Jan K. Buitelaar MD, PhD

Professor Jan Buitelaar is leading the research group on neuropsychiatric and developmental disorders, principal investigator at the Radboud University Medical Centre, and head of Karakter Child and Adolescent Psychiatry University Centre. His research is focused on ADHD, autism, and aggression and impulsivity related disorders. He applies an interdisciplinary approach that integrates clinical and phenotypic studies, neuroimaging, cognitive research, genetics, pharmacology, and preclinical approaches. He received the research award of the Dutch Society for Psychiatry in 2011 and is the main applicant of a large number of international and national awarded grants.