Gabriele Fischer
Professor
Medical University of Vienna
Austria
Biography
Gabriele Fischer works as a psychiatrist & neurologist and is head of the Addiction Clinic at the Medical University of Vienna. She is involved in many epidemiological clinical and psychopharmacological studies in the field of substance use disorder and non-substance-related addictions including the topic of co-morbidities. She has over 150 peer-reviewed publications. She is, inter alia, a member of the European Monitoring Center for Drugs and Drug addiction (EMCDDA) and the commission director of the Austrian Ombudsman Board dedicated to improving human rights in vulnerable populations. Dr.Fischer is also an expert on the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) of the Council of Europe.
Research Interest
Gender differences, Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity, Buprenorphine, Evidence-Based Medicine, Gambling, Methadone, Morphine, Opioid-Related Disorders, Pregnancy, Substance Abuse Treatment Centers, Substance Abuse, Intravenous, Substance-Related Disorders