Alessandro Serretti

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Email: alessandro.serretti (at) icloud.com

Education

1991                Degree in Medicine (mark 110/110 with honors), Catholic University, Rome, Italy.

1996                Specialization in Psychiatry (mark 70/70 with honors) Milan University.

Positions and Employment

1991-94 Medical Assistant - Research Fellow, Psychiatry Department, Catholic University, Rome.

1994-1996 Medical Assistant - Research Fellow, Psychiatry Department, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.

1997-2000 Registrar, Psychiatry Department, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.

2000-2006 Director of the Unit of Genetics in Mood Disorders, Psychiatry Department, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.

1999-2006 Lecturer at The European Certificate in Anxiety and Mood Disorders

2001-2008 Temporary Associate professor at Vita-Salute University, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.

2006-2011 Researcher, tenured, Psychiatry Department, Bologna University, Bologna, Italy.

2011-2023 Associate Professor, Psychiatry Department, Bologna University, Bologna, Italy. 

2023-present Associate Professor, Department of Medicine and Surgery, Kore University of Enna, Enna, Italy. 

2012-present Full Professor of Psychiatry Italian habilitation.

Scientific Activity (summary)

Mood Disorders and Schizophrenia: Genetics, Psychopathology, Treatments, Statistical techniques of analysis. The scientific activity produced more than 700 scientific papers in peer reviewed journals and 700 communications in international Congresses and one textbook of psychiatry, H-Index: 101 (Google Scholar). Editor in Chief of International Clinical Psychopharmacology. Member of the World Psychiatric Genetics Society, ECNP (member of the Scientific Advisory Panel, Member of the ECNP 2010 and 2011 Scientific Programme Committee) and the CINP (Ambassador for Italy for the 2008, 2012 and 2016 meetings). Positioned 74 on top Italian scientist and first position for psychiatry. Highly Cited Researcher Web of Science 2019, 2020 and 2021. 

Training Activity

Student - Medical doctor: 22

Student - Biologist: 7

Student - Psychologist: 5

Student - Nurse: 2

Resident: 10

PhD: 4

Postdoctoral Researchers: 7

Academic positions achieved by trainees:

Cristina Cusin, MD, Associate Professor in Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, USA.

Antonio Drago, MD, Associate Professor in Psychiatry at Aalborg University, Denmark.

Raffaella Calati, PsyD, Associate Professor in Psychology at Bicocca University, Italy.

Chiara Fabbri, MD, Lecturer in Psychiatry, Bologna University, Italy.

Niki Antypa, PsyD, Assistant Professor in Psychology at Leiden University, Netherlands.

Editorial Activity

Reviewers for over 120 international journals, of which 17 as member of the editorial board and 2 as associate editor. Reviewer for 80 international funding agencies including European Community.

Funding

Principal investigator in 12 national and international funded projects for a total of over 1,000,000 euro.

Clinical Activity

1998-2006 Consultant, Psychiatry Department, S. Raffaele hospital

2009-2023 Senior Consultant, Servizio Psichiatrico Diagnosi e Cura Ottonello, Ospedale Maggiore, Bologna.

2011-2023 Director, Unit for Mood and Anxiety Disorders, Institute of Psychiatry, Bologna University.