Stephan Eliez

Group name: Neuroscience and Neuroimaging Laboratory in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Affiliations: Faculty of Medicine, Geneva University Hospitals, Department of Psychiatry

Domains: Development and Plasticity, Affective and Social Neurosciences

Keywords: child development, genetic, mental disorders

Research activities

The goals of our Neuroscience and Neuroimaging Laboratory in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry are to study brain development and functioning in children, along with the influence of specific genetic factors on development. We aim at better understanding how genetic and brain alterations contribute to the emergence of cognitive or behavioral difficulties or psychiatric disorders during the course of development. Our research focuses on individuals who have genetic, neuropsychiatric or neurodevelopmental disorders, which result in behavior, learning or emotional regulation difficulties. A collaborative multidisciplinary approach that includes genetic, structural and functional neuroimaging and cognitive neuroscience has the following goals: a better definition of neurogenetic syndromes and conditions studied; identify markers of cognitive impairments; identify risk factors for psychiatric diseases and symptoms; use specific neurogenetic conditions as a homogeneous genetic model to better understand interactions between genes, brain, behavior and environmental factors in the etiopathogeny of neuropsychiatric diseases.

Latest publications

The uneven landscape of cognitive domains in 22q11.2 deletion syndrome: A large consortium study.

Fiksinski AM , Wierenga R , McDonald-McGinn D , S Bassett A , Bearden CE , Morrow B , Emanuel B , Gur RE , Swillen A , Hooper SR , Chow EWC , van den Bree MBM , Vermeesch JR , Owen MJ , Eliez S , Gothelf D , Arango C , Kates WR , Simon T , Murphy KC , Murphy D , Repetto GM , Morey Canyelles J , Vicari S , Cubells J , Philip N , Campbell L , Díaz-Caneja CM , Schneider M , Shashi V , Armando M , Breetvelt EJ , de Veye H , , van Amelsvoort T , Vorstman J

Psychological medicine - Sep 2026

Multicenter retrospective study on perceived effectiveness, reported side effects, and cognitive outcomes of SSRIs in 22q11.2 deletion syndrome.

Latrèche C , Mancini V , Dvojakovska M , Kushan L , Mchangama F , Tairi F , Cohen T , Spapens J , Reijn L , Díaz-Caneja CM , Acheampong H , De Troch L , Vergaelen E , Vogels A , Swillen A , Vingerhoets C , Boot E , Arango C , Velders F , Fiksinski A , van Amelsvoort T , Gothelf D , Bearden CE , Chaumette B , Schneider M , Eliez S

European child & adolescent psychiatry - Aug 2026

Atypical Development of Resting-State Periodic and Aperiodic Electroencephalography Activity in 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome.

Latrèche C , Mancini V , Rochas V , Férat V , Cantonas LM , Schneider M , Eliez S

Biological psychiatry. Cognitive neuroscience and neuroimaging - Jul 2026

Developmental Brain Network Trajectories Differentiate Resilience and Vulnerability to Psychosis in 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome.

Forrer S , Delavari F , Sandini C , Van De Ville D , Eliez S

Biological psychiatry global open science - Sep 2026

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Contact

Département de psychiatrie
HUG
Email: Stephan.Eliez@unige.ch