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 2026-2029

Adaeze Adebesin, Nigeria David P. Finn, Ireland Lia Parada Iglesias, Denmark
Sofie Ragnhild Aminoff, Norway Leonardo Fontenelle, Brazil TBA
Bruno Aouizerate, France Kostas N. Fountoulakis, Greece

Alessandro Pigoni, Italy

Lone Baandrup, Denmark Barbara Franke, The Netherlands Claudia Pisanu, Italy
Christian Behl, Germany Florian Freudenberg, Germany Silvia Poggini, Italy
István Bitter, Hungary Xenia Gonda, Hungary Maurizio Popoli, Italy
Mirjam Bloemendaal, Germany Oliver Grimm, Germany Marie-Claude Potier, France
Giulio Emilio Brancati, Italy Edna Grünblatt, Switzerland Christopher R. Pryce, Switzerland
Igor Branchi, Italy Alexandre Guerin, Australia Rainer Rupprecht, Germany
Narcis Cardoner Álvarez, Spain Ruihua Hou, United Kingdom Janusz K. Rybakowski, Poland
Juan Luis Castillo-Navarrete, Chile Iiris Hovatta, Finland TBA
Maija Castren, Finland Oliver Howes, United Kingdom Marlene Santos, Portugal
Danielle C. Cath, The Netherlands Michal Hrdlicka, Czech Republic Koen Schruers, Netherlands
Deniz Ceylan, Turkey Dragan Hrncic, Serbia Alessandro Serretti, Italy
Naomi Ciano Albanese, Italy Sevin Hun Senol, Turkey Marcin Siwek, Poland
Francesca Cirulli, Italy Getrude Jepchirchir, Kenya Marcello Solinas, France
Scott Clark, Australia Jeyaniroshan Jeyapalan, Finland Ioannis Sotiropoulos, Greece
Gerard Clarke, Ireland Gabriella Juhasz, Hungary Alessio Squassina, Italy
Ginetta Collo, Italy Joseph Kambeitz, Germany Chloé Tezenas Du Montcel, Belgium
Stefano Comai, Italy Luisa Klahn, Sweden Florence Thibaut, France
Cristiana Cruceanu, Sweden Nikolaos Kokras, Greece Elizabeth Tunbridge, Germany
Miranda Dalani, Albania Steven Laviolette, Canada TBA
Renato De Filippis, Italy Stefan Leucht, Germany Benedetta Vai, Italy
Elvira De Leonibus, Italy Xiaoqin Liu, Denmark

Wim van den Brink, The Netherlands

Michele De Prisco, Spain

Vasilios Masdrakis, Greece Odile van den Heuvel, The Netherlands
Giuseppe Delvecchio, Italy Ciara McCabe, United Kingdom Guido van Wingen, The Netherlands
Kim Q. Do, Switzerland Declan Mckernan, Ireland Charles Verdonk, France
Eliyahu Dremencov, Slovak Republic Alessandra Minelli, Italy Anthony Vernon, United Kingdom
Yogesh Dwivedi, USA Arne Mørk, Denmark Aurelia Viglione, Italy
Anne Eckert, Switzerland Rainald Mössner, Germany Abraham Weizman, Israel
Sharmili Edwin Thanarajah, Germany Armida Mucci, Italy Konstantin Yenkoyan, Armenia
Haim Einat, Israel Juan Nacher, Spain Olena Zhabenko, Switzerland
Karen Ersche, United Kingdom Florence Noble, France  
Chiara Fabbri, Italy Aet O'Leary, Germany  

Composition

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

Tasks

The task of a Scientific Advisory Board member is to:

  • Review the abstracts for poster presentation in May-June
  • 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 May-June every year (60 abstracts per person maximum). Members also review the programme for the Congress and give their comments.