Vincent Thijs

Professor Vincent Thijs is a highly respected and accomplished neurologist and clinician researcher specialised in stroke research with more than 20 years of experience in the field.
He is passionate about driving improved access and outcomes in stroke care, particularly in young patients.

Committed to supporting early career researchers, Vincent provides ongoing clinical research and education for junior doctors and has supervised more than 20 student and resident research projects. 

In his career as clinician, Vincent has lead stroke units in Belgium and Australia.  Vincent is the co-head of the Stroke Division at The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, and Head of Neurology at the Austin Hospital.  Vincent has been involved in the leadership of large, international multicentre, collaborative studies on acute stroke treatment, stroke prevention, stroke in the young and genetics of stroke.