Scientific Advisory Panel

The Scientific Advisory Panel (SAP) is ECNP’s scientific sounding board, providing guidance and content advice in ECNP’s key areas of scientific focus in disorders, interventions and methods.

Members 2023-2026

Roger Adan, The Netherlands

Florian Freudenberg, Germany

Aet O’Leary, Germany
Bruno Aouizerate, France Silvana Galderisi, Italy Alessandro Pigoni, Italy
Lone Baandrup, Denmark Alexander Gerhard, United Kingdom Marie-Claude Potier, France
Anton Y. Bespalov, Germany Xenia Gonda, Hungary Christopher Pryce, Switzerland
István Bitter, Hungary Edna Grünblatt, Switzerland Diane Purper-Ouakil, France
Michael Bloomfield, United Kingdom   Ruihua Hou, United Kingdom Marco Riva, Italy
Igor Branchi, Italy Oliver Howes, United Kingdom Rainer Rupprecht, Germany
Narcis Cardoner, Spain Michal Hrdlicka, Czech Republic Janusz K. Rybakowski, Poland
Maija Castren, Finland Gabriella Juhasz, Hungary Koen Schruers, The Netherlands
Josefina Castro-Fornieles, Spain Evgeny Krupitsky, Russia Alessio Squassina, Italy
Deniz Ceylan, Turkey Damiana Leo, Belgium David A. Slattery, Germany
Francesca Cirulli, Italy Klaus-Peter Lesch, Germany Ioannis Sotiropoulos, Portugal
Ginetta Collo, Italy Stefan Leucht, Germany Florence Thibaut, France
Christina Dalla, Greece Xiaogin Liu, Denmark Marta Torrens, Spain
Giuseppe Delvecchio, Italy Ulrike Lueken, Germany Elizabeth Tunbridge, United Kingdom
Nese Direk, Turkey Donatella Marazziti, Italy Wim van den Brink, The Netherlands
Anne Eckert, Switzerland Vasilios Masdrakis, Greece Odile van den Heuvel, The Netherlands
Haim Einat, Israel Gerben Meynen, The Netherlands Guido van Wingen, The Netherlands   
Karen Ersche, United Kingdom Luisa Minghetti, Italy Norma Verdolini, Spain   
Bruno Etain, France Raymond Mongeau, France Anthony Vernon, United Kingdom
David P. Finn, Ireland Arne Mørk, Denmark Ina Weiner, Israel
Gabriele Fischer, Austria Rainald Mössner, Germany

Abraham Weizman, Israel

Barbara Franke, The Netherlands Andrea Murru, Spain  
Christine Freitag, Germany Florence Noble, France  

Composition

80 members covering a variety of topics, with a combination of senior and promising early career scientists.

Tasks

The task of an Scientific Advisory Board member is to:

  • Review the abstracts for poster presentation in April-May
  • Review the congress programme in July-August
  • Provide specific advice to the Scientific Programme Committee when requested
  • Serve as session chairs during a congress, if needed

Time commitment

Responsibilities are focused on abstract review in April-May every year (60 abstracts per person maximum). Members also review the programme for the congress and give their comments. In return, SAP members receive free registration to the ECNP Congress.