The EAHP Board, elected for three-year terms, oversees the association’s activities. Comprising directors responsible for core functions, it meets regularly to implement strategic goals. Supported by EAHP staff, the Board controls finances, coordinates congress organization, and ensures compliance with statutes and codes of conduct.
Affiliation
University of California San Diego (UCSD)
Country
United States of America
1. Current Status, Position
Dr Nievergelt is currently Associate Professor of Psychiatry at UCSD, Associate Director of the Neuroscience Unit of the Center of Excellence for Stress and Mental Health (CESAMH) and co-PI of the CESAMH Biobank at the San Diego Veterans Health Administration (VA). She is Principal Investigator of two large consortia projects and leading the statistical analyses of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium (PGC) for PTSD.
2. Education
Dr Nievergelt studied biology at the University of Zurich and obtained a PhD in biological anthropology in 1996. She completed her post-doctoral training in population genetics and human genetics at the University of California San Diego.
3. Research Area
Dr Nievergelt’s research focuses on identifying and understanding the relationship between genetic risk, and biological and environmental factors that are involved in the etiology of psychiatric disorders and in therapeutic response during psychopharmacological treatment.
4. Conflict of interest: none