Elie Matar

Elie Matar is an Associate Professor at the University of Sydney and an NHMRC Emerging Leadership Fellow. He is a clinician–scientist and dual-trained neurologist and sleep physician based at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney, Australia. He completed undergraduate training in Physics and Physiology, followed by medical and doctoral training at the University of Sydney, and undertook further research training as an Endeavour Fellow at the University of Cambridge. He has also held national and international fellowships and visitorships, including at the Queen Square Institute of Neurology (UCL) and the Mayo Clinic. His work focuses on the biological mechanisms underlying sleep, cognitive, and non-motor symptoms in Parkinson’s disease and related Lewy body disorders.