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Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment
Dr Roger Pinder
Dr Pinder
Pharma, Independent Pharma Consultant, York, UK
Roger M. Pinder, PhD, DSc is an independent pharma consultant based in the city of York in the UK. He advises and consults worldwide to several pharmaceutical and venture capital organizations. He is founding editor of Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment and of the International Journal of Wine Research. He has served as president and secretary of the International Society for Affective Disorders (ISAD), and as treasurer and councillor of the International College of Neuropsychopharmacology (CINP).
Educated in the UK and the USA at the universities of Hull and Virginia, Dr Pinder holds doctoral degrees in medicinal chemistry (PhD) and neuropsychopharmacology (DSc). He is a fellow of the British Pharmacological Society, the British Association for Psychopharmacology, the European (ECNP) and the International Colleges of Neuropsychopharmacology (CINP), and of ISAD. His professional research interests include cardiovascular and CNS pharmacology and therapeutics, with a special emphasis on depressive disorders, anti-depressants and the health benefits of wine. He is a regular speaker and chair at international congresses, and has published five books and more than 250 review and research articles.
After a long career in R&D and medical affairs management in the international pharmaceutical industry, Dr Pinder was associated with a number of start-up pharmaceutical companies as chairman, board member, advisor and consultant.
Dr Jun Chen
Dr Chen
Clinical Research Center, Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
Dr. Jun Chen is the director of the office for Clinical Research Center, Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine (SMHC). He is serving as a Board Member/Asia for the International Society for Bipolar Disorders (ISBD), Fellow for the Pacific Rim College of Psychiatrists (PRCP), Secretary for the Chinese Society of Psychiatry (CSP), Vice Chairman for the Youth Committee of the CSP, and Committee member for the Chinese Psychiatrist Association (CPA).
Educated in China and USA, he received his M.D./Ph.D. degree in psychiatry at Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine in 2009. In 2010, he got the early-career psychiatrist research fellow funding from the World Psychiatric Association. After that, he worked and studied with Prof. Joseph R. Calabrese and Dr. Keming Gao in the Mood Disorders Program in Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine for one year. From 2014, Dr. Chen joined the APEC workshop to promote innovative collaborations in mental health, to work together with professionals from APEC.
Dr. Chen's research focuses on the phenomenon and treatment of bipolar disorder and treatment-resistant depression, which including clinical trial, cognition function and neuroimaging.
Professor Taro Kishi
Professor Kishi
Department of Psychiatry, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Japan
Dr. Kishi has been practicing at the Department of Psychiatry, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Japan, since 2002. In 2010 and 2011, he spent two years as a postdoctoral research fellow at the Zucker Hillside Hospital in New York. Dr. Kishi is a Professor at the Department of Psychiatry, Fujita Health University School of Medicine. Dr. Kishi has been performing a series of clinical trials for the treatment of schizophrenia and mood disorder. His research focus is also evidence-based medicine in schizophrenia and mood disorder with a focus on meta-analyses. Moreover, he has a research interest in psychiatric genetics, pharmacogenetics, compliance enhancement strategies and medical decision making. He has authored/co-authored more than 240 articles.
Dr Rakesh Kumar
Dr Kumar
Department of Psychiatry & Psychology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
Dr. Rakesh Kumar is a Fellow at the Mayo Clinic. He completed medical school at Goa Medical College, India, and gained a Mood fellowship at Mayo Clinic. He completed a M.D. Psychiatry Residency in India. He is a recipient of the Junior Colloquium Award from the American Psychiatric Association and a New Investigator Award from the American Society of Clinical Psychopharmacology. He is a member of the ASCP, CTMS, and NNDC. He is interested in the intervention psychiatry, neurobiology, and neuroimaging of mood disorders, novel treatments for mood disorders-especially NIBS- TMS, ketamine, and DBS -and investigating biomarkers to facilitate individualized treatment for treatment-resistant depression and Bipolar Disorder.
Editorial Board
Professor Adeli
Hojjat Adeli is an Academy Professor at The Ohio State University. He is the recipient of eight Honorary Doctorates and elected into five European Academies. He is the co-author of 16 ground-breaking books including: Automated EEG-based Diagnosis of Neurological Disorders - Inventing the Future of Neurology (CRC Press 2010), USA.
Professor Berman
Marlene Oscar Berman, Professor Emerita at BUSM, Professor of Psychiatry, Neurology, Anatomy and Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, Dr. Berman also is a Research Scientist at the Department of Veterans Affairs Healthcare facility in Boston.
Prof. Dr. Bisulli
Francesca Bisulli, MD PhD, Associate Professor, University of Bologna, Italy, Assistant Medical Director, IRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche, Bologna, Italy
Prof. Dr. Caprì
Tindara Capri, Professor, Department of Life and Health Sciences, Link Campus University, Via del Casale di S. Pio V, 44, 00165, Rome, Italy.
Dr Chen
Lin Chen, MD, Ph.D., Neurosurgeon, Department of Neurosurgery, Tsinghua University Yuquan Hospital, People’s Republic of China
Dr Cuomo
Alessandro Cuomo, MD-PhD, Associate Professor in Psychiatry, Division of Psychiatry, Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Siena School of Medicine, Italy
Professor Eapen
Valsamma Eapen, Professor, Department and Faculty Head, School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Australia.
Professor Kobeissy
Firas H Kobeissy, Professor, Department of Neuroscience, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Professor Martin
Peter R. Martin, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Professor of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt Psychiatric Hospital, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA
Prof. Dr. Mitsui
Prof. Dr. Shinichi Mitsui, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Gunma University Graduate School of Health Sciences, Maebashi, Gunma, Japan
Prof. Dr. Serretti
Alessandro Serretti, MD, PhD, Department of Biomedical and NeuroMotor Sciences, Kore University of Enna, Italy
Dr Spina
Edoardo Spina, Professor of Pharmacology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, Messina, Italy.