Professor of Psychiatry, Head of the Department of Psychiatry, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland President of the Polish Psychiatric Association – 2016 – 2019 Member of the Board of the European Psychiatric Association Previous activities in the EPA: 1) Co-chair of the Local Organizing Committee of the EPA Congress in Warsaw, 2019 2) Member of the Scientific Programme Committee of the EPA Congress in Warsaw, 2019 3) Member of the NPAs Council 4) Member of the NPA Council Working Group for Identity in Psychiatry 5) Member of the Task Force on the role of EPA as a service provider of NPAs Professional experience: 1990-2008 – psychiatrist in Psychiatric Hospital, Choroszcz, Poland 1999 – 2008 – consultant psychiatrist in the department of psychiatry, Medical University of Bialystok, Poland 2008-2013 – the Head of the Department of Psychiatry, Medical University of Bialystok, Poland 2013-present – the Head of the Department of Psychiatry, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland Scientific achievements: approx. 250 publications, the main areas of interest are: neuroimaging in psychiatry – schizophrenia and bipolar disorder; neuroinflammation in psychiatry – the anti-inflammatory properties of antidepressants and the probiotics in depression; alcohol dependence