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Andrea Murru was born in Cagliari and has been living in Barcelona for the last seventeen years. He holds a degree in Medicine and Surgery and is a specialist in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy with honors from the University of Cagliari.
He completed a Master in Neuroscience and earned a Ph.D. in Medicine with honors and international mention from the University of Barcelona. |
Currently, he works as a senior psychiatrist in the Unit of Bipolar and Depressive Disorders at the Hospital Clínic of Barcelona, directed by Professor Eduard Vieta, recognized as a worldwide reference point. He also serves as a senior referral psychiatrist in the Sleep Disorders Unit and in the outpatient psychiatry clinics for adults at the same hospital, with extensive experience in the diagnosis and clinical management of ADHD in adults and other psychiatric disorders. Additionally, he is a postdoctoral researcher at the Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi Sunyer (IDIBAPS).
He is a co-author of the Clinical Management Guidelines for Bipolar Disorder for the Generalitat de Catalunya, author of several books and book chapters on the treatment of bipolar disorders, and has authored more than 120 articles in peer-reviewed international scientific journals, with over 3700 citations and an H-index of 36.
He engages in teaching activities as a mentor and (co)supervisor of undergraduate, specialization, and doctoral theses. He is a professor in the Master in Translational Medicine and the Master in Sleep Disorders at the University of Barcelona, a clinical professor in the medical faculty of the same university, and has taught in university master programmes and workshops for doctors and psychiatry specialists in Spain, Europe, the United States, and Latin America. He has also conducted courses and workshops on scientific writing for academic staff at various universities in Cairo and Dubai.
Since the beginning of his clinical and research activity, he has been involved in research projects focused on psychoeducation for bipolar disorder, the clinical characterization of bipolar disorder and schizoaffective disorder, the approach to illness awareness and therapeutic adherence, and integrated treatments (pharmacological, psychological, and physical), especially in the long term, for mood disorders.
Currently, he focuses his research activity on implementing new technologies to measure energy levels, activity, wakefulness, and sleep in individuals with bipolar disorder, as well as on the complex interaction between genetic predisposition and environmental and climatic factors, through various funded competitive projects, in which he is the Principal Investigator (PI).
He actively collaborates with patient associations and is the author of informative articles.
He is a co-author of the Clinical Management Guidelines for Bipolar Disorder for the Generalitat de Catalunya, author of several books and book chapters on the treatment of bipolar disorders, and has authored more than 120 articles in peer-reviewed international scientific journals, with over 3700 citations and an H-index of 36.
He engages in teaching activities as a mentor and (co)supervisor of undergraduate, specialization, and doctoral theses. He is a professor in the Master in Translational Medicine and the Master in Sleep Disorders at the University of Barcelona, a clinical professor in the medical faculty of the same university, and has taught in university master programmes and workshops for doctors and psychiatry specialists in Spain, Europe, the United States, and Latin America. He has also conducted courses and workshops on scientific writing for academic staff at various universities in Cairo and Dubai.
Since the beginning of his clinical and research activity, he has been involved in research projects focused on psychoeducation for bipolar disorder, the clinical characterization of bipolar disorder and schizoaffective disorder, the approach to illness awareness and therapeutic adherence, and integrated treatments (pharmacological, psychological, and physical), especially in the long term, for mood disorders.
Currently, he focuses his research activity on implementing new technologies to measure energy levels, activity, wakefulness, and sleep in individuals with bipolar disorder, as well as on the complex interaction between genetic predisposition and environmental and climatic factors, through various funded competitive projects, in which he is the Principal Investigator (PI).
He actively collaborates with patient associations and is the author of informative articles.