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My story
Hi! My name is Iulia Danciut. I am a Neurology specialty doctor and founder of “Beautiful life…style”.
I have studied Medicine at Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine in Cluj-Napoca, Romania (Transylvania). After graduating in 2015, I worked as Clinical Research Fellow in the UK and completed my PhD in fatigue and neuro-inflammation in 2021, as I have always had an interest in the mind-body connection.
In 2022 I have completed my certification in Lifestyle Medicine and received Lifestyle Medicine physician certificate and diploma from International Board of Lifestyle Medicine (IBLM) and British Society of Lifestyle Medicine (BSLM).
Previous work
“Understanding the mechanisms of fatigue in multiple sclerosis: linking interoception, metacognition and white matter dysconnectivity” Iulia Danciut, Charlotte L Rae, Waqar Rashid, James Scott, Marco Bozzali, Mihaela Iancu, Sarah N Garfinkel, Samira Bouyagoub, Nicholas Dowell, Dawn Langdon, Mara Cercignani, Brain Communications, 2024;, fcae292, https://doi.org/10.1093/braincomms/fcae292
(under the previous name Iulia Bogdan)
“In vivo evidence of functional disconnection between brainstem monoaminergic nuclei and brain networks in multiple sclerosis”, Tiziana Carandini, Matteo Mancini, Iulia Bogdan, Charlotte L Rae, Andrew W Barritt, Marinella Clerico, Arjun Sethi, Neil Harrison, Waqar Rashid, Elio Scarpini, Daniela Galimberti, Marco Bozzali, Mara Cercignani, Mult Scler Relat Disord, 2021 Nov;56:103224. doi: 10.1016/j.msard.2021.103224. Epub 2021 Aug 24. PMID: 34461571.
“Cognitive fatigue in multiple sclerosis is associated with alterations in the functional connectivity of monoamine circuits”, Mara Cercignani, Ottavia Dipasquale, Iulia Bogdan, Tiziana Carandini, James Scott, Waqar Rashid, Osama Sabri, Swen Hesse, Michael Rullmann, Leonardo Lopiano, Mattia Veronese, Daniel Martins, Marco Bozzali, Brain Communications, Mar 5;3(2):fcab023. doi: 10.1093/braincomms/fcab023. PMID: 33842886; PMCID: PMC8023545.
“Disruption of brainstem monoaminergic fibre tracts in multiple sclerosis as a putative mechanism for cognitive fatigue: a fixel-based analysis”, Tiziana Carandini, Matteo Mancini, Iulia Bogdan, Charlotte L Rae, Andrew W Barritt, Arjun Sethi, Neil Harrison, Waqar Rashid, Elio Scarpini, Daniela Galimberti, Marco Bozzali, Mara Cercignani, Neuroimage Clin. 2021;30:102587. doi: 10.1016/j.nicl.2021.102587. Epub 2021 Feb 12. PMID: 33610097; PMCID: PMC7903010.
“Fatigue in multiple sclerosis: Why is it so difficult to manage?” Review article, Iulia Bogdan, Mara Cercignani, Waqar Rashid, ACNR Advances in Clinical Neuroscience and Rehabilitation, May 2017
“Parietal Non-dominant Lobe Syndrome – Diagnosis Controversies” case report. Bogdan I, Prof Muresanu FD, Moldovan F, Oslobanu S, Vatasila C, Papers of the 9th Congress of the Romanian Neurological Society, Bucharest, Romania, May 2011
“Combining clinical, behavioural and neuroimaging methods to understand multiple sclerosis fatigue”, dr Iulia Monica Danciut, a thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements of the University of Brighton for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, January 2021, revised June 2021, https://cris.brighton.ac.uk/ws/portalfiles/portal/25753924/Danciut_Final_Thesis.pdf
Awards
Award for Best Presentation June 2018 Falmer, Brighton for the oral presentation at Brighton and Sussex Medical School Postgraduate Conference – “The Role of Interoception in Multiple Sclerosis Fatigue”
Runner-up Prize for Best Project at MS Academy 2020 for the project titled “A historical moment - How COVID-19 influenced MS service in Hull, Implementation of official guidelines and recommendations”
Professional Registration:
• GMC full registration with Licence to practice
• Member of Association of British Neurologists & British Society of Lifestyle medicine
