Philippe Fossati

 

Education 

 

2005:    HDR (Qualification to research Direction) University Pierre & Marie Curie Paris VI, France

2001:    PHD in Cognitive Neuroscience, University Pierre & Marie Curie, Paris VI

1988-1994: Medicine internship and residency in Psychiatry

1993:    Doctor of Medicine, University of Medicine, Xavier Bichat, Paris VII

1993:    Doctor of Psychiatry, University of Medicine, Xavier Bichat, Paris VII

1990:    Master of Psychopathology and Neurobiology of behaviour, University Pierre & Marie Curie.

 

Research experience

 

- From 09/2005: Scientist, Head of a research team: ‘Images of the Self’ CNRS USR 3246 (Director: Pr R Jouvent) 

- 09/2002-09/2005: Clinical and neuroscientist, Staff member of the CNRS UMR 7593 research unit ‘Functional imaging and depression’ Director: Pr R Jouvent 

- 11/2000-09/2002: Clinical and neuroscientist. Staff member of the Inserm EPI 007 research unit ‘Functional neuropsychology: planification and memory’ Director: Pr B Dubois 

- 11/1999-11/2000: Postdoctoral Fellowship, Rotman Research Institute (Pr Stuss, Baycrest Centre,Toronto). Training in Brain imaging (PET scan, fMRI) in normal controls and patients with mental disorders. Supervision : Dr H Mayberg.

- 1995-2001: PHD training. Studies on executive function and verbal memory processes in depression Supervision: Pr Allilaire (CNRS, UMR 7593) and Pr A.M Ergis (University of Psychology, Paris V)

- 1989-1999: Training in Experimental and Clinical Neuropsychology, Pr F. Boller ; Dr B. Deweer, INSERM U324 and U289

 

Boards, scientific expertise

 

- External reviewer: Welcome Trust ; GIS Maladies Rares ; PHRC ; ANR ; Contrat d’Innovation et de Recherche Clinique (CIRC) ; Contrat Projet Région Nord/ Pas de Calais.

- Scientific Editor of the ‘ International Journal of  Methods in Psychiatric Research’

- Member of the French Society of Biological Psychiatry (election year: 1997) and the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology (election year: 2005)

- Member of the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ECNP) Brain Imaging Network

From June 2010 : Coordinator of research group on mood disorders at the ITMO Neuroscience.

 

Five selected publications (2007-2011)

 

Lemogne C, Gorwood P, Boni C, Pessiglione M, Lehéricy S & Fossati P (2011) Cognitive appraisal and life stress moderate the effects of the 5-HTTLPR polymorphism on amygdala reactivity. Human Brain Mapping. [Epub ahead of print].

 

Guionnet S, Nadel J, Bertasi M, Sperduti M, Delaveau P & Fossati P. (2011) Imitative interaction : beyond the imitation network. Cerebral Cortex, [Epub ahead of print].

 

Lemogne C, le Bastard G, Mayberg H, Volle E, Bergouignan L, Lehéricy S, Allilaire JF, Fossati P (2009) In Search of the Depressive Self: Extended Medial Prefrontal Network during Self-Referential Processing in Major Depression. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 4(3), 305-312.

 

Bergouignan L, Chupin M, Czechowska Y, Kinkingnéhun S, Lemogne C, Le Bastard G, Lepage M, Garnero L, Colliot O, Fossati P (2009) Can voxel based morphometry, manual segmentation and automated segmentation equally detect hippocampal volume differences in acute depression? Neuroimage, 45 (1), 29-37.

 

Bergouignan L, Lemogne C, Fouchier A, Longin E, Vistoli D, Allilaire JF, Fossati P (2008) Field perspective deficit for positive memories characterizes Autobiographical Memory in Euthymic Depressed patients. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 46(3), 322-333.