European Alliance

Meet the European Alliance Leads

The European Bipolar Alliance was conceived by Professor Annemiek Dols in her capacity as ISBD European Regional Board Director to bring together European ISBD members and chapter representatives to enhance cooperation and collaboration with each other and as a means to provide European perspectives and input to the larger ISBD community. The Alliance is current led by Professor Dols and Professor Kamilla Miskowiak.

Alliance Member Countries

Flag of Italy: vertical green, white, and red stripes from left to right.

Vertical tricolor flag of France: blue, white, and red bands from left to right.

Horizontal black-red-gold tricolor flag representing Germany.

Flag of Norway: red field with a white-edged blue Nordic cross.

Swiss flag: white cross centered on a red field.

Flag of the United Kingdom (Union Jack) with red, white, and blue cross design across a blue field.

Members: Allan Young, Andrea Fagiolini, Annemiek Dols, Benno Haarman, Cagdas Eker, Cecilie Busch, Deniz Ceylan, Eduard Vieta, Eline Regeer, Giovanna Fico, Giuseppe Delvecchio, Gregor Hasler, Hélène Richard-Lepouriel, Kamilla Miskowiak, Ketil Ødegaard, Lars Kessing, Laura Palagini, Maj Vinberg, Manon Hillegers, Maria Faurholt-Jepsen, Marion Leboyer, Michael Bauer, Nadja N.C. Stehlin, Neşe Yorguner, Ole Andreassen, Ophelia Godin, Paolo Brambilla, Philipp Ritter, Rebecca Strawbridge, Richard Wesseloo, Thomas Richardson, Tineke Mollema, Vesile Senturk Cankorur, Vigdis E.G. Syrstad

Working Groups

The newly introduced working groups allow the members of the group to focus on their areas of expertise and to distribute the work across multiple groups working in parallel, ensuring that all working groups not only carry out meaningful work but also produce outputs that are visible to the wider community (e.g., through publications or shared resources).

Learning Health Systems

Leads: Annemiek Dols (the Netherlands), Maria Faurholt-Jepsen (Denmark)

Guidelines & Best Practices

Leads: Lars Vedel Kessing (Denmark), Thomas Richardson (UK)

Cognitive Screening

Leads: Kamilla Miśkowiak (Denmark), Philipp Ritter (Germany)

Education and Training

Leads: Eline Regeer (The Netherlands), Paolo Brambilla (Italy)

Interested in Learning More About the ISBD European Bipolar Alliance

Email Landing Page

If you want to keep up on the latest activities of the European Alliance, you can join our email landing page by clicking here (coming soon).

Information will include announcements pertaining to scientific output of the Alliance as well as updates from the various working groups described above.

Membership in the Alliance (Currently Closed)

Applicants for the ISBD European Alliance should hold active ISBD membership and submit the following with their application.

Curriculum Vitae (CV)
Cover letter describing how they intend to contribute to the Alliance
A letter of support/recommendation recommended for early to mid-career researchers