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Andre Sourander is Professor of Child Psychiatry at the University of Turku, Finland, and Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry at Columbia University, USA. He is based in the Department of Child Psychiatry within the Faculty of Medicine, where he leads research and teaching initiatives focused on child and adolescent mental health.
His research interests lie in identifying early psychosocial and biological risk factors for mental health disturbances in children and adolescents. He specializes in epidemiology, intervention studies, implementation science, and service-use analysis. His work emphasizes selective interventions for at-risk youth and leverages large-scale register data and multinational collaborations.
The recent trends in his publications highlight a strong focus on bullying, cyberbullying, mental health during global crises (pandemic, war, climate change), digital interventions (e.g., ICBT and online parenting programs), and the intergenerational transmission of psychiatric risk. His studies often employ population-based designs and randomized controlled trials, contributing significantly to evidence-based child psychiatry.
Dr. Sourander is actively involved in academic mentorship, having served as the primary supervisor for 19 completed theses, 6 post-doctoral researchers, and 9 ongoing PhD students. His work is supported by extensive collaborative networks across Europe, North America, and Asia.
He has made substantial contributions through high-impact publications in leading journals such as Psychological Medicine, Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, and BMC Psychiatry. His leadership in universal and targeted interventions reflects a commitment to translating research into real-world mental health services.
