François Ferrero
Curriculum Vitae
Last name, first name Ferrero, François
Date and place of birth June 24, 1945, Geneva, Switzerland
Citizenship Swiss
Professional address 67 Chemin de la Montagne
CH-1224 Chêne-Bougeries, Geneva
Tel: +41 (0)22 349 01 19
Fax: +41 (0)22 349 36 45
E-mail: francois.ferrero(at)unige.ch
Current position
Honorary Professor, University of Geneva, Switzerland
Psychiatrist and Psychotherapist FMH, in private practice
CLINICAL POSITIONS
1996-2010 Full Professor of Psychiatry, University of Geneva, CH
Director, Division of Adult Psychiatry, Geneva University Hospitals
2000-2007 Chairman, Department of Psychiatry, University of Geneva, CH
2000-2004 Director, Department of Psychiatry, Geneva University Hospitals, CH
1997-1999 Vice-Dean, University of Geneva, CH
1994-1996 Chairman, Department of Adult Psychiatry, University of Lausanne, CH
1991-1996 Full Professor of Psychiatry, University of Lausanne, CH
1986-1987 Visiting Scholar, Department of Psychiatry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville TN, USA
1982-1991 Clinical Director, Department of Psychiatry II, Geneva, CH
Training in psychiatry, psychotherapy and psychoanalysis, Geneva and Paris
TECHNICAL AND SCIENTIFIC DUTIES
2005-2009 Director, WHO, Collaborating Centre for research and training in mental health
1993- WHO Panel of experts
1990-1994 International Adviser DSM IV, American Psychiatric Association
1996-1999 Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences, Delegate for Psychiatry
1997-2002 Swiss National Science Foundation, Committee Member
2007-2011 Private Clinic La Métairie, Nyon, Switzerland, Scientific Director and Board Member
2005- World Psychiatric Association, WPA, Member of the Finance Committee
1988-1992, INSERM, France, Advisor
2007- Founder and Past President, Swiss-Rwanda Association for Mental Health
societies (among others)
1996-2010, Delegate, Swiss Society of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
2005-2009, President, Swiss Society of Social Psychiatry
1991- EPA, Committee Member, Section of Epidemiology and Social Psychiatry
1987- American Psychiatric Association, International member
2005- World Psychiatric Association, Honorary member, 2008, Honorary Fellow
teaching
1996-present, Co-Coordinator, Training Programme in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Rwanda
1996-2005, Chair, Pregraduate and Postgraduate Programmes in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Geneva University
1998-2013, Director, Continuous Education Programmes, Geneva University: Family therapy, CBT, DBT, and Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy
research
Clinical, Therapeutic, and Pharmacological Research:
Bipolar disorders, resistant depressions, general anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorders, pathological gambling, personality disorders, schizophrenic disorders
Epidemiological studies:
Bipolar disorders: familial transmission and comorbidity
Research Grants
1982-2011, Funded by swiss national science foundation
PUBLICATIONS
More than 250 articles in scientific journals, book chapters and 5 books,
Among them:
-“Pharmacotherapy of Bipolar Disorders”, (with Jean-Michel Aubry and Nicolas Schaad), in french, 2004; in German, Huber, 2006, (in collaboration with Martin Hatzinger) ; in English, “Pharmacotherapy of Bipolar Disorders”, Wiley 2007, (in collaboration with Mark Bauer).
-“Traitements psychologiques des troubles bipolaires”, with Jean-Michel Aubry, Masson, Paris, 2009,
-“Psychopharmacologie des troubles bipolaires”, 2013, (with Jean-Michel Aubry and Nicolas Schaad).
OTHER ACTIVITIES
University Psychiatric Hospitals, Basel, Switzerland, Administrative Council, Board member,2012-
University of Seniors, Uni3, Geneva, Board Member, 2011-
Foundation Aigues-Vertes Village, Geneva, Board Member 2004-2011
Foundation of the Geneva Prize for Human Rights in Psychiatry, President, 2008-
Foundation Prize Dr.Jean-Marc Fischer, President, 2010-
Foundation « Trajets », Geneva, Board Member, 2016-
Association Le Relais, (Patients and Families), Geneva, Honorary Member, 2010-
Geneva, April 1st, 2016
François Ferrero
June 9, 206