Mario F. Juruena
Professor
University of Sao Paulo
Brazil
Biography
Mario F. Juruena is a specialist in adult psychiatry in the UK according to the STA of the Medical Royal Colleges and General Medical Council.He has published over 80 original research articles, reviews and book chapters, and edited four books. Most of his studies are related to the physiology, diagnosis and treatment of affective disorders; and its relationship to stress. He is currently the Associate Editor of BioMed Central (BMC) Psychiatry-UK. He has been invited as a speaker in numerous international conferences such as British Association for Psychopharmacology that awarded him "The Senior Clinical Psychopharmacology Award 2007". He also received the Robert W. Psychopharmacology Kerwin Prize in 2010 from the Royal College of Psychiatrists for the best article published on the subject in the British Journal of Psychiatry. He is currently a Professor at the Department of Neurosciences and Behavior, University of São Paulo (USP-FMRP) and Honorary Senior Lecturer at the Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College London.
Research Interest
Mood disorders, Psychopharmacology, Psychoneuroendocrinology and Mental health.