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WFSBP 2017
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WFSBP Awards
The following WFSBP Awards will be delivered and pre-
sented during the 13
th
World Congress of Biological Psy-
chiatry 2017 in Copenhagen.
WFSBP AWARD FOR SCIENTIFIC EXCELLENCE OF THE
WFSBP HOST
The WFSBP Award for Scientific Excellence of the WFSBP
Host is dedicated to an outstanding researcher in the field
of Biological Psychiatry originating from the host country
of the World Congress of Biological Psychiatry. This award
consists of a monetary award of EUR 1,000.
Awardee 2017:
Per Bech, Denmark
WFSBP RESEARCH AWARD
The WFSBP Research Award is intended for WFSBP mem-
bers (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.
This award consists of a monetary award of EUR 1,000.
Awardee 2017:
Eduard Vieta, Spain
WFSBP AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION
The WFSBP Award for Excellence in Education is to ac-
knowledge outstanding and innovative education in bio-
logical psychiatry including the implementation of new
interactive media. The WFSBP Education prize is open to
all WFSBP members who have improved the education in
all fields of Psychiatry. This award consists of a monetary
award of EUR 1,000.
Awardee 2017:
Florence Thibaut, France
WFSBP YOUNG INVESTIGATOR AWARDS FOR THE 8
BEST POSTERS (UNDER 40 YEAR-OLD)
All posters will be evaluated at the congress. The awards
will go to those presentations that not only provide evi-
dence of innovative research, but which are also well pre-
sented.
WFSBP YOUNG INVESTIGATOR AWARDS
WFSBP provides Educational Grants for young investiga-
tors to attend the WFSBP biennial congress and the spe-
cial educational sessions. These sessions are especially
designed for young researchers (under 40 year-old) which
have been pre-selected via an application process. The
grant includes a travel grant of EUR 400 plus free registra-
tion to the WFSBP Congress.
Awardees 2017:
Melanie Ashton, Australia
Sofi Atshemyan, Armenia
Lucie Bartova, Austria
Chiara Cristina Bortolasci, Australia
Julius Burkauskas, Lithuania
Trisha Chakrabarty, Canada
Michaela Filiou, Germany
Firoz Kazhungil, India
Srisaiyini Kidnapillai, Australia
Bruno Kluwe-Schiavon, Switzerland
Karishma Kulkarni, India
Sagar Lavania, India
Chieh-Hsin Lin, Taiwan
Amanda Lyall, USA
Eleonora Maggioni, Italy
Maddalena Mauri, Italy
Ahmed Mhalla, Tunisia
Blazej Misiak, Poland
Narayan R. Mutalik, India
Pradip Paul, India
Alessandro Pigoni, Italy
Gopinath Sathyanarayanan, India
André Schmidt, Switzerland
Leigh van den Heuvel, South Africa
Nora S. Vyas, United Kingdom
Gwyneth Zai, Canada
Clement Zai, Canada
Roksana Zakharyan, Armenia
Mikhail Zastrozhin, Russia
Julia Zaytseva, Czech Republic