Bringing together (pre)clinical researchers, industry, regulators and patient representatives to understand the aetiologies of the depressive syndrome and improve its prevention, diagnosis, early intervention, treatment and, as a result, its outcome. In our Meta-Network, we connect key persons from other ECNP Networks. Goals include serving as a ‘hub’ for connecting partners, sharing information on research projects and obtaining grants and foster interactions with stakeholders and the ECNP community.
The Meta-Network Depression was established in 2023 as a result of a discussion within the Executive Committee, where the gap of not having a Network on the most prevalent mental disorder (i.e., depression) was addressed. Owing to the heterogeneity and the cross-disorder relevance of depression, and also the breadth of depression research within ECNP, a mechanism was sought to adequately connect the ECNP community with the Network. It was therefore decided to build a Meta-Network including key members with depression expertise from other, existing Networks. The Meta-Network started its operations at the 2023 Annual Congress.
Access the ECNP Knowledge Hub where you can find online courses with high-quality lectures from expert speakers, organised by the Networks.
The Depression Meta Network organised this ECNP Course, in order to provide a state-of-the-art overview of prevention and treatment strategies to reduce the impact of depression in our society.
| Member name | Institution | City | Country |
| David S. Baldwin | University of Southampton Faculty of Medicine | Southampton | United Kingdom |
| Michael Bauer | Technische Universität Dresden | Dresden | Germany |
| Bernhard T. Baune | University of Münster | Münster | Germany |
| Elisabeth Binder | Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry | Munich | Germany |
| Paolo Brambilla | Fondazione IRCCS Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico | Milan | Italy |
| Eero Castrén | University of Helsinki | Helsinki | Finland |
| Annamaria Cattaneo | University of Milan and IRCCS Fatebenefratelli Institute | Milan | Italy |
| John F. Cryan | University College Cork | Cork | Ireland |
| Gerard R. Dawson | P1vital Limited | Oxfordshire | United Kingdom |
| Livia De Picker | University Psychiatric Hospital Duffel | Duffel | Belgium |
| Vibe G. Frokjaer | Copenhagen University Hospital Rigshospitalet | Copenhagen | Denmark |
| Catherine Harmer | University of Oxford | Headington, Oxford | United Kingdom |
| Catharina A. Hartman | University Medical Center Groningen | Groningen | The Netherlands |
| Sarah Kittel-Schneider | University College Cork | Cork | Ireland |
| Gitte Moos Knudsen | Copenhagen University Hospital Rigshospitalet | Copenhagen | Denmark |
| Nikolaos Koutsouleris | University of Munich | Munich | Germany |
| Aiste Lengvenyte | CHU Montpellier | Montpellier | France |
| Inez Myin-Germeys | KU Leuven, Center for Contextual Psychiatry | Leuven | Belgium |
| Christian Otte | Charité Universitaetsmedizin Berlin | Berlin | Germany |
| Carmine Pariante | Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London | London | United Kingdom |
| Christopher R. Pryce | University of Zürich | Zürich | Switzerland |
| Jonathan Repple | Goethe University Frankfurt | Frankfurt | Germany |
| Henricus G. Ruhé | Amsterdam | The Netherlands | |
| Alessandro Serretti | University of Bologna | Bologna | Italy |
| Nic J.A. van der Wee | Leiden University Medical Center | Leiden | The Netherlands |
| Eduard Vieta | Clinical Institute of Neuroscience | Barcelona | Spain |
| Christiaan Vinkers | Amsterdam UMC (location VUmc) | Amsterdam | The Netherlands |
| Gil Zalsman | Geha Mental Health Center | Petah Tikva | Israel |
| Member name | Institution | City | Country | |
| Mirjam Bloemendaal | University Hospital Frankfurt | Frankfurt am Main | Germany | |
| Jelena Brasanac | Charite University | Berlin | Germany | |
| Laura Han | Amsterdam University Medical Center | Amsterdam | The Netherlands | |
| Vibeke Høyrup Dam | Copenhagen University Hospital- Rigshospitalet | Copenhagen | Denmark | |
| Silvia Poggini | Istituto Superiore di Sanità | Rome | Italy |
The Depression Meta Network organised this ECNP Course, in order to provide a state-of-the-art overview of prevention and treatment strategies to reduce the impact of depression in our society. Applications are closed for the in-depth track.
