Błażej Misiak

Psychiatrist and Head of the Department and Clinic of Psychiatry at Wroclaw Medical University. He is the author of more than 200 internationally recognised publications. Between 2023 and 2025, he was ranked among the top 2% most-cited scientists worldwide according to the Stanford University and Elsevier ranking.

He has led numerous research projects funded by the National Science Centre and the Ministry of Science and Higher Education. He has received several prestigious national and international awards and scholarships, including the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology Fellowship Award (ECNP Fellowship Award), the World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry Young Investigator Award (WFSBP Young Investigator Award), and the START Scholarship of the Foundation for Polish Science (awarded twice).

He serves as Managing Editor of the journals Journal of Affective Disorders and Psychoneuroendocrinology. Professor Misiak’s clinical and scientific interests focus on the social and biological determinants of mental disorders, the application of big data analysis methods in psychiatry (including network analysis and machine learning), and early intervention in psychiatry, with particular emphasis on psychotic disorders.