Prof. Gunter Schumann MD PhD, Distinguished Professor and Director, Centre for Population Neuroscience and Stratified Medicine (PONS) at ISTBI, Fudan University, Shanghai and Charite University Medicine Berlin advances research in population neuroscience and precision medicine in Europe and globally.

Professor Schumann conceived and is coordinating the environMENTAL Horizon Europe project of 25 partnering institutions aimed at reducing the impact of major environmental challenges on mental health (www.environmental-project.org). He leads the IMAGEN project, a groundbreaking longitudinal imaging genetics study (www.imgaen-project.org), initially funded by the European Commission, the STRATIFY study, funded by the European Research Council (ERC), and the Indian cVEDA study (www.cveda-project.org).

He directs the Zhanghjiang International Biobank at ISTBI, Fudan University. He is a recipient of prestigious awards, including an Advanced Grant of the ERC, a Humboldt Prize of the German Alexander von Humboldt Foundation as well as several awards of the PR China. He has attracted over 40 million Euro in grant funding.