Background
Vieta, Eduard was born on January 16, 1963 in Barcelona, Spain. Son of Eduardo and Maria Dolores (Pascual) Vieta.
Vieta, Eduard was born on January 16, 1963 in Barcelona, Spain. Son of Eduardo and Maria Dolores (Pascual) Vieta.
Doctor of Medicine, Autonomous University, Barcelona, 1987. Doctor of Philosophy, University Barcelona, Spain, 1994.
Research focus/interests Vieta’s research interests include the neurobiology and treatment of bipolar disorders. His work focuses on new pharmacological and psychological treatments and the effects of psycho-education and the other psychotherapeutic methods in the treatment of bipolar disorder. Notable contributions to research Doctor Vieta has made contributions to many of the published bipolar disorder treatment guidelines.
His h-index is 70 (Scopus) and, with over 18,300 citations, makes him the most cited scientist worldwide on the field of bipolar disorders in the past five years.
Present appointments Doctor Eduard Vieta is Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, where he heads the Bipolar Disorders Program, a worldwide leader in the clinical care, research and teaching of bipolar disorders and Head of the Psychiatry Unit at the Clínic de Barcelona. Vieta is also the Director of the Bipolar Research Program at the Spanish Research Network on Mental Diseases (CIBERSAM), funded by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness, and director of the Bipolar Disorder Group of the Neuroscience Area of Institut d"Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), as well as Treasurer of the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ECNP).
Positions of trust/research assessments Vieta is the current Treasurer of the 2013-2016 Executive Committee of the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ECNP). He is on the editorial board of a range of international scientific journals including the American Journal of Psychiatry, The Lancet Psychiatry, Psychotherapy Psychosomatics, the International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology, European Neuropsychopharmacology, the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, Bipolar Disorders, and the Journal of Affective Disorders.
He was nominated as the official advisor on mood disorders research to the European Presidency.
He has served as visiting professor at McLean Hospital and Harvard University.
Founder president National Bipolar Association, Barcelona, 1994. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Catalan Psychiatric Society (secretary 1997-1999), Spanish Biological Psychiatr. Society (Best Doctoral Theses Second award).
Married Gloria Fernandez-Esparrach, June 26, 1994.