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Welcome to the February issue of your CINP eflyer. In this Issue |
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International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology (IJNP) 
http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=PNP I am honored to take over as editor-in-chief (EIC) of the International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology. Under the direction of its founding EIC, Dr. Beni Lerer, the IJN has risen to a position of prominence among the journals in our field and my hope is that I and the new editorial team, building on that success, can take it to even greater heights. For many, the IJN is a primary source of their contact with the CINP so it is important for at least some articles in hopefully every issue of the IJN to be of interest to its members. That is one reason why I will strive to maintain a balance between clinical and preclinical articles in the IJN. Also, that goal is one reason why we now have a Special Projects Field Editor, Dr. Siegfried Kasper, whose responsibilities include soliciting timely review articles and even supplements that will have educational value for many of our members. Finally in this respect, the IJN will begin to have an “announcement” page highlighting important CINP issues and initiatives Research in our field continues to expand such that areas somewhat in their infancy ten years ago, e.g., genetics and psychiatric disorders, are now much more fully developed. Also, although our field always carried out what is now termed "translational" research, funding agencies and others are promoting such research much more now than ever. Consequently, we now have a Field Editor for Translational Medicine, Dr. Pierre Blier, and our new Field Editor for Molecular Genetics and Therapeutics, Dr. Maria Karayiorgou, is hoping to stimulate more articles into the genetics of psychiatric disorders or endophenotypes than were published previously. Finally, it is my pleasure to announce that the IJN will be available to all members/subscribers electronically beginning in 2009 with its articles being able to be downloaded on line. Also, hopefully no later than late spring/early summer of 2009, we will also be able to send to all members/subscribers electronic alerts of articles that are "in press" but will not appear officially until later editions of the journal become available. This project is currently being worked on jointly by the CINP and Cambridge University Press, the publishers of IJN. Let me conclude by urging you to submit your research findings to the IJN and to contact Dr. Kasper if you have ideas for timely reviews and/or supplements. I am cognizant of the word "international" in the journal's title and want to make certain that we continue to publish very high quality articles from investigators in many parts of the world. Alan Frazer, MD CINP Mentor and Mentee Programme 
Dr. Peter Gaszner has been a Professor at the Medical University of Pecs and of Budapest and is now at the Semmelwies Budapest University. For 25 years he was head of the Psychiatry Department of the National Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology Budapest, Hungary. He has been a fellow of the CINP since 1980 and a member of the CINP Education Committee several times and also of the East European Regional Committee. Currently he is President of the Hungarian Association of Psychopharmacologists. Dr. Peter Gaszner will be the new Director of the CINP Mentor/Mentee Program, taking over from Dr. Angelos Halaris who served in this position for 10 years. Peter Gaszner, MD 
Gregers Wegener is Chief Physician at Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark, and Associate Professor at University of Aarhus. For more than 15 years he has been involved in Open Source Software development on projects ranging from server-infrastructure to content-management systems. He has designed and contributed to the launch of several websites in many different areas. Dr. Wegener got his MD from University of Aarhus (Denmark) in 1997, followed by a PhD in Neuroscience & Pharmacology in 2000. After internship and various clinical work, Gregers Wegener decided to focus efforts on preclinical research, with a particular interest in novel therapeutics in stress-related disorders. He has had the pleasure of the excellent mentorship of Mogens Schou, Donald Smith and Raben Rosenberg. Dr. Wegener is also Secretary of the the Danish Society for Biological Psychiatry and the Scandinavian College of Neuro-Psychopharmacology. Please feel free to contact the webmaster directly at webmaster@cinp.org Gregers Wegener, MD CINP Thematic Meeting - 25th - 27th April 2009 
The CINP Thematic Meeting on Major Psychoses and Substance abuse is fast approaching and CINP are pleased to offer CINP members the chance to register at the early bird rate up until the conference. The meeting will feature the following key note speakers: Prof. Robin Murray, Institute of Psychiatry, UK Dr Zerrin Atakan and Dr Cathy Fernandes who recently featured in the BBC Two Horizon documentary, “Cannabis: The evil weed?”, will be presenting at the conference. To view this documentary please visit http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00hhmd1/Horizon_Cannabis_The_Evil_Weed CINP are pleased to announce that Pfizer will be presenting a satellite symposia on Sunday 26th April. For an updated programme please visit www.cinp.org or to register please visit the conference organiser’s website www.northernnetworking.co.uk . Wolfgang Fleischhacker, MD CINP Moves to Electronic Voting Thanks for all the members who participated in the ballot vote for the College to move to electronic voting. There was a good response to this with an overwhelming majority voting for Electronic voting. The first opportunity you have to use this new service as a member will be the important voting process for the next Executive Committee and Council members of which will take office during the XXVIIth Congress 6 – 10 June 2010 in Hong Kong. Founding members, Members and Fellows are all eligible to vote. You will be contacted in good time with the instructions on how to participate in the electronic vote. Gill Moore
The CINP Central Office have recently moved to more convenient quarters remaining in Glasgow. The staff remains the same. The new address is: Ms. Gill Moore, Executive Secretary CINP Central Office Tel: +44 (0) 1355 244 930 All paid up CINP members should have received by now the below certificate of membership. This membership certificate signifies a recommitment to our policy that CINP membership represents a world wide standard of accomplishment in psychopharmacology. Members are accepted through our membership Committee on the recommendation of two CINP members and submission of a curriculum vitae with at least five publications in the field. The CINP currently has 1,000 members in 57 different countries. Robert H. Belmaker, MD  |
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