The Psychiatry Special Interest Group meets every two months and aims to bring together scientists from all over the world working in academia and industry and interested in the exciting and emerging field of Psychiatric Pharmacogenomics.

The next Pharmacogenetics in Psychiatry Interest Group meeting will be held on December 1, 2022 12:00 – 2:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

(Zoom link available via: daniel.mueller@camh.ca)

Presenter:
Assoc. Prof. Marin Jukić, PharmD
University of Belgrade - Pharmacy school, Serbia
Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden

Title: Role of polymorphic CYP2C19 and CYP2D6 enzymes in psychiatric phenotypes and psychiatric drug metabolism

Biography: Dr. Marin Jukić earned an MSc degree in pharmacy at the University of Belgrade, Serbia, completed his PhD in neuroscience at Ben Gurion University, Israel, and received postdoctoral training at Karolinska Institute, Sweden. Marin is currently employed as an associate professor at the University of Belgrade and a senior researcher at Karolinska Institute. Dr. Marin Jukić research is focused on brain development, monoaminergic neurotransmission, neuropsychopharmacology, and pharmacogenetics in psychiatry.