Neuroimaging and neurocognitive correlates of predisposition, disease expression and resilience in Bipolar Disorder
Dr Sophia Frangou
Dr. Sophia Frangou is Reader in Psychiatry at the Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College London. Dr. Frangou graduated from the Medical School of the University of Athens, Greece. She then moved to the UK where she trained in at the Maudsley Hospital, London. In parallel with her psychiatric training she obtained a Masters Degree in Neuroscience and a doctoral degree from the University of London.
Dr. Frangou’s research work focuses on the investigation of the pathophysiological processes underlying psychosis using clinical, cognitive, genetic and neuroimaging techniques. She has published more than 140 manuscripts and received numerous awards. Dr. Frangou is the Editor of “European Psychiatry”, the official Journal of the European Psychiatric Association. She is a Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists and of the European Psychiatric Association. She has served on the Council of the British Association for Psychopharmacology (BAP) and contributed to the BAP guidelines for the treatment of Bipolar Disorder. She is Secretary and founding member of the EPA Section of NeuroImaging and vice-president of the International Society for Bipolar Disorders. She also heads the Brain Imaging Network of the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology.