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César Álvarez-González MD, PhD

César is a talented neurologist and neuroscientist, bringing over 10 years of experience to his work. He specialises in translational and clinical research in neurology, neuroscience, neuroimmunology, and health technology. César is truly passionate about making a positive difference in people’s lives and turning discoveries into meaningful benefits for society.

Navigating the brain’s complexities from molecules to societies

Neurologist | Neuroscientist | Technologist
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By taking a cross-disciplinary approach, we can create something new, solve complex problems, and conduct exciting research that breaks down traditional boundaries.

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Navigating the brain’s complexities from molecules to societies, narratives and decision-making

With a passion for discovery and a commitment to excellence, let’s embark on this journey together to navigate the human brain’s complexities.

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Scientific & Medical Experience

From a research question to a scientific publication and beyond: advisory & consultancy for research, scientific, and health projects

Providing clinical and scientific expertise across study design, protocol development, data collection, analysis, product development and communication. Synthesising complex datasets for actionable insights.

Research and development

Providing clinical and scientific input during study design, protocol development, data collection, analysis, and communication; interpreting complex datasets. Full grant narrative, specific aims, budget justification, reviewer‑ready figures.  End‑point definition, protocol development, and feasibility assessments for CNS‑focused trials.

Product Development

Consulting for tech companies developing neuro- or health devices, digital therapeutics, diagnostics, and health apps. End‑to‑end coordination of multidisciplinary research projects risk assessment and mitigation planning for complex clinical investigations. Reporting and dashboard creation for funders and shareholders. Usability Assessment Tests (UAT) planning, execution, and reporting.

Clinical & Translational Research

Bridge basic findings to clinical trials, biomarker validation, companion diagnostics, etc. Integrating data from biomedical, psychological, and social fields to support research and decision-making in neurological disease assessment and management. Design and validation of electronic Clinical Outcome Assessments (eCOA) and digital rating scales.

Project Management for Scientific Initiatives

End‑to‑end coordination of multidisciplinary research projects (timeline, budget, stakeholder communication). Risk assessment and mitigation planning for complex clinical investigations. Reporting and dashboard creation for sponsors and funders.

Scientific Communication & Storytelling

Translating complex neuroscience research findings into compelling, accessible stories. We craft engaging narratives suitable for press releases, investor presentations, and public engagement efforts, ensuring that sophisticated scientific concepts are communicated clearly and effectively to diverse audiences.

Scientific and technical writing

Manuscript drafting, editing, and formatting for peer‑review journals (clinical, translational, biomedical research). Grant proposal writing, budgeting, and reviewer response preparation. Creation of white papers, policy briefs, and scientific communication pieces for lay audiences.

Literature Reviews

Providing evidence-based literature reviews for your project, leveraging experience with peer-reviewed articles and grant proposals. We synthesise pre-clinical and clinical data, evaluate quality, and pinpoint gaps.

Public Speaking

Whether speaking at scientific conferences, industry symposia, investor panels, or corporate training sessions, we tailor content for diverse audiences—clinicians, researchers, biotech executives, and policymakers—delivering clear visual narratives, actionable insights, and forward‑looking perspectives.

Workshops

We design interactive, outcome‑focused workshops for scientists, clinicians, and biotech teams. Each session includes hands-on exercises, case studies, and real-world examples, leaving participants with practical skills tailored to academic labs, industry, or societies. Workshops can be virtual or on-site, ensuring flexible delivery while maintaining scientific standards.

Training & Teaching

We provide expert training and teaching. We create customised curricula, webinars, and hands-on workshops that give clinicians, researchers, and biotech teams practical skills. Sessions are delivered remotely through video conferencing or, when possible, in person, ensuring flexible and impactful learning tailored to each audience’s goals.

Areas of Expertise

Combining frontline clinical neurology with cutting‑edge translational research to bridge laboratory discoveries and patient care.

Clinical Neurology providing evidence-based consulting for neurological disorders.

Translational Research linking biomedical discoveries to applications.

Clinical Research in neuroscience, offering analytical skills for complex data.

Digital Neurology, providing consultation for developing digital health tools and symptom-scoring platforms. These enable us to transform science into practical, patient-centred solutions.

Services

Clinical Neurology

Translational Research

Clinical Research

Digital Neurology

  • Medical and Neurological examination in neurological disorders.
  • Disability scales evaluation.
  • Digitalisation in Neurology.
  • Clinical decision-making in clinical treatments for neurological and neuroimmunological disorders.
  • Digitised clinical rating scales for recording and quantifying neurological symptoms, including algorithm-based feedback systems.

  • Biomedical, Immunological, Clinical, and Digital Markers.
  • Clinical and Translational Research.
  • Medical Strategy.
  • Clinical and scientific input during the development and execution of digital health and clinical trials (eCOA) solutions and digital neurology.
  • Databases & data science.
  • Making sense of complex datasets

  • Literature Reviews.
  • Scientific Content Creation.
  • Data Visualization and Analysis.
  • Scientific Networking and Conference Support.
  • Manuscript Writing.
  • Grant Proposal Writing.
  • Science communication to non-specialised audiences.
  • Content Creation for Public Engagement.

Cesar’s approach to translational and clinical research is collaborative and interdisciplinary, working closely with cross-functional groups to develop scientific solutions. He is passionate about improving clinical outcomes and translating scientific discoveries into tangible benefits for society.

César is committed to highly analytical thinking and performance, ethical integrity, openness, community, and creativity.

Having worked and lived in five different countries, he understands the complexity of working in multicultural, diverse and complex environments.

Professional and Academic Interests:

Neurology & Neuroscience
  • Clinical neurology.
  • Neuroimmunology and Regenerative Neurology.
  • Neurodegeneration.
  • Neuroscience, science, and technology.
Clinical & TRANSLATIONAL Research
  • Brain Repair and Regenerative Neurology.
  • Immunotherapy.
  • Biomedical, Immunological, Clinical, and Digital Markers.
  • Clinical Research.
DIGITAL NEUROLOGY
  • Digitised clinical rating scales for recording and quantifying neurological symptoms, including algorithm-based feedback systems.
  • eCOA solutions for clinical studies.
  • Digitalisation in Neurology.
TEACHING & TRAINING
  • Professional training for clinical trial physicians.
  • Teaching and mentoring for clinical fellows and medical, master’s, and PhD students.
  • Online training for clinical trial physicians.
Science Communication & Health Technology
  • Science communication to non-specialised audiences, in English and Spanish.
  • Digital medical applications & cloud solutions.
  • Telemedicine.
  • Artificial Intelligence and Algorithms for Medical Solutions.
  • Mac, Linux, and Windows operating systems.
  • Databases & data science.
  • Web developer: WordPress.

Current projects

Neurocreare

An independent hub for the inter- and supradisciplinary study of the Entangled Brain-Mind-Body-World.

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creare

The digital Lab for Health & Wellbeing through the lens of Complexity Science

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NW

Scientific Consulting in Neuroscience & Biomedicine. Independent, strategic, research-based knowledge advising & consulting to empower your decisions with expert insights and guidance.

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antáma

Evidence-based Online Wellbeing Coaching focuses on caring for your brain, mind, and body, highlighting lifestyle factors and sharing helpful, evidence-based tools. It also warmly promotes diversity and inclusion, making everyone feel welcome on their health journey.

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neuroméxico

Neuroscience project for the Spanish speaker community. Since January 2015, the site has established a community from Mexico, latin America, USA, and Spa and has received more than 500k hits. We have more than 30,000 followers in social networks.

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Resume

Curren post(s)

  • Independent Clinician-Scientist & Researcher at neurocreare | Nicosia, Cyprus | 2023 – Present
  • Founder of the neuroscience website: NeuroMéxico | 2015 – Present

Profile

  • Passionate for advancing medical and scientific knowledge and health information technology.
  • Excellent communicator and a creative problem-solver.
  • Experienced working in teams and independently.
  • Competent in building and maintaining relationships with key opinion leaders and providing scientific input and guidance to internal and external stakeholders.
  • Able to navigate complex issues and approach complex clinical and biomedical problems and make sound, data-driven decisions.
  • Strong communication skills when presenting complex scientific and medical information to both scientific and non-scientific audiences.
  • Teaching and mentoring experience with students and clinical fellows (Spanish and English).

Experience

  • Scientific and Clinical Development | Sefit (Sensory Filtering Training), currently a decentralised startup | Basel, Switzerland | 10/2023 – 10/2024.
  • Senior Clinician Scientist & eEDSS Expert at NeuroStatus-AG University Hospital Basel (2021 – 2023).
  • Medical Advisor & EDSS Expert at Neurostatus AG – University Hospital Basel. Basel, Switzerland (10/2019 – 05/2021, Remote). 
  • Co-Founder and Scientific Consultant at NeuroCreare Ltd (2020 – 2021). Larnaca, Cyprus.
  • Postdoctoral Research Associate at Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin (2017- 2019), Berlin Germany.
  • Clinical Research Fellow at the Queen Mary University of London / The Royal London Hospital (2016-2017), London, UK.
  • PhD fellow at Anthony Nolan Research Institute (2010 -2015), London, UK.
  • Attending Physician Neurologist at Mexican Institute of Social Security (2007 – 2010), Guadalajara, México.
  • Attending Physician Neurologist at Hospital Arboledas (2007 – 2010), Zapopan, Jal., Méx.
  • Adult Neurology Residency Program | Mexican Institute of Social Security | 03/2004 – 02/2007, Mexico City.
  • Internal Medicine Residency Program| Mexican Institute of Social Security | 03/2003 – 02/2004, Torreon, Coahuila, Mexico.
  • Research Assistant (2002-2003 and 2007-2010) Centre of studies of alcoholism and addictions. Under the supervision of Octavio Campollo Rivas MD, PhD. Epidemiology of addictions in Mexican youths. Universidad de Guadalajara, México. (University of Guadalajara).

Clinical Skills

  • Medical and Neurological examination in neurological disorders with specialisation in Multiple Sclerosis and other neuroimmunological disorders.
  • Disability scales evaluation.
  • Imaging interpretation in clinical context.
  • Para-clinical interpretation in clinical context.
  • Clinical decision-making in clinical treatments for neurological and neuroimmunological disorders.
  • Clinical and translational Research.

Education

1. PhD Haematology (2010 – 2015).

  • University College London
  • Anthony Nolan Research Institute, Cancer Institute
  • Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine, UCL Institute of Child Health

2. Specialist Training in Neurology (2004 – 2007)

  • National Autonomous University of Mexico
  • Mexican Institute of Social Security: Hospital de Especialidades “Dr. Bernardo Sepúlveda”, Mexico City, Mexico. – Ministry of Public Education. Mexican License: 5179392.

3. Internal Medicine (Internship 2003 – 2004)

  • Autonomous University of Coahuila
  • Mexican Institute of Social Security: Hospital General de Zona No. 16, Torreón, Coahuila, Mexico.

4. Medical Doctor (1997-2003)

  • University Center of Medical Sciences
  • University of Guadalajara, Guadalajara, México. – Ministry of Public Education. Mexican License: 4274596.

Lab experience

  • Flow Cytometry.
  • Immunocytochemistry.
  • Fluorescence microscopy.
  • Stem Cell culture.
  • Cell magnetic isolation.
  • Cell banking.
  • RT-PCR.

Teaching Experience

  • Honorary academic Instructor of the Program: “Integration to the Hospital I” (2003– 2004) Escuela de Medicina, Unidad Torreon (Medical School, Torreon Unit.) Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila (Autonomous University of Coahuila)
  • Chief Resident for teaching in the Department of Neurology (2006-2007) Hospital de Especialidades “Dr. Bernardo Sepúlveda” (Speciality Hospital “Dr. Bernardo Sepulveda”).
  • Attended examiner training for the MBBS Part 3D and 4D OSCE On Thursday the 22nd of June 2016 For Barts and the London School of Medicine.
  • Examiner in the MBBS Part 4D OSCE for Barts and the London School of Medicine (2016)

Health Information Technology

  • Statistic: Prism, SPSS, JAMOVI.
  • Mac OS, iOS.
  • Windows, MS Office
  • Linux and Linux Servers
  • Web Development: WordPress
  • Inkscape, Gimp, ImageJ, and Fiji.
  • Flow Cytometry: Flow Jo.
  • Confluence and Jira in an Agile environment.

Languages

  • Spanish (Native).
  • English (Fluent).
  • Greek (Beginner).

Selected Publications

  1. Alvarez-Gonzalez C, Duggleby R, Vagaska B, Querol S, Gomez SG, Ferretti P, Madrigal A. (2013) Cord Blood Lin−CD45− Embryonic-Like Stem Cells Are a Heterogeneous Population That Lack Self-Renewal Capacity. PLoS ONE 8(6): e67968. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0067968.
  2. New SE*, Alvarez-Gonzalez C*, Vagaska B*, Gomez SG, Bulstrode NW, Madrigal A, Ferretti P. A matter of identity — Phenotype and differentiation potential of human somatic stem cells. Stem Cell Res. 2015 Apr 25;15(1):1-13. doi: 10.1016/j.scr.2015.04.003. PMID: 25957945 (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1873506115000458) *Joint first authors, shared contribution.
  3. Alvarez-Gonzalez, C., Adams, A., Mathews, J., Turner, B. P., Giovannoni, G., Baker, D. and Schmierer, K. (2017), Cladribine to treat disease exacerbation after fingolimod discontinuation in progressive multiple sclerosis. Ann Clin Transl Neurol. doi:10.1002/acn3.410.
  4. Mao Z, Alvarez-Gonzalez C, Albor C, Soon D, Turner BP, Mathews J3, Giovannoni G, Baker D, Schmierer K. Cladribine: off-label disease modification for people with multiple sclerosis in resource poor settings? Multiple Sclerosis Journal – Experimental, Translational and Clinical. 2018;4(2):2055217318783767. doi:10.1177/2055217318783767.
  5. Baker D, Herrod SS, Alvarez-Gonzalez C, Giovannoni G, Schmierer K. Interpreting Lymphocyte Reconstitution Data From the Pivotal Phase 3 Trials of Alemtuzumab. JAMA Neurol. Published online June 12, 2017. doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2017.0676.
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Awards

Undergraduate

  • 1997 High School Student Recognition for excellent academic level, University of Guadalajara.

Postgraduate

  • 2010 National Council on Science and Technology of Mexico (CONACyT) – PhD fellowship.
  • 2010 IJJ: “Impulso a Jalisco, Becas Posgrado” Jalisco Institute of Youth. Complementary PhD scholarship
  • 2017- National Council on Science and Technology of Mexico (CONACyT) – Postdoctoral fellowship.
  • 2017-2019 Part of the National System of investigators in Mexico National Council on Science and Technology of Mexico (CONACyT).

Science Communication and Cultural Journalism

  • Founder of the neuroscience website: NeuroMéxico
  • Cesar Alvarez-Gonzalez. Hampstead Heath, a place for you. Boletín Científico Sapiens Research Vol. 2(1)-2012;pp:4-6. ISSN-e:2215-9312. Sapiens Research Group. (http://www.sapiensresearch.org/images/pdf/v2n1/V2N1_Corresponsales.pdf). Cultural Journalism. (Spanish)
  • Madrigal A, Alvarez González C. Hematopoietic stem cells: precedents, current and future perspectives. Boletin UNAM. 2011 Jun 21;:1–6. (http://www.facmed.unam.mx/ci/boletin/bol_06_jun_2011.pdf) Science communication. (Spanish)

Memberships and Journal Peer Reviewer

  • 2010-2014. British Society for Histocompatibility & Immunogenetics (BSHI).
  • 2012-2014. Society for Neuroscience (SFN), London Chapter. Student membership.
  • 2007-2010. Academia Mexicana de Neurología (Mexican Academy of Neurology)
  • 2008- Colegio de Neurólogos de Jalisco AC (Jalisco College of Neurologists)
  • 2013- Peer Reviewer for PLoS ONE, Multiple Sclerosis Journal – Experimental, Translational and Clinical, Multiple Sclerosis Journal, Annals of Medicine, Archivos de Neurociencia.
  • Senior Editor ‘Translational Neuroscience’ at Archivos de Neurociencia (Honorary academic post) | 2022 – 2024. ISSN: 1028-5938

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