The Netherlands - Groningen

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Catharina Hartman

RESEARCH GROUP LEADER

Dr. Catharina A. Hartman is Associate Professor of psychiatric epidemiology at the Interdisciplinary Center of Psychopathology and Emotion Regulation (ICPE),  University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG), the Netherlands. The overall objective of her research team’s work is to advance mechanistic understanding of the onset and (long-term) course of childhood-onset psychiatric disorders. The leading hypothesis in her work is that childhood psychiatric disorders accelerate the onset of other psychiatric and somatic disorders, throughout the lifespan and across generations. The aim of her work is to unravel such transactions -at the genetic, neurocognitive or behavioral level, and in relation to environmental exposures. Catharina Hartman’s team uses data from longitudinal studies, partly run under her own supervision. Catharina has (co-) authored over 400 original peer-reviewed papers and has a broad international research network.

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RUG - University of Groningen

 

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UMCG Research

Spain - Barcelona - University of Barcelona

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Bru Cormand

RESEARCH GROUP LEADER

Dr. Bru Cormand, Full Professor of Genetics since 2019, leads the Neurogenetics group at the Department of Genetics, Microbiology and Statistics, University of Barcelona, that he heads. He has also been the Vice-Dean of Research at the School of Biology of the University of Barcelona, is a group leader at the Centre for Biomedical Network Research on Rare Diseases (CIBERER), and member of the Faculty Board of the Institute of Biomedicine of the University of Barcelona (IBUB). He works since 1992 on the genetic basis of mendelian and complex neurological disorders, with stays in several research institutions (Medical Genetics Department, University of Helsinki; Vall d'Hebron Hospital, Barcelona; Genetics Unit, University Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona). He is currently a member of several international consortia, such as the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium (PGC), the International Headache Genetics Consortium (IHGC), and the International Multicenter persistent ADHD Collaboration (IMpACT) His research combines genomic, epigenomic and transcriptomic approaches in cells, organoids, animals and humans, with focus on brain diseases such as Autism Spectrum Disorder, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, substance use disorders, or migraine, among others. Bru has co-authored more than 200 peer-reviewed papers in journals like Cell, Science, Nature Genetics, Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, American Journal of Human Genetics or Molecular Psychiatry.

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Scopus

 

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Webgrec - Facultat de Biologia

Germany - Frankfurt am Main

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  Andreas Reif

  RESEARCH GROUP LEADER

  Andreas Reif is a German Psychiatrist, who received his training at the University Hospital Würzburg, where he also did his residency and later on became Vice Chair. In 2014, he took over the position of Chair of the Department of Psychiatry, Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy at the University Medical Center Frankfurt, where he is also full professor. Andreas Reif’s clinical and research interests include affective disorders (TRD, bipolar disorder, suicidality) and adult ADHD; his research is translational in nature and revolves around the ideas of precision psychiatry, i.e. identifying the best therapy at the exact time for a given individual patient. He has published more than 650 original papers and reviews, also in the most prestigious journals such a the New England Journal of Medicine, Lancet and Science, and has an h² index of 97. He is an internationally renowned speaker and active in several learned societies, especially the German Psychiatric Association (DGPPN), where he is an executive board member, as well as ECNP, where he is president elect. Also, he is involved in several clinical guidelines and outreach programs.

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  PUBMED 

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  Wikipedia 

   
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  Oliver Grimm, MSc

  senior psychiatrist

  I am a senior psychiatrist with a MSc in medical computer science. I like to combine clinical work, cutting-edge research and training for early career scientists and clinicians.

  Research:

  - I study how the brain works in mental health conditions using advanced brain imaging techniques.
  - I run a clinic for adults with ADHD and other mental health issues.
  - I research how the brain's reward system, mood, and impulsivity are affected in various conditions.
  - I look at how physical fitness relates to mental health and brain function.
  - I use artificial intelligence to analyze language patterns in mental health.

  My Research Methods:

  - Brain imaging (MRI scans)
  - Measuring physical characteristics and daily experiences
  - Analyzing language patterns with computer programs
  - Using specific medications to study brain responses

  Opportunities for Students:

  If you're an international student interested in neuroscience, psychology, or medicine, I welcome you to get involved! We offer:
  
  - Internships
  - Lab visits
  - Master's thesis projects
  - PhD positions

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  Google Scholar

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  Dynamic Center

Spain - Barcelona - Vall D'Hebron 

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  Joseph Antoni Ramos-Quiroga

  Head of the Mental Health Service

  Professor JA Ramos-Quiroga is the Head of the Mental Health Service at the Vall d’Hebron University Hospital, Head of the research group on Psychiatry, Mental Health and Addictions at the Vall d’Hebron Research Institute (VHIR) and Professor of Psychiatry at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB).
  He has several collaborations with national and international groups of research: Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salut Mental (CIBERSAM) of Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Board Member of Internacional Collaboration on ADHD and Substance Abuse (ICASA) (www.adhdandsubstanceabuse.org/), Psychiatric Genomics Consortium (PGC) (www. med.unc.edu/pgc), ENIGMA consortium (Enhancing NeuroImaging Genetics Through Meta-Analysis) (www. https://enigma.ini.usc.edu/), International Multicenter Persistent ADHD Collaboration (IMPACT) (www.impactadhdgenomics.com/about-impact), co-Chair of ECNP ADHD Network (ECNP; www.ecnp.eu), member of European Network for Hyperkinetic Disoders (www.eunethydis.eu) and member of AIMS-2-TRIALS (Austim Innovative Medicine Studies-2-Trials) (www.imi.europa.eu/projects-results/project-factsheets/aims-2-trials) and Board member of Xarxa TECSAM (Network on innovation and research in Mental Health and Technologies) (www.tecsam.org/es/).
  His research activity focuses on the study of the biological bases of mental disorders, emphasizing neurodevelopmental disorders and mood disorders, with a translational perspective.
  He has published a total of 336 scientific articles indexed with an impact factor, 138 of them in the first quartile. In Scopus it has a total of 20,050 citations, an H index of 56 (accessed 06/28/2024). In Web of Science, he has an average of 41.96 citations for each published article and in the last 5 years the average annual citation is 2,206.4. The author has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell, Nature Genetics, JAMA psychiatry, Lancet Psychiatry, as a result of international scientific collaborations, some of which have more than 1,000 citations in total, with an average of 100 citations per month. The group he directs has also led publications in journals with a high impact factor in the specialty as a result of international collaborations, such as Molecular Psychiatry, Brain Behavior and Immunity, Neuropsychopharmacology or Biological Psychiatry, among others. In the "Google Scholar" program, he has a total number of 23,414 citations and an h-index of 65.

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  VHIR's website
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  Marta Ribases

  Senior researcher

  I am a senior researcher and I am currently leading the Psychiatric Genetics Unit at the Group of Psychiatry, Mental Health and Addiction of the Vall d’Hebron Research Institute in Barcelona.
  I have 20 years of comprehensive experience in biomedical research, with special focus on Psychiatric Genetics. My research interest is in the interplay between genetics and environmental factors and their role in psychiatric disorders through lifespan. My main objective is to contribute breaking the stigma associated with psychiatric disorders and showing them as biological conditions by using high-throughput -omics data and multiple approaches, that include Genome-Wide Association Studies (GWAS), candidate-gene studies, analyses of transcriptome and microRNA profiles with microarray technology and deep sequencing, methylome and microbiota profiling.
  I hold accreditations for research (2019) and advanced research (equivalent to Full Professor; 2023) of the Catalan University Quality Assurance Agency (AQU) and the I3 certification (Incentive for the Incorporation and Intensification of Research Activity) of Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación. For more than 7 years I was consultant at the Open University of Catalonia (UOC), I’m currently Associate Professor at the Department of Genetics, Microbiology and Statistics of the University of Barcelona and collaborate in different master's and doctoral programs.
  I receive permanent, competitive and overlapping funding from Spanish and European public institutions and have been awarded with multiple Human Resources competitive contracts. I participate in stable research structures, being co-PI of the group 27 at the Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red en Salud Mental (CIBERSAM) and member of the "ADHD across the lifespan" at the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology Network, the SGR Consolidated Research Group in Psychiatry, Mental Health and Addiction (2017SGR1461 and 2021SGR00840) or the Innovation Network of New Technologies in Mental Health (TECSAM), from the Generalitat de Catalunya.
  I am active member of international consortia and PI and/or workpackage leader in different interdisciplinary projects. I successfully supervised multiple PhD and master theses and participated in different PhD Commissions and evaluation panels for research proposals from national and international institutions.

   

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  Vhir's website