Nikos Stefanis MD, PhD, FRANZCP

Professor Nikos Stefanis MD, PhD, FRANZCP is Chairman of the First Department of Psychiatry at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA) Medical School and Deputy Director of the University Mental Health Research Institute (ΕΠΙΨΥ), Greece. He is an elected member of the European Group for Research in Schizophrenia (EGRIS) and the Schizophrenia Network of the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ECNP).

Following psychiatric training at the Maudsley Hospital and Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London, he held a Professorship in Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences at the University of Western Australia before returning to Athens as Professor of Psychiatry.

Professor Stefanis has led major national research initiatives, serving as principal investigator for the European Long-acting Antipsychotics in Schizophrenia Trial (EULAST), the European Gene-Environment Interactions project (EU-GEI), and Greece’s national Arts on Prescription program.

His most significant public health contribution has been leading advocacy efforts that resulted in legislation and government funding for the creation of community-based Early Intervention in Psychosis services, operating nationwide in Greece since 2023.

He has authored over 110 peer-reviewed publications in leading journals including The Lancet, Nature Genetics, World Psychiatry, American Journal of Psychiatry, and Molecular Psychiatry. His work has achieved an h-index of 42 and over 10,000 citations.