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Jan Buitelaar focuses on neuropsychiatry with an emphasis on developmental disorders. His research areas include ADHD, autism, and aggression-related disorders associated with impulsivity. He applies an interdisciplinary approach that integrates cognitive research, pharmacology, and genetics. As the principal investigator at Radboud University Medical Centre, he leads a research group dedicated to neuropsychiatric developmental disorders. His work incorporates clinical phenotypic studies, neuroimaging, and preclinical approaches. Buitelaar has received significant recognition, including a research award from the Dutch Society of Psychiatry in 2011, and has been the main applicant on numerous international and national grants aimed at understanding the neural correlates of instrumental aggression and psychopathy. His involvement in large-scale projects includes co-applicant roles in the EU FP7 project “Multidisciplinary Approaches to Translational Research Conduct Syndromes (MATRICS)” and the NIH Big Data Knowledge Program. He is the head of the Karakter Child and Adolescent Psychiatry University Centre and has held various leadership positions in national and international organizations related to child and adolescent psychiatry.
Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour • Nijmegen
Leading research group on neuropsychiatric developmental disorders.
Karakter Child and Adolescent Psychiatry University Centre • Nijmegen
Overseeing operations and research initiatives at the centre.
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