Martin Desseilles

Martin Desseilles is a psychiatrist, psychotherapist, and professor at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Namur in Belgium. His academic appointment is within the Department of Psychology, and he is affiliated with multiple research units including the Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology Research Unit, Transitions, Namur Institute for Complex Systems, and the Philosophical Space of Namur. He divides his time between clinical practice and research in psychiatric neuroscience, regularly giving courses and lectures both in Belgium and abroad.

Dr. Desseilles holds a Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Liège, granted on June 30, 2009. His research focuses on the interactions of cognitions and emotions through various techniques including behavioral, pharmacological, electrophysiological and neuroimaging approaches. He examines these interactions across different states (wakefulness, sleep, hypnosis and meditation) and in diverse populations (healthy individuals, those with mood disorders, anxiety disorders, and substance overconsumption).

His work spans several key areas: psychiatric neuroscience, cognitive-emotional interactions, sleep research, neuroimaging, mood and anxiety disorders, and behavioral neuroscience. Recent publications demonstrate a strong focus on medical student well-being, digital phenotyping in autism, family caregiver assessment, addiction medicine, and innovative approaches to detecting domestic violence.

Dr. Desseilles has written or co-written numerous original articles published in internationally recognized medical journals, edited three books, and published numerous book chapters, with a total of 161 research outputs documented. His research fingerprint prominently features sleep (100%), brain (52%), patients (51%), humans (47%), learning (36%), processing (35%), data (30%), and control (28%).

• Active participant in the McGill Family Medicine Education Research Group (FMER)
• Speaker at the Belgian College of Neuropsychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry symposium (2018)
• Presenter at the French Congress of Psychiatry (2018)
• Contributor to Messa Belgium and Forum for Medical Education events (2018)

His research portfolio includes five major projects, with one currently active (Research in behavioral neuroscience based on mouse models), two finished projects (ETEST and SATRAP), and two not yet started. He has supervised 24 research works and maintains an active presence in both clinical practice and academic research, contributing to mental health initiatives and student well-being programs at the University of Namur.