Cleo L. Crunelle, M.D., Ph.D.

Biography

Dr. Cleo L. Crunelle is a Professor of Psychiatry and Addiction at the Free University of Brussels (VUB, Belgium) and a psychiatrist in the Department of Psychiatry at Brussels University Hospital (UZ Brussel, Belgium), with specific expertise in addiction, ADHD, neuroimaging, and toxicology.

She graduated magna cum laude from the Free University of Brussels and completed her Ph.D. in Medical Sciences at the University of Amsterdam (the Netherlands), focusing on the development of new neurobiological strategies for the treatment of patients with addictions. She is involved in several clinical and preclinical research projects, with a particular focus on the treatment of alcohol and substance use disorders and co-occurring psychiatric conditions, including adult ADHD.

In 2018, she obtained a second Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences, with a focus on alcohol biomarkers. To date, she has published more than 100 articles in international and national peer-reviewed journals and actively supervises bachelor's, master's, and Ph.D. students.

Prof. Crunelle is a board member of the International Collaboration on ADHD and Substance Use Disorders (ICASA), the Belgian College of Neuropsychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry (BCNBP), and the Flemish Association of Psychiatry (VVP). She is also an active member of the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS) and the International Brain Research Organization (IBRO).

Since 2020, she has served as an appointed expert to the Belgian Superior Health Council. She is also the co-founder and editor of the Dutch peer-reviewed journal Tijdschrift Verslaving & Herstel.