Prof. Celso Arango

Dr. Celso Arango is a scientist, physician, and professor of psychiatry who has developed significant neurobiological research on the etiology and treatment of neurodevelopmental disorders. He is the Director of the Institute of Psychiatry and Mental Health at the Gregorio Marañón University General Hospital and Head of the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Service at the same hospital. A Professor of Psychiatry at several universities in the USA, the United Kingdom, and Spain, he is a Numerary Member of the Royal National Academy of Medicine of Spain and a Member of the National Academy of Medicine of the USA since 2023. He is one of the most cited bioscientists according to Stanford University. He has participated in more than 77 research projects and has published over 700 articles, 11 books, and 46 book chapters. He has trained generations of researchers in neuroscience and neurodevelopmental disorders.

• Member of the European Brain Council (advisory body to the European Commission).
• Cross of the Civil Order of Health, with distinction and in the category of Commander, awarded by the Ministry of Health and Consumption in 2008.
• President of the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ECNP) from 2016 to 2020.
• Director of the international course New Frontiers in Digital Health since 2017.
• President of the Spanish Society of Psychiatry (SEP) from 2019 to June 2022.
• President of the Spanish Society of Psychiatry and Mental Health (SEPySM) from January 2022 to June 2022.
• President of the National Commission of the Psychiatry Specialty of the Ministry of Health from 2020 to 2023.
• Advisor to the EMA and AEM.
• Member of the Executive Committee of the World Psychiatric Association since December 2020.
• Numerary Member of the Royal National Academy of Medicine of Spain since 2022.
• Member of the National Psychiatry Commission of the Ministry of Universities since 2023.
• Margarita Salas Award in the category of scientific career. November 2023.