ICCN Distinguished Seminars Series
Understanding the brain in a changing environment: Strategies, Methods and Results
Date: 28 NOV 2024 (Thuresday)
Time: 14:00-15:30 (HKT)
Venue: CLL, Room 1010, 10F, The Jockey Club Tower, Centennial Campus, The University of Hong Kong
Prof. Gunter Schumann
Director of the Centre for Population Neuroscience
Charite University Medicine Berlin and Fudan University
Prof. Gunter Schumann is Director of the Centre for Population Neuroscience at Charite University Medicine Berlin and Fudan University and advances research in population neuroscience and precision medicine in Europe and globally. Professor Schumann conceived and is coordinating the environMENTAL Horizon Europe project of 25 partnering institutions aimed at reducing the impact of major environmental challenges on mental health (www.environmental-project.org). He leads the IMAGEN project, a groundbreaking longitudinal imaging genetics study (www.imgaen-project.org), initially funded by the European Commission, the STRATIFY study, funded by the European Research Council (ERC), and the Indian cVEDA study (www.cveda-project.org). He is a recipient of prestigious awards, including an ERC Advanced Investigator Award, a Humboldt Prize, a National 1000 Talent Award, an ECNP Award and the award of the German Addiction Foundation. Prof. Schumann has published 408 peer-reviewed publications: 52 publications in Nature, Science, Nature Journals and Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. (USA.); 80 publications in top specialty journal (IF>10). He has acquired more than 40 million Euro in research funding.
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