1979, in Athens, Greece) is Professor of Neurology and Neurogenetics at the University of Bergen and Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway. He is a Consultant neurologist and co-Director of the Neuro-SysMed National Center for Clinical Treatment Research in neurological diseases, funded by the Norwegian Research Council. At the Neuro-SysMed Center, Prof. Tzoulis is research Director for neurodegeneration. In addition, in 2022, Prof. Tzoulis established the K.G. Jebsen Center for Translational Research in Parkinson's disease at the University of Bergen and Haukeland University Hospital, with funding from the K.G. Jebsen Foundation, focusing on better diagnostics and identification of disease subtypes in order to offer personalized treatments.

Background
In 2010 Prof. Tzoulis obtained his PhD at the University of Bergen with a project on Clinical and molecular studies of Mitochondrial DNA polymerase gamma (POLG) associated disease. Tzoulis is professor in neurology and neurogenetics at the Department of Clinical Medicine at the University of Bergen, with an appointment at Haukeland University Hospital. As a clinical neurologist, Prof. Tzoulis is an expert on movement disorders and neurodegeneration, including dementia and parkinsonism. He leads the research group "Neuromics", which focuses on exploring the role of mitochondrial dysfunction in Parkinson's Disease with the aim to improve patient diagnosis and develop neuroprotective therapies. Amongst others, he has received a Career Grant from the Western Norway Regional Health Authority (2014-2018), a career fellowship from the Trond Mohn Foundation (2017-2021), and several awards for excellent research (e.g., Falch Research Prize in 2018 ).

Neuro-SysMed
Prof. Tzoulis is Neuro-SysMed's co-director, Head of Neurodegeneration Research and Principal Investigator for Parkinson's Disease.