György Bagdy

György László Bagdy (born 31 July 1955 in Budapest) is a Hungarian pharmacist, research physician, neuropsychopharmacologist and university professor. He is also a Candidate of Medical Sciences and Doctor of Sciences at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (1999).

Academic career Between 1974 and 1979 Bagdy was a student at the Faculty of Pharmacy of Semmelweis University. Between 1980 and 1983, he qualified as a pharmacologist and toxicologist at the Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education in Budapest. From 1980 to 1986 he was a research assistant at the National Institute of Neurology and Mental Medicine in Budapest. From 1986 to 1990 he was a fellow in the USA, among other things he worked as a research consultant at the National Institute of Mental Health in Bethesda. From 1991 to 1992 he was a research associate at the National Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology, and from 1993 to 2002 he was senior research fellow and head of laboratory, and from 2002 to 2007 he was scientific director. Since 1997 he has been an external lecturer at Eötvös Loránd University.

His research interests include serotonin physiology and pharmacology.

Awards Bagdy was awarded the Diploma of Recognition from the Minister of Health in 1998. In 2009, he was awarded Outstanding PhD Lecturer. the Ignác Semmelweis Memorial Medal in 2021 and the Széchenyi Prize in 2022.