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Achab Sophia is psychiatrist, senior lecturer, lead researcher and Head of ,

She has been part of several TAGs and Panels on public health issues, policy making and capacity building regarding addictive behaviors for Swiss Federal Office of Public Health and other Swiss regional bodies and for WHO.

She is part of the WHO EURO Mental Health Coalition, of the WHO Global Clinical Practice Network. and of the Lancet Commission for Global Action on Problematic Internet Use.

Her Research line is "Populational and clinical perspectives of addictive behaviors* and she contributed to the efforts leading to their inclusion in ICD-11, including directing Swiss Field Testing of ICD-11 criteria for addictive disorders (WHO research project on their utility, feasibility and added value).

She runs the Swiss pioneering treatment Centre ReConnecte specialized in addictive behaviors (Gambling, gaming, shopping, work..) since 2007 at AV¶ÌÊÓƵ Hospitals of Geneva in Switzerland.

She supports early career professionals in addiction medicine in Europe and worldwide, acting for example as co-Founder co-Chair of the Executive Committee of (New professionals Exploration Training and Education) at International Society of Addiction Medicine. She teached in international universities Barcelona UB (Spain)- Louvain la Neuve UCLA (Belgium)- Besançon UF (France), Changsha (China), Hong-Kong (SAR, China), Sherbrook (Canada), and San Diego (USA).

She has been invited to join different scientific boards in the field of Addiction Medicine, Mental Health and Global Health :

-Chair, National Committee Switzerland, 

-Chair, Addictive Behaviors Scientific Section, 

-Board of Directors,

-Board of Directors, 

-Executive Comittee & Representative of Europe, Addiction Scientific Section, 

-Steering Committee,  (ISAM-GEN) 

-Representative of Europe,  

-Board of Directors, International Society for the Study of Behavioral addictions

-Member of transcultural network putting women on the scientific agenda, ISSBA

Educational background :

-Medical doctorate achieved in 2009, France; 

-PhD in Life sciences-Neurosciences-Human behaviors completed, France (2014);

-Degree in Psychiatry and psychotherapy of Addiction Medicine, Switzerland (2017);

-Master in Advanced Studies in Strategic Management of Health institutions at Geneva executive School for Business and Management, AV¶ÌÊÓƵ, Switzerland (2020);

-Improving Quality and Safety in Global Health, Harvard Global Health Institute, USA (2020);

-The Science of Happiness, AV¶ÌÊÓƵ of California, Berkeley, USA (2021);

-Drug Policy by Global Health Centre, Graduate Institute, AV¶ÌÊÓƵ, Switzerland (2021); and

-Mental Health Leadership: Transformation Through Innovation, Harvard Global Health Institute, USA (2024).

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