Dr. Farrah Mateen, MD, PhD is the Charles L. Mix Research Professor of Neurology at the Feinberg School of Medicine. She is Chief of the Division of Multiple Sclerosis & Neuroimmunology. She is originally from Saskatchewan, Canada where she received her medical degree (2005). She pursued adult neurology training at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota and a Fellowship in Medical Ethics at Harvard University (2008). Dr. Mateen's clinical and research fellowship training was at the Johns Hopkins Hospital (2012). She completed her doctoral studies in International Health at the Johns Hopkins University (2014). Her work includes collaborations throughout Africa and Asia on vulnerable populations such as refugees. She has worked with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, World Health Organization, Polio Eradication Initiative in Switzerland and India, and several NGOs. She has published >100 academic manuscripts to advance neurological disease research and clinical care, predominantly in resource-limited settings.
