born in Cremona on 27 May 1977.

Academic degree: MD, PhD, RCPsych Associateship

Present position: Associate Professor

Previous position:

• 2002-2006  Trainee in Adult Psychiatry, University of Pavia, Italy
• 2006-2009  Ph.D. student in Public Health, University of Pavia, Italy
• 2006-2008  Consultant in Adult Psychiatry, IRCC Policlinico San Matteo, Italy
• 2008-2011  Consultant in Adult Psychiatry, Spedali Civili Brescia, Italy
• 2012-2017  Clinical Senior Lecturer, Departments of Psychosis Studies, IoPPN, KCL
• 2017-          Reader of Youth Mental Health, Departments of Psychosis Studies, IoPPN, KCL

Paolo Fusar Poli is Associate Professor at the Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences and Reader in Psychiatry and Youth Mental Health at the Department of Psychosis Studies, Institute of Psychiatry Psychology & Neuroscience, King’s College London. Author of >335 publications in PubMed journals, with a h-index of 83. Highly cited researcher (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019). His research and clinical interest focuses on the prevention of severe mental disorders. Invited speaker and/or chairman in several national and international scientific conferences. Psychopharmacology module leader for the MSc Early Interventions in Psychosis. Group Head, “EPIC”, Early Psychosis: Intervention and Clinical-detection. Member of the Editorial Board and reviewer of several scientific journals. Principal investigator or co-investigator of national and international grants focused on the prevention of mental disorders. Chair of national and international clinical research networks and section coordinator of medical societies:

• 2018 – Chair of the ECNP Prevention of Mental Disorders and Mental Health Promotion Network
• 2018 – Academic lead of the NIHR – MH TRC Early Psychosis Workstream
• 2018 – Psychiatry Section Coordinator of the Italian Medical Association of Great Britain
• 2019 – Chair of the Pan-London Network for Psychosis Prevention