marco solmi

Dr. Marco Solmi is Associate Professor of Psychiatry at University of Ottawa, Canada, psychiatrist working at the Ottawa Hospital, Investigator at Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, and visiting academic at University of Southampton, and King's College, IoPPN, Psychosis Department, London, UK. He is Chair of ECNP Physical and Mental Health (PAN-Health) Thematic Working Group (TWG), and member of the Prevention of Mental Disorders and Mental Health Promotion TWG. He is also member of the consensus core clinical and psychosocial battery committee, as well as of the new research methods for clinical/psychosocial studies committee of the Canadian Network for Research in Schizophrenia and Psychoses. He is also member of the Canadian Academy of Psychiatric Epidemiology (CAPE), of the Canadian Consortium for Early Intervention in Psychosis (CCEIP). His main area of interest is evidence-based psychiatry, leveraging both meta-research techniques and national databases to answer clinically relevant questions. Clinically, he is most interested in prevention/early interventions for mental disorders, psychopharmacology, and physical health in those with mental disorders. He has experience in coordinating large international project, as co-PI of the Collaborative Outcomes study on Health and Functioning during Infection Times (COH-FIT), an online survey translated in 30 languages involving over 230 researchers from over 130 countries measuring functioning and physical and mental health in the general population during COVID-19 pandemic. Starting his academic activity in 2014, by May 2022 he has (co-)authored over 300 research publications, and has an H-Index of 65. He is listed among Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers in Psychiatry and Psychology in 2021.