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WFSBP 2015
WFSBP Awards and Grants
WFSBP AWARDS
The Executive Committee will distribute several prizes to
honour distinguished scientists for their continuous excellence
in clinical and basic research. The awards will be delivered
during the Opening Ceremony of the Congress on Sunday,
14 June 2015. The best poster awards will be delivered
during the Closing Ceremony on Thursday, 18 June 2015.
WFSBP Lifetime Achievement Award in Biologi-
cal Psychiatry
The WFSBP Lifetime Achievement Award in Biological Psy
chiatry is intended for senior research scientists (MD, PhD
or equivalent) whose lifework has significantly influenced
today‘s field of biological psychiatry. This award is open to
members and non-members of the WFSBP
Awardee 2015:
Professor Janusz Rybakowski, Poland
WFSBP Research Award
The WFSBP Research Award is intended for WFSBP members
(MD, PhD or equivalent) whose current scientific work has
had an important impact in the field of clinical and/ or basic
research in the area of biological psychiatry.
Awardee 2015:
Professor Rupert Lanzenberger, Austria
WFSBP Award for Excellence in Mentorship
The WFSBP Award for Excellence in Mentorship is to ack
nowledge outstanding performance in providing guidance
and mentorship to colleagues involved in clinical / research
work in Biological Psychiatry. This Award is also intended to
acknowledge long standing leadership in educational pro
grams related to Biological Psychiatry.
Awardees 2015:
Professor E. Mohandas, Inda
Professor Bilgen Taneli, Turkey
WFSBP Award for Excellence in Education
The WFSBP Award for Excellence in Education is to acknow
ledge outstanding and innovative education in biological
psychiatry including the implementation of new interactive
media. The WFSBP Award for Excellence in Education is
open to all WFSBP members who have improved education
in all fields of Psychiatry.
Awardees 2015:
Professor Philippe Courtet, France
Professor Konstantinos Fountoulakis, Greece
The World Journal of Biological Psychiatry
Excellence in Publication Prize
The World Journal of Biological Psychiatry (WJBP) is the
official journal of the WFSBP (2013 Impact Factor: 4.225).
The Chief Editor Prof. Siegfried Kasper awards the 2015
WJBP Excellence in Publication Prize to Prof. Heinz Grunze
for his outstanding input to the scientific impact of the jour
nal: four of his WFSBP Treatment Guidelines on Bipolar
Disorder are among the top ten of the journal’s most cited
papers of all time. This range of influence depicts the high
quality of his work, which is based on systematic reviews
and thorough evaluation of up-to-date literature.
Awardee 2015:
Professor Heinz Grunze, United Kingdom
WFSBP Young Investigator Awards for the ten
Best Posters (under 40 year-old)
An application for the Young Investigator Award is not neces
sary. All posters will be evaluated at the congress. The awards
will go to those presentations that not only provide evidence
of innovative research, but are also well presented.
WFSBP Educational Grants
WFSBP is offering an Educational Grant for young investiga
tors (under 40 year-old) to attend the WFSBP biennial con
gress and the special WFSBP educational sessions. Special
educational sessions have been developed and are only open
to educational grant winners.