Leo Sher, M.D.

On behalf of the World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry (WFSBP) Task Force on Men’s Mental Health I would like to congratulate Professor Masahito Fushimi, a Member of the Task Force on becoming the Director and a Professor at the Akita University Health Center.

Professor Fushimi was born in Hokkaido, Japan. He lives in Akita, Japan.  Professor Fushimi received his M.D. and Ph.D. degrees from the Akita University School of Medicine in 1990 and 1997, respectively. He worked for many years as the Director of the Akita Prefectural Mental Health and Welfare Center. Professor Fushimi has studied stress-related disorders and suicidal behavior and published a lot of scholarly papers related to these issues.

The WFSBP Task Force on Men’s Mental Health was founded in 2013. Currently, the WFSBP Task Force on Men’s Mental Health consists of 29 international professionals representing many countries:

Officers:
Chair: Leo Sher (USA)
Co-Chairs: Timothy R. Rice (USA)
                   Zoltan Rihmer (Hungary)

Members:
Mikkel Arendt (Denmark)
M. Dolores Braquehais (Spain)
Javier Didia-Attas (Argentina)
Masahito Fushimi (Japan)
Julia Golier (USA)
Xenia Gonda (Hungary)
Jussi Jokinen (Sweden)
Styliani Kaliora (Greece)
Shigenobu Kanba (Japan)
Jose de Leon (USA)
Shih-Ku Lin (Taiwan)
J. John Mann (USA)
Mushtaq Margoob (India)
Joav Merrick (Israel)
Narseta Mickuviene (Lithuania)
Anne-Maria Möller-Leimkühler (Germany)
Alexander Neumeister (USA)
Maria A. Oquendo (USA)
Jorge Ospina-Duque (Colombia)
M. Dolores Picouto (Spain)
Carlos Roncero (Spain)
Wolfgang Rutz (Sweden)
Serge Sevy (USA)
Rishi Sood (USA)
Robert G. Stern (USA)
Nestor Szerman (Spain)