CURRENT PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
• Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Faculty of Health Sciences. University of Versailles.
• Head of the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Centre Hospitalier de Versailles.
• Director of the research unit “Health outcomes research in cognitive, mental and motor disabilities” (EA 4047) University of Versailles.
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
• Habilitation as Director of Research in Developmental Psychopathology. Faculté de Medecine de Paris-Ile-de-France-Ouest, France, 2005.
• Ph.D. in Developmental Psychopathology, Université de Paris XI, France, 2004.
• Advanced MSc in Developmental Psychopathology, Université de Paris XI, France, 1998.
• Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Postgraduate Diploma. Université de Paris, France, 1998.
• Child and Adolescent Neuropsychiatry Postgraduate Diploma. Università di Roma, 1997.
• Medical Doctorate. Università di Roma « La Sapienza », 1991.
RESEARCH AND SCIENTIFIC INTERESTS
• Health outcomes research in neurodevelopmental disorders (ADHD, Autism, Learning Disorders, Borderline Personality)
• Neuropsychological investigation of developmental disorders
CURRENT RESEARCH COLLABORATIONS
• MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, Cambridge. « Cognitive evoked potentials in ADHD ». Tristan Bekinschtein.
• Department of Child Psychiatry. Institute of Psychiatry. King’s college London. “Long term follow-up of hyperactive children: neuropsychological outcomes”. E. Taylor, K. Rubia.
• Unité INSERM 669 « Adolescent mental health » Université de Paris XI. Pr. B. Falissard.
MAIN CURRENT TEACHING DUTIES
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences. Paris Ile de France Ouest. University of Versailles
Undergraduate courses
- 2nd and 3rd years of medical school : « Child and adolescent psychiatry », « Child neuropsychology »
Graduate courses
- Head of the Master « Child and adolescent neuropsychology »
- Master in « Adolescent psychopathology » : « Cerebral development in adolescence »
- Master in « Learning disorders » : « Disorders of attention »
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
• President Elect, International Association of Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychology (ISAPP)
• Vice-President, European Association for Child and Adolescent Psychopathology (AEPEA)