Faculty/Staff

Teaching, Research, and Clinical Staff of the Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy:

I. ACADEMIC: Full permanent (tenure and/or tenure track positions) members:

• “Aaron T. Beck” Professor, Ph.D., Daniel DAVID, Head of Department
  • clinical applied cognitive science, genetic counseling, evolutionary psychology, evidence-based and robotics/robotherapy and virtual reality assesment and psychotherapy
  • adjunct professor at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New-York, USA
• Associate professor, Ph.D., Anca DOBREAN
  • psychological assessment, evidence-based assessment, child and adolescent psychopathology
• Associate professor, Ph.D., Alina RUSU
  • ethology, evolution, animal and biological models of psychopathology, animal-assisted therapy (including robots-animals: roboanimal assisted therapy/animal assisted robotherapy)
• Senior assistant professor, Ph.D., Catalina KOPETZ
• • clinical cognitive sciences and social cognitions
  • affiliated with University of Maryland, USA
• Assistant professor, MA, Ioana CRISTEA
  • clinical applied cognitive science, child and adolescent psychopathology
  • affiliated with University of Pisa, Italy

Former members of the Department

• Professor, Ph.D., Octavian POPESCU (2009-2011; since 2011 he is an adjunct professor in the Department)
  • genetics, molecular biology
  • member (corresponding) of the Romanian Academy of Science
• Senior assistant professor, M.D., Ph.D., Ovidiu ANDRONESI (2008-2011; since 20011 he is an adjunct researcher/consultant of the Department)
  • clinical neurosciences and their applications in clinical psychologiy/psychotherapy, neurology, psychiatry
  • affiliated with Harvard University, USA

II. RESEARCH: Full research members:

• Senior researcher (Senior research fellow), Ph.D., Sebastian PINTEA
  • research methodology
• Researcher (Research fellow), MA, Oana GAVIŢA
  • evidence based coaching, parenting

III. CLINICAL: Clinical staff:

• Senior assistant professor, M.D., Cristina POJOGA
  • behavioral medicine, psychosomatics, clinical health psychology
• Assistant professor, MA, Bianca MACAVEI
  • adult and old age psychopathology, crisis interventions
• Assistant professor, MA, Ramona MOLDOVAN
  • adult and old age psychopathology, crisis intervention
• Researcher (Research fellow), MA, David OPRIŞ
  • robotics/robotherapy and virtual realities and their use in health promotion
• Research assistant, MA, Raluca ANTON
• • clinical cognitive science; children and adolescents psychopathology
• Research assistant, MA, Adela BIAN MOLDOVAN
  • clinical cognitive science; children and adolescents psychopathology
• Research assistant, MA, Madalina SUCALA
  • clinical cognitive science; children and adolescents psychopathology
• Expert (Chief psychologist) Cristina DOMUT
  • psychological assesment

IV. Associates:
The Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy is interested in having as members, distinguished professionals at both national and international levels. The associate  members (e.g., adjunct; clinical; research; fellows), involved in various activities of the Department, are selected based upon rigorous performance criteria. For a complete list see www.psychoterapy.ro (Faculty of the Institute).