Valery L. Feigin, M.D., Ph.D., is Professor of Neurology and Epidemiology at the Auckland University of Technology and Director of the National Institute for Stroke and Applied Neuroscience (NISAN), the only national research institute solely dedicated to studying the epidemiology and prevention of neurological disorders in New Zealand.  He is also Affiliate Professor of the Department of Global Health at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington; Honorary Professor of the Novosibirsk State Medical University, Russia, and Visiting Professor of the Capital Medical University in Beijing, China. He is a Fellow Member (Academic) of the Royal Society of New Zealand, a Foreign Fellow (Academic) of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and a Fellow of the American Academy of Neurology. He is a member of the Advisory Working Group on Stroke for the WHO, WHO Technical Advisory Group on NCD-related Research and Innovation and is currently Co-Chair of the Global Policy Committee of the World Stroke Organization. The author of more than 480 journal articles, 12 handbooks, 26 books and 4 patents. Professor Feigin is one of the 1% most cited scientists across all fields of science worldwide since 2018, the recipient of a number of national and international awards and distinctions, and Editor-in-Chief of the international journal Neuroepidemiology(IF=5.7).