Professor Gorwood studied medicine from 1982-1988, and specialised in psychiatry in 1988. He is currently full Professor of Psychiatry at Sainte-Anne Hospital and Head of the CMME department [Clinique des Maladies Mentales et de L’Encéphale, with 60 beds], teaching at the Paris-Descartes University. He is also Head of one team research at INSERM (Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche MEdical) research unit 1266 (Institute of Psychiatry and Neurosciences of Paris) devoted to genetic vulnerability of psychiatric and addictive disorders. Professor Gorwood has published over 300 scientific articles (h-index=45) and 24 book chapters. He has served on 16 editorial boards for journals in psychiatry, neuroscience and genetics, and was editor-in-chief of the journal European Psychiatry (IF=4.1), from 2005 to 2017. He is president (2019-2020) of the European Psychiatric Association (EPA). He joined the scientific advisory (SAB) board of the ECNP for addictive disorders in 2009. Philip Gorwood is the past-president of the national associations on alcoholism (FRA) and eating disorders (AFDAS-TCA). In 1992, Professor Gorwood received the Lilly ‘First Communication’ award and later in 1997, the French Association for Biological Psychiatry ‘Best Communication of the Year’ award. In 1999, he received the Association of European Psychiatry ‘Young Researcher’ award; in 2000 the French National Academy of Medicine for the best research on addiction, and in 2016 the FONDAMENTAL award as the best researcher of the year in psychiatry. Key publications: Gorwood P et al. Br J Psychiatry, 1992, 161 : 55-58 and 2010; 196:139-142. Gorwood P et al American Journal of Psychiatry 1995; 152: 208-212, 1996; 153: 1173-1177 and 2008; 165:731-739, Gorwood P et al. Biological psychiatry 2000; 48(4): 259-264 and 2003; 53: 85-92; Gorwood P et al. Molecular Psychiatry 2002; 7: 90-94, Gorwood P et al. Human Genetics, 2012, 131(6):803-22. Millan et al., 2012, Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, 11(2):141-68.