Philippe Conus trained at the University of Lausanne and specialized first in internal medicine and then in psychiatry. From 2000 to 2003, he worked in Melbourne and specialized in early detection and intervention in psychotic disorders. In 2004, he launched a similar early intervention program in Lausanne. In 2010, he was appointed Professor at the University of Lausanne’s Faculty of Medicine and became Director of the service of General Psychiatry at the CHUV. He is President of the IEPA Early Intervention in Mental Health association since January 2025.