What is the Board?

Eighteen board members (also known as zonal representatives) across five world regions act as mediators between the association’s member societies and governing bodies of WPA.  These are elected roles, voted on every three years at the General Assembly during the WPA World Congress of Psychiatry.

 

Board members play a key coordinating role within their WPA zones. They encourage collaboration among WPA Member Societies in their zone and stimulate their participation in WPA activities; support the dissemination of WPA-related information and educational materials; and assist the executive committee in ascertaining the needs of member societies and the ways in which these needs can be met. 

Board Members

Mysore S. RENUKA PRASAD

Zone 1--Canada

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Rodrigo Nel CORDOBA ROJAS

Zone 4--Northern South America

Ramune MAZALIAUSKENE

Zone 7--Northern Europe

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Oleg Skugarevsky

Zone 10--Eastern Europe

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Aida SYLLA

Zone 13--Central and Western Africa

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Pichet UDOMRATN

Zone 16--South Est Asia

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Bernardo NG

Zone 2--United States of America

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Sanitago LEVIN

Zone 5--Southern South America

Konstantinos N. Fountoulakis

Zone 8--Southern Europe

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Amine LARNAOUT

Zone 11--Northern Africa

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Juliet Nakku

Zone 14--Eastern & Southern Africa

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Yong Chon PARK

Zone 17--Eastern Asia

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Thelma SÁNCHEZ-VILLANUEVA

Zone 3--Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean

Gisèle Apter

Zone 6--Western Europe

Igor FILIPCIC

Zone 9--Central Europe

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Mahdi ABU MADINI

Zone 12--Middle East

Seyed Ahmad JALILI

Zone 15--South Asia

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Allister Bush

Zone 18--Australasia and the South Pacific