The evening was commenced with a welcome by Professor Philip McGuire, Professor of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford.
Paolo Fusar-Poli is a Professor and Chair of Preventive Psychiatry at the Department of Psychosis Studies, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, where he heads the Early Psychosis: Intervention and Clinical-detection Laboratory (EPIC Lab).
He is also an honorary consultant psychiatrist in the Outreach And Support In South-London (OASIS) mental health service at the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, one of the oldest and largest preventive services worldwide.
Much of his research utilises evidence-based medicine, clinical prediction, neurosciences and experimental therapeutics and aims to develop new and effective strategies to improve the early detection and prevention of mental disorders. In 2023 he was ranked as the number one expert in psychosis in the world. He has published 580 scientific articles and has been a highly cited researcher (Clarivate) since 2015.
A vote of thanks was led by Professor Sir Robin Murray, Professor of Psychiatric Research in the Department of Psychosis Studies at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience at King's College London.
