CV Science

Andrei Szoke MD, PhD (Psychology)

Course and current status

EDUCATION: 

2005           Ph.D (psychology) “René Descartes” (Paris 5) University, Paris, France 

1992           M.D.        “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, School of Medicine, Bucharest, Romania  

POST-GRADUATE TRAINING:

1994-1998   Residency in Psychiatry (DIS) Paris, Ile-de France, France

1992-1994      Internship in General Medicine, “Floreasca” Emergency Hospital, Bucharest, Romania 

 PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT AND HOSPITAL APPOINTMENTS:

1999-  Psychiatrist Department of Psychiatry (currently working in the “Schizophrenia Expert Center”), Groupe Hospitalo-Universitaire “Mondor”, Créteil, France

1998 - 1999 Psychiatrist, Ville Evrard Psychiatric Hospital, Neuilly sur Marne, France

1994-1998       Resident Paris, Ile-de France, France

1992-1994       Intern   "Floreasca" Emergency Hospital, Bucharest, Romania

RESEARCH  

Affiliation

1999 -                                 Member of INSERM (Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale)

2007 -                                 Affiliated to IMRB (Institut Mondor de Recherche Biomédicale) – INSERM U955 – “Translational NeuroPsychiatry” Lab; 

Scientific summary

The main objective of the research I am involved in is the better understanding of the causes of psychiatric, and in particular psychotic disorders.

Some of the studies I was involved in, are aimed at a better understanding and a more valid definition of the psychiatric phenotypes for research. As such we explored alternative approaches like endophenotypes (in particular cognitive measures) and quantitative/ dimensional definitions e.g. psychotic and sub-clinical (i.e. schizotypal) dimensions.

I also participated in studies of genetic and environmental (cannabis, childhood trauma, discrimination etc.) risk factors for psychotic disorders.

In our lab we also published some of the most recent, up to date, data on epidemiology of psychotic disorders in France.

Finally we recently developed a model that postulates the existence of variability factors (on top of the more classical risk factors) to explain the etiology of schizophrenia.