Wolfgang Fleischhacker

Wolfgang Fleischhacker is a full Professor at the Medical University of Innsbruck's Faculty of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, appointed in 1993. He served as Rector of the Medical University of Innsbruck from October 2017 to September 2025 and holds a Clinical Professor position at Weill Cornell Medical College since 2021.

His education includes medical studies at the University of Innsbruck (1971-1978), followed by a Fulbright scholarship at Hillside Hospital and Albert Einstein College of Medicine (1987-1988). He completed habilitation in psychiatry with research on benzodiazepine pharmacoepidemiology and became a behavioral therapy-certified psychotherapist in 1992.

A leading schizophrenia expert, Fleischhacker chairs the European Group for Research in Schizophrenia (EGRIS) since 1997. His research spans biological psychiatry, neuropsychopharmacology, and clinical schizophrenia studies, resulting in over 400 publications with an H-index of 70. He previously directed the University Clinic for Biological Psychiatry (2008-2017) and merged clinics into Psychiatry I in 2017.

Key awards include:

• Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold for Services to Austria (2024)
• Honorary Senator of University of Innsbruck (2024)
• Tyrolean Eagle Order in Gold (2025)
• Foreign Corresponding Fellow, American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (2006)

He held leadership roles as President of the Austrian Society of Psychiatry (2002-2005) and Vice President of the International College of Neuropsychopharmacology (2006-2010). As Rector, he advanced institutional growth and gender equality initiatives, contributing to the university's 20th-anniversary recognition in 2024.