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France

Jacques-Alain Miller, psychoanalyst in Paris, editor of Jacques Lacan’s Seminaries, founder and president of the World Association of Psychoanalysis. He is the director of the Psychoanalytic program at Paris VIII University and teaches a weekly public seminar on Wednesday afternoons at the amphitheater des Arts et Métiers, entitled “L’orientation lacanienne”. He has presided over L’École de la Cause freudienne, founded by Jacques Lacan, in 1981.

Jean-Claude Maleval, psychoanalyst and professor of psychopathology at Haute-Bretagne University (Rennes II) since 1991, member of L’École freudienne de Paris (1975-1980) and member of L’École de la Cause freudienne since 1981. A Ph. D., his thesis : “L´investigation lacanienne de la psychose” (1931-1950), was directed by M. Baumstimler and its defense was held at Paris XIII University in 1986.

The United-States

Norma C. Ware, researcher at the Harvard Medical School and principal investigor of a research called “Social Integration for Psychiatrically Disabled Adults”. She is associated professor at the department of psychiatry, Harvard Medical School. With L.C. Chen and A. Kleinman, she is co-author of two books: Advancing Health in Developing Countries: The Contributions of Social Science Research (1992) and Health and Social Change in International Perspective (1994).

United Kingdown

Denis Noble was the Burdon Sanderson Professor of Cardiovascular Physiology, Oxford University, from 1984 to 2004. He is one of the pionners of Systems Biology. He is now co-Director of Computational Physiology. His research is focussed on using computer models of biological organs and systems. As Secretary-General of IUPS, he played a major role in launching the Physiome Project, an international project to use computer simulations to create the quantitative physiological models necessary to interpret the genome. He is author of The Music of Life: Biology Beyond the Genome (2006).

Quebec

Willy Apollon, Ph.D., philosopher and psychoanalyst; founding president of GIFRIC; consulting analyst in charge of clinical training for the staff at the Psychoanalytic Treatment Center for Young Psychotic Adults, the “388”; director of the Psychoanalytic Clinic for Family; research director for the Center for Training, Research and Cooperation of GIFRIC and a member of the Clinical Council of GIFRIC. Among his publications: Psychoses, l’offre de l’analyste (1999). He is co-author with Danielle Bergeron and Lucie Cantin of Traiter la psychose (1990) and After Lacan: Clinical Practice and the Subject of the Unconscious (2002).

Danielle Bergeron, M.D.,psychoanalyst and psychiatrist; director of the Psychoanalytic Treatment Center for Young Psychotic Adults, the “388”; in charge of the short-term analytic therapy service at Robert-Giffard hospital; associate professor at Laval University; coordinator of education and training for the Center for Training, Research and Cooperation of GIFRIC and coordinator for the Clinical Council of GIFRIC. She is co-author with Willy Apollon and Lucie Cantin of Traiter la psychose (1990) and After Lacan: Clinical Practice and the Subject of the Unconscious (2002).

Gilles Bibeau, Ph. D. (Laval), M.Sc. (Laval), Certificat (Kinshasa), Doctorat (Kinshasa), Licence (Gregoriana), B.A. (Montréal), MSRC, professeur titulaire à l'Université de Montréal. Il s'est impliqué dans l'animation du Groupe interuniversitaire de recherche en anthropologie médicale et en ethnopsychiatrie (Girame). Ses approches théoriques et méthodologiques s'inspirent des courants interprétatifs et critiques.

Lucie Cantin, M.Ps., psychoanalyst and psychologist; associate-director of the Psychoanalytic Treatment Center for Young Psychotic Adults, the “388”; clinical professor of the Psychology program at Laval University; vice-president of GIFRIC; coordinator of the internship program and the publishing division at the Center for Training, Reseach and Cooperation of GIFRIC and member of the Clinical Council of GIFRIC. She is co-author with Willy Apollon and Danielle Bergeron of Traiter la psychose (1990) and After Lacan: Clinical Practice and the Subject of the Unconscious (2002).

Alain Lesage, M.D., FRCP(C), M.Phil., DFAPA. He is a titular professor in psychiatry at the Montreal University and researcher for the Fernand-Seguin Research Center at Louis-Hyppolite Lafontaine hospital. He is the author of numerous papers on research in the field of mental health.

 


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