Professor Gabriele Fischer

Prof. Dr. Gabriele Fischer works as psychiatrist and human rights specialist at the Medical University Vienna, where she has been acting for many years as director of the Addiction clinic with a double affiliation to the Center of Public Health and Department of Psychiatry & Psychotherapy.

Through her academic career, Prof. Dr. Gabriele Fischer has published more than 160 peer-reviewed scientific papers, many books in addition to > 600 international oral presentations, next to many international educational trainings in substance use disorder and related co-morbidities. Her research funds in the field of substance use disorder have been recruited internationally through NIH/NIDA, EU, Council of Europe, third parties as well as numerous grants through national grant funding. For many decades she has been engaged as consultant for UN, WHO, EMCDDA and other international organizations, next to her research focus is neuropsychopharmacology, neuroscience, co-morbidity (like ADHD), sex/gender related aspects, cost-economy, vulnerable populations (prisoners, migrants) and human rights aspects in psychiatry with special consideration of substance use disorder. She serves in the expert pool of CPT (Committee for the prevention of torture) at the Council of Europe next to many board & committee activities related to psychiatry/substance use disorder on a national and international level. Finally, she has been involved for many years as member of the scientific committee at the European Monitoring Center for Drugs & Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) in Lisbon.