Advisory Board and Editors Mental Health
Liana S Leach
I am a psychiatric epidemiologist, and my research primarily investigates the impact of work and parenting transitions on mental health. I am currently a Research Fellow at the Research School of Population Health, at The Australian National University.
Johanna Löchner
Prof. Johanna Loechner is a Junior Professor for Mobile Assessment and Telepsychotherapy at the Department for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University Hospital Tübingen
Prof. Loechner's research projects focus on prevention, treatment and rehabilitation using digital technologies in children, adolescents and parents with mental disorders.
Adrià Muntaner-Mas
Dr. Adrià Muntaner Mas (Palma, 1988) is a Senior Lecturer of the Department of Pedagogy and Specific Didactics at the University of the Balearic Islands (UIB) since the 2013-2014 academic year. He holds a Bachelor in Physical Education Teaching (2010) and a Bachelor of Science in Physical Activity and Sports (2012).
His research focuses on the study of the effects of physical exercise/physical activity on physical and brain health, mostly in the school-age population. He has published more than 30 national and international scientific articles and has participated in more than 20 research projects. He did four research stays for a total of one year and two months, three of them were at the national level and one at the international level, in Melbourne (Australia). He has disseminated the results of his research in more than 50 conferences. He is a member of two research groups (GICAFE and PROFITH) and is a member of the BATLAB research laboratory. He has carried out journal management duties as an associate editor and has carried out more than 20 peer-reviews of scientific articles.
M Murugappan
Prof. Dr. M. Murugappan is currently a Full Professor of Electronics and Communication Engineering at Kuwait College of Science and Technology (KCST), Kuwait. In India, Malaysia, and Kuwait, he taught and conducted research for more than 15 years. Stanford University researchers ranked him in the top 2-percent of scientists worldwide in 2020, 2021, and 2022 for Experimental Psychology, Artificial Intelligence, and Cognitive Neuroscience.
He has authored 70 articles in SCI/SCOPUS journals, 58 conference proceedings, seven book chapters, and edited eight books. Google Scholar records a maximum score of 5654+ citations, along with an H index of 37 and an i10 score of 81 (Ref: Google Scholar). He has been awarded nearly $2.5M for his research by the Malaysian government and the Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences (KFAS).
Prof. Murugappan is a member of professional international societies such as IEEE, IET, IACSIT, IAENG, IEI and a Charted Engineer (C.Eng). He has given expert talks in Affective Computing, Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare, and Affective Neuroscience. He is currently the IEEE Kuwait Section's Chair of Educational Activities. Affective Computing, Affective Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience, Brain-Computer Interface, Neuromarketing, Neuroeconomics, Medical Image Processing, Machine Learning, and Artificial Intelligence are his primary interests. He has also guided 14 postgraduate students, 9 Ph.D., and 5 M.Sc.
He is currently an Editorial Board member for PLOS ONE (Q2), Human Centric Information Sciences (Q1), the Journal of Medical Imaging and Health Informatics (Q4), and the International Journal of Cognitive Informatics. He is serving as an editor in several peer-reviewed journals such as PlosOne, HCIS, JMIHI
Alessandro Musetti
Dr. Alessandro Musetti is Assistant Professor of Dynamic Psychology at the University of Parma, Italy.
His main research topics include the psychodynamics of addictive behaviors, the relationship between attachment and psychopathology. More specifically, the relational dynamics with peers in adolescence, the attachment styles in people with clinical dependence and the problematic use of the internet.
Pierpaolo Pani
Dr. Pierpaolo Pani is a Associate Professor within the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, SAPIENZA, University of Rome. He received a MSc in Experimental Psychology and PhD in Neurophysiolgy (Behavioral and Integrative) at Sapienza University (Rome), and was a post-doc in KULeuven (Laboratory for Neuro- and Psychophysiology).
Dr. Pani's main topics of investigation include Cognitive control, executive functions, goal-oriented behavior and decision making. These topics include behavioral and psychophysiological investigations in humans; behavioral and neuronal dynamics investigations in mammals; characterization of executive functions control in psychiatric conditions.
Nicola Reavley
Dr Nicola Reavley is a Principal Research Fellow in the Melbourne School of Population and Global Health at the University of Melbourne. Her research focuses on improving public knowledge and beliefs about mental health problems, reducing stigma and discrimination and improving support for those with mental disorders.
A/Prof Reavley is a Chief Investigator on five NHMRC-funded projects, three of which aim to improve mental health literacy in members of the public. She also led a number of projects that aim to assist organisations to better manage mental health issues, including the development of guidelines for implementation of a strategy for the prevention of mental health problems and for supporting employees returning to work after an episode of anxiety or depression, which can be found at http://workplace-mentalhealth.net.au/ . She also led the conduct of the 2011 National Survey of Mental Health Literacy and Stigma and the 2014 National Survey of Discrimination and Positive Treatment in People with Mental Health Problems.
Jayakumar Saikarthik
Dr Saikarthik has an undergraduate degree in Radiology and Imaging Sciences Technology from Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute, India. He obtained his MSc in Medicine and Anatomy, followed by a PhD in the same specialty from the prestigious Saveetha University, India.
Dr Saikarthik's research interests include, Gross and Radiological Anatomy, Neurogenesis and Neurohistology, Psychiatric Epidemiology, Medical Education and Qualitative Research Methods. He has authored many scientific articles which have been published in ranked journals. Recently he has also published a book chapter on the association of COVID-19 with neurogenesis.
Dr Saikarthik is a fellow from the Institute of Biomedical Sciences, UK; Member of the British Association of Clinical Anatomy; Member of the Saudi Society of Medical Education and Member of the Royal Society of Biology UK. He is also a member and certificate holder of Essential Skills in Medical Education from Association of Medical Education from Europe.
Some of his awards include: Best oral presentation award from Association of Anatomist of Tamilnadu, Young researcher in Anatomy and Mental health (2021) and Global Faculty Award (2020). He is also currently an Associate Editor at Majmaah Journal of Health Sciences.
Susanne Schweizer
Dr Schweizer is a Scientia Senior Lecturer at the University of New South Wales. Her translational research programme identifies cognitive and social targets for intervention and prevention of depression and anxiety during developmentally sensitive periods.
Lennart Seizer
Dr. Lennart Seizer is a a biologist, psychologist, neuro immunologist, and post-doctoral research fellow at the University of Tübingen, Germany.
Dr. Seizer's areas of expertise include psycho neuroimmunology, time-series analysis, and ambulatory assessment.
Kenichi Shibuya
Professor of Kansai University.
Researching topics such as the Impact of exercise and physical activity on cognitive function, and on vascular health; the Impact of Flavors on taste perceptions; the Impact of Chewing on cerebral activation and Cognition; the Impact of Colors on taste perceptions
Truc Thanh Thai
Associate Professor Truc Thanh Thai has a background in public health and a PhD in health sciences from the University of Sydney, Australia. He has been working in the field of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Research Methodology and is the Head of Department of Medical Statistics and Informatics at Faculty of Public Health, University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Dr. Thai has been proactively working with researchers worldwide to address practical, public health issues. His research interests include Biostatistics, Data sciences, Artificial intelligence, Epidemiology, Mental health, Adolescent health, and quality of life in people with chronic diseases, HIV/AIDS, and Substance use.