IACAPAP
 

Executive Committee Members (2026 - 2030)

The IACAPAP Executive Committee comprises 27 officers from around the world. Officers do not represent their country or member organisation, but serve as individuals.

MEMBERS OF THE BUREAU

Addressing the day-to-day affairs of the association

PRESIDENT

 

Ayesha Mian, MD, SFHEA, DFAACAP

 

Consultant, Adult, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Founder and CEO of Synapse Pakistan Neuroscience Institute
 

Pakistan

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SECRETARY-GENERAL

 

Professor Dave Coghill 

 

Financial Markets Foundation Chair of Developmental Mental Health 

Departments of Paediatrics and Psychiatry | University of Melbourne 

Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry | Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne 

Australia

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TREASURER

Andrés Martin, MD, PhD

 

Riva Ariella Ritvo Professor

Child Study Center, Yale School of Medicine

New Haven, CT, USA

United States

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PAST PRESIDENT

Luis Augusto Rohde, MD, PhD

 

Professor

Department of Psychiatry

Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul

Director

ADHD Program

Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre

 

Brazil

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VICE PRESIDENTS

Ammar Albanna, MD, FRCPC, IFAPA

 

Director, Al Amal Psychiatric Hospital, Emirates Health Services, UAE

Founding President, Emirates Society for Child Mental Health, Emirates Medical Association  

Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist

United Arab Emirates

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Anne-Catherine Rolland Bride

France

Ayotunde Omotoso, MBBS, FWACP, MSc (CAMH) 


Senior Lecturer and Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria

Nigeria

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Cao Qingjiu

Director of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Ward, Deputy Director of Center for Child Mental Health, Peking University Institute of Mental Health / Peking University Sixth Hospital, China

 

China

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DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATION


Hesham Hamoda, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School​
Attending Psychiatrist, Boston Children’s Hospital
USA

 

United States

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Marie-José van Hoof, MD, PhD, MSc

 

iMindU GGZ Leiden the Netherlands | Amsterdam UMC Amsterdam, the Netherlands

 

The Netherlands

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Roberto Pallia

 

Consulting Professor, Italian Hospital University (UHI), Buenos Aires, Argentina
Honorary Head, Pediatric Mental Health Service, UHI
Academic Committee for the University Programs in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology with Children, Adolescents, and Families, UHI
Advisory Council of the Latin American Federation of Associations of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Related Professions (FLAPIA)

 

Argentina

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E-TEXTBOOK EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

 

Valsamma Eapen MBBS., PhD., FRCPsych., FRANZCP

 

Chair, Infant, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Discipline of Psychiatry, School of Clinical Medicine, UNSW Sydney    

Head, Academic Unit of Child Psychiatry (AUCS) &Clinical Academic South Western Sydney Health District & Ingham Institute
Faculty of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatry (RANZCP) 

 

Australia

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Yukiko Kano, MD, PhD

 

Director / National Medical and Educational Consulting Center for Children

 

Japan

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HONORARY PRESIDENTS OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

MOOC COORDINATOR

 

Bruno Falissard MD, PhD

Professor of Public Health, Université Paris-Sud. 
Paris, France

 

France

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Helmut Remschmidt, MD, PhD

Professor Emeritus, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 
Philipps University, Marburg, Germany

 

Germany

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Myron L. Belfer, MD, MPA

Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School; Senior Associate in Psychiatry
Children’s Hospital Boston, Boston, USA

 

United States

 

 

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NON-ELECTED MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

DONALD J COHEN FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM (DJCFP) COORDINATOR


Jordan Sibeoni, MD, PhD

Professor of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Paris Cité University

Head of IP2SEA, Department of Youth Mental Health and Early Intervention, Argenteuil Hospital Center, France.

 

France

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DONALD J COHEN FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM (DJCFP) COORDINATOR


Dr. Sowmyashree Mayur Kaku, MBBS, PhD

Senior Consultant, Infant, Child and Adolescent Mental Health (ICAMH), PES Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Kuppam
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Center for Advanced Research in Autism and Developmental Disorders (CAREADD), St. John's Research Institute, Bengaluru
Co-Founder, The Yoga Environment and Neuroscience Research Institute (YENRI) Trust, Bengaluru


India

 

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EARLY CAREER GROUP (ECG) COORDINATOR

 

Andrés Román-Jarrín, MD, MSc


Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Ottawa

Attending Psychiatrist, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario 

Canada

 

Canada

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EARLY CAREER GROUP (ECG) COORDINATOR

 

Charlene Gumbo

Consultant Psychiatrist and Clinical Researcher

Chiromo Hospital Group 

Department of Psychiatry 

Kenya 

 

Kenya

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E-TEXTBOOK EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

 

John-Joe Dawson-Squibb

 

Clinical Psychologist, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Red Cross Children's Hospital, Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, University of Cape Town, 

South Africa

 

South Africa

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E-TEXTBOOK EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

 

Hee Jeong Yoo, M.D, Ph.D.

 

Professor of Psychiatry

Seoul National University College of Medicine

Seoul National University Bundang Hospital

South Korea

 

South Korea

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E-TEXTBOOK EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

 

Uttara Chari, B. Sp. Ed., M. Phil., Ph. D.

 

Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology, St. John's National Academy of Health Sciences, Bengaluru

India

 

India

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HELMUT REMSCHMIDT RESEARCH SEMINAR (HRRS) COORDINATOR

 

Prof. Dr. Christina Schwenck

Justus-Liebig-University of Gießen

Faculty 06 Psychology and Sports Science

 

Department of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology

Otto-Behaghel-Strasse 10c

35394 Gießen

Germany

 

Germany

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HELMUT REMSCHMIDT RESEARCH SEMINAR (HRRS) COORDINATOR

 

Petrus J de Vries, MD

 

Sue Struengmann Professor of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 
Division of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 

Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health 
University of Cape Town 
46 Sawkins Road, Rondebosch, 7700, South Africa

 

South Africa

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HENRIKJE KLASEN iCAMH TRAINING COORDINATOR

 

Nicholas Mark Kowalenko, MD

 

University of Sydney
Deputy Chair, Emerging Minds
Australia

 

Australia

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WHO LIAISON


Prof. MD. MSc. Susanne Walitza

Chair / Director
Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
Psychiatric University Hospital
University of Zurich
Neumünsterallee 9
8032 Zürich

 

Switzerland

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Meet the Team

IACAPAP EXECUTIVE OFFICER

 

Sue Wong

 

Malaysia

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