
Jan Hillert has been Professor of Neurology at the Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, since 2001, and in 2010 was appointed Chairman of the Department of Clinical Neuroscience. Professor Hillert has led a multiple sclerosis (MS) clinic for over 10 years and is founding chair of the Swedish Multiple Sclerosis Registry, which contains information on 15,000 MS patients. He is actively engaged in several MS clinical trials and has published 240 peer-reviewed papers. Professor Hillert’s research primarily focuses on the genetic aspects of MS and has contributed to the discovery of several MS genes. Additional research interests include immunology and treatment aspects of MS, including treatment-induced antibodies. Current research efforts focus on translational epidemiology, integrating clinical, genetic, environmental, and public registry data both nationally and internationally.