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Philippe Fossati is a Professor of Psychiatry at Sorbonne University and Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital (AP-HP), serving as co-head of the Social and Affective Neuroscience team at the Institute of Brain and Spinal Cord (ICM) in Paris. His work bridges clinical psychiatry with cutting-edge neuroscience to investigate how social interactions modulate emotional brain circuits.
His academic foundation includes a PhD (1993) and neuroscience thesis (2001), establishing expertise in both clinical practice and fundamental research. These credentials underpin his leadership in affective and social neuroscience.
Dr. Fossati's research program centers on neural mechanisms of emotional regulation within social contexts, integrating human studies with model organism approaches. His work examines how social processes activate and modulate emotional brain networks, with implications for understanding psychiatric disorders through the lens of social cognition and affective processing.
Publication analysis from 2002-2020 reveals consistent focus on neurodevelopmental and genetic mechanisms using Drosophila models, evolving toward complex investigations of emotional and social brain functions. This trajectory demonstrates methodological sophistication in linking molecular/cellular neuroscience to higher-order emotional and social behaviors.
He actively contributes to scientific discourse as a member of the French Association of Biological Psychiatry and ECNP Brain Imaging Network, while serving as scientific editor for the International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research.
As leader of the Study of Emotions and Social Interactions team at ICM, he directs an interdisciplinary research unit that unites affective neuroscience, social neuroscience, and clinical psychiatry to advance understanding of emotional brain regulation in social contexts.
