Gregor Hasler

MD; LSD researcher; Psychiatrist Psychotherapist FMH; Professor at University of Fribourg 

Panel date & time :

Saturday 18:30-20:00

Biography: Gregor Hasler, M.D. was born in Basel, Switzerland. He is a Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist. From 2003 to 2006 he was a Visiting Research Fellow at the Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program at the National Institute of Mental Health (supervisors: Wayne C. Drevets, Dennis S. Charney, Husseini Manji). Using PET imaging, magnetic resonance spectroscopy, pharmacological challenges in mood, anxiety and eating disorders (GABA, glutamate systems, catecholamines, serotonin). Dr. Hasler is Professor and Chair of Psychiatry at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland. His research is supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation, and he has received numerous awards for his scientific work, including the NARSAD Independent Investigator Award and the Robert Bing Award from the Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences. He is the president of the Swiss Society for Pharmacovigilance in Psychiatry, the president of the Swiss Society for Bipolar Disorder and currently a member of the scientific advisory board of the ALPS Foundation.