Welcome Hugo BESSAGUET ! 

Hugo is starting a 1-year postdoctoral program with Pr Anne KAVOUNOUDIAS in the Multisense and Body Team. He will be working on the PhantomPain project, which targets the phenomenon of phantom limb pain in amputees. Specifically, he will explore the complexsensorimotor networks alterations through cerebral fMRI analysis and their link with phantom pain. Besides, he will examine the rehabilitation potential of proprioceptive vibratory stimulation in alleviating those refractory pain.

He has followed a medical curriculum in the University of Limoges, Saint-Etienne and Montpellier. He is currently MD, specialized in Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine at the University Hospital of Saint-Etienne, in the Department of Pr. Pascal GIRAUX. During his PhD, supervised by Pr. Thomas LAPOLE and Dr. Bruno FERNANDEZ, he took a specific interest in studying the electrophysiological and clinical effects of proprioceptive vibratory stimulation, as a neuromodulatory tool, when applied to the lower limb during the subacute phase poststroke.