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 Chiara Fabbri, Italy Aet O'Leary, Germany
Sofie Ragnhild Aminoff, Norway David P. Finn, Ireland

Alessandro Pigoni, Italy

Bruno Aouizerate, France Leonardo Fontenelle, Brazil

Alessandro Pigoni, Italy

Harini Atturu, India Kostas N. Fountoulakis, Greece Claudia Pisanu, Italy
Lone Baandrup, Denmark Barbara Franke, The Netherlands Silvia Poggini, Italy
Christian Behl, Germany Florian Freudenberg, Germany Dina Popovic, Spain
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 Marlene Santos, Portugal
Maija Castren, Finland Oliver Howes, United Kingdom Koen Schruers, Netherlands
Danielle C. Cath, The Netherlands Michal Hrdlicka, Czech Republic Alessandro Serretti, Italy
Deniz Ceylan, Turkey Dragan Hrncic, Serbia Marcin Siwek, Poland
Naomi Ciano Albanese, Italy Sevin Hun Senol, Turkey Marcello Solinas, France
Francesca Cirulli, Italy Getrude Jepchirchir, Kenya Ioannis Sotiropoulos, Greece
Scott Clark, Australia Jeyaniroshan Jeyapalan, Finland Alessio Squassina, Italy
Gerard Clarke, Ireland Gabriella Juhasz, Hungary Chloé Tezenas Du Montcel, Belgium
Ginetta Collo, Italy Joseph Kambeitz, Germany Florence Thibaut, France
Stefano Comai, Italy Luisa Klahn, Sweden Elizabeth Tunbridge, Germany
Cristiana Cruceanu, Sweden Nikolaos Kokras, Greece Yvan Vachez, France
Miranda Dalani, Albania Steven Laviolette, Canada Benedetta Vai, Italy
Renato De Filippis, Italy Stefan Leucht, Germany

Wim van den Brink, The Netherlands

Elvira De Leonibus, Italy Xiaoqin Liu, Denmark Odile van den Heuvel, The Netherlands

Michele De Prisco, Spain

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

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.