Professor Tobias Banaschewski, MD, PhD, is Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the Medical Faculty Mannheim of the University of Heidelberg and Medical Director of the Department of Child and dolescent Psychiatry of the Central Institute of Mental Health in Mannheim, Germany (since 2006), and Deputy Director of the CIMH (since, 2014). He studied psychology and medicine at Marburg University, Germany.

He is Chair of the European Network of Research on Hyperkinetic Disorders (EUNETHYDIS) and member of the European ADHD Guidelines Group; Coordinator of the German guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of ADHD in children, adolescents and adults; Past President of the German Society of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy; Directory Board of the German ADHD network. Currently he is inter alia Co-Coordinator of the EU-funded project „environMENTAL - Reducing the impact of major environmental challenges on mental health“, Coordinator of BMBF-funded Project ESCAlife (Evidence-based, Stepped Care of ADHD along the life-span) and Coordinator of the German Guidelines for Diagnoses and Treatment of ADHD in Children, Adolescents and Adults.

His main research areas are:
a) developmental trajectories of child and adolescent psychiatric disorders with associated risks and protective factors,
b) their underlying etiological and neurobiological mechanisms,
c) development of individualized treatment strategies, including pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatment options, and
d) development of evidence-based clinical guidelines.

These topics are addressed through highly interdisciplinary work carried out in the context of national and international research networks and multicenter studies.