Executive committee

WASP Executive Committee (2022-2025)

President

Vincenzo Di Nicola

MPhil, MD, PhD, FRCPC, DFAPA

Affiliation:

  • President, Canadian Association of Social Psychiatry (CASP)
  • President-Elect, World Association of Social Psychiatry (WASP)
  • Professeur titulaire, Département de psychiatrie et d’addictologie, Université de Montréal
  • Professor, Dept. of Psychiatry & Addictions, University of Montreal
  • Clinical Professor, Dept. of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, The George Washington University

President Elect

Rakesh K Chadda

MBBS, MD, FAMS, FRCPsych, DFAPA

Affiliation:

Professor & Head
Department of Psychiatry, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences & Research Centre, Faridabad 121002, India.

Contact:

Email: drrakeshchadda@gmail.com

Secretary General

Andrew Molodynski

MD

Affiliation:

  • Consultant Psychiatrist, Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust
  • Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer, Oxford University
  • Deputy National Speciality Lead for Mental Health, NIHR CRN
  • National mental health lead, British Medical Association Consultant Committee

Treasurer

Professor Yasser Khazaal

Professor of Addiction Medicine

Affiliation:

  • Lausanne University Hospital and Lausanne University, Switzerland
  • Department of Psychiatry and Addiction, Montreal University, Montreal, Canada

Contact:

Email: yasserk1000@gmail.com

Advisor

Rachid Bennegadi

MD

Affiliation:

  • Medical Referent of the Sigmund Freud University Paris 14 rue Alfred Roll 75017, Paris, France

Contact:

Email: digaben@gmail.com

Advisor

Driss Moussaoui

Affiliation:

Professor Emeritus, Ibn Rushd University Psychiatric Centre, Casablanca, Morocco

Contact:

 Email: drissm49@gmail.com

Council of  Past Presidents

Chair:
Prof Roy Abraham Kallivayalil (India)
Members:
Prof Jorge Alberto Costa e Silva (Brazil)
Prof Shridhar Sharma (India)
Prof Driss Moussaoui (Morocco)
Prof Tom Craig (UK)
Prof Rachid Bennegadi (France)

Nomination Committee

Chair:
Prof Roy Abraham Kallivayalil
Members:
Prof Tom KJ Craig (UK)
Prof Debasish Basu (India)
Dr Marianne Kastrup (Denmark)
Prof Fernando Lolas Stepke (Chile)
Dr Shiro Suda (Japan)
Dr Maria Ammon (Germany)
Prof David Ndetei (Kenya)
Dr Aida Mihajlovic (USA)

Pelicier Prize Committee

Chair:
Prof Driss Moussaoui (Morocco)
Members:
Prof François Ferrero (Switzerland)
Dr Rama Rao Gogineni (USA)
Prof R Srinivasa Murthy
Dr Gabby Ivbijaro (UK)