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Scientific Committee

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Jana Javakhishvili (Co-Chair)

Ilia State University, Georgia

Jana (Darejan) Javakhishvili, PhD, is a Director of the Institute of Addiction Studies at the Ilia

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Dean Ajduković

Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb, Croatia

Dean Ajduković is Professor Emeritus at the Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb, Croatia.

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Eka Chkonia

Tbilisi State Medical University

Professor at Tbilisi State Medical University

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Samuli Kangaslampi

Faculty of Social Sciences / Psychology, Tampere University, Finland

Samuli Kangaslampi, PhD, licensed clinical psychologist, is currently a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Department of Neuropsychology and Psychopharmacology, Maastricht University, Netherlands.

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Soraya Sedat

Department of Psychiatry at Stellenbosch University

Soraya Seedat is a Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry and Executive Head of the Department of
Psychiatry at Stellenbosch University.

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João Filipe Veloso

Observatório do Trauma/CES – Portugal

Clinical Psychologist specialist

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Nino Makhashvili (Co-Chair)

Foundation GIP - Tbilisi, Mental Health Resource Center, Ilia State University - Georgian Society for Psychotrauma

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Maria Böttche

DeGPT - Deutschsprachige Gesellschaft für Psychotraumatologie
Freie Universität Berlin, Germany

Maria Böttche, PhD, is a registered psychotherapist and postdoctoral researcher at the division of

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Ugur Cikrikcili

Magdeburg Otto von Guericke University

Psychiatry specialist and medical researcher at Magdeburg Otto von Guericke University

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Lonneke Lenferink

NtVP - (Nederlandstalige vereniging voor psychotrauma)
University of Twente,
University of Groningen and Utrecht University (Netherlands)

I work as an assistant professor at the University of Twente, University of Groningen, and Utrecht University (Netherlands)

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Armen Soghoyan

Department of Psychiatry, Yerevan State Medical University (YSMU)

Armen Soghoyan is an Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, YSMU

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Elena Acquarini

SISST - Società Italiana per lo Studio dello Stress Traumatico
DISCUI, University of Urbino, Italy

Chartered psychologist and psychotherapist, she is Senior Lecturer in Clinical Psychology at DISCUI

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Maria Bragesjö

Karolinska Institutet | KI · Department of Clinical Neuroscience

Maria Bragesjö is a clinical psychologist and postdoctoral researcher at the Center for Psychiatry Research, Karolinska Institutet, in Stockholm, Sweden.

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Derek Indoe

UKPTS - the UK Psychological Trauma Society

Dr Derek Indoe is a fully qualified clinical, forensic educational and counselling psychologist specialising in trauma and personal injury, whilst providing expert witness in the Crown courts on these and other matters.

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Misari Oe

Counseling Center at Kurume University Hospital, Japan

Dr. Misari Oe is a psychiatrist and director of the Counseling Center at Kurume University Hospital, Japan

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Aleksandra Stevanovic

CSTS - Croatian Society for Traumatic Stress

Aleksandra Stevanovic is a Postdoctoral researcher and assistant teacher at University of Rijeka, Croatia

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