[ { "name": "Davide Papola", "lastName": "Papola", "topic": "Psychological Treatment of Common Anxiety Disorders", "affiliation": "University of Verona", "image": "assets/team/pi-team/davide.webp", "link": "https://www.dnbm.univr.it/?ent=persona&id=20415&lang=en", "pointerEvents": "pointer-events: revert;", "indications": ["Generalized Anxiety", "Social Anxiety", "Panic Disorder", "Phobia"], "databases": { "gad-psyctr": "https://docs.metapsy.org/databases/gad-psyctr/", "sad-psyctr": "https://docs.metapsy.org/databases/sad-psyctr/", "panic-psyctr": "https://docs.metapsy.org/databases/panic-psyctr/" }, "description": "Dr. Davide Papola (MD, PhD) is a psychiatrist and Assistant Professor at the University of Verona, Italy.

Since 2019, he has been actively involved in the Metapsy Project, co-founding, together with Professor Cuijpers, the anxiety sections of the initiative. His expertise focuses on systematic reviews and meta-analytic methods, spanning the pathway from knowledge production to clinical practice.

From 2022 to 2024, Dr. Papola held a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship at Harvard Medical School in Professor Vikram Patel's research group. He has contributed as a guideline developer for the Italian National Health Institute and provided methodological support to the WHO mhGAP program." }, { "name": "Pim Cuijpers", "lastName": "Cuijpers", "topic": "Psychological Treatment of Depression", "affiliation": "Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam", "image": "assets/team/pi-team/pim.webp", "link": "https://www.pimcuijpers.com/blog/", "pointerEvents": "pointer-events: revert;", "indications": ["Depression"], "databases": { "depression-psyctr": "https://docs.metapsy.org/databases/depression-psyctr/", "depression-inpatients": "https://docs.metapsy.org/databases/depression-inpatients/", "depression-childadol-psyctr": "https://docs.metapsy.org/databases/depression-childadol-psyctr/" }, "description": "Pim Cuijpers. Ph.D. is professor emeritus of Clinical Psychology at the Department of Clinical, Neuro and Developmental Psychology, Amsterdam Public Health research institute, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands. He is also director of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Dissemination of Psychological Interventions in Amsterdam.

He is specialised in conducting randomised controlled trials and meta-analyses on prevention and psychological treatments of common mental disorders across the life span. Much of his work is aimed at prevention of mental disorders, psychological treatments of depression and anxiety disorders, and Internet-delivered treatments." }, { "name": "Dan J. Stein†", "lastName": "Stein", "topic": "Treatment for Health Anxiety", "affiliation": "University of Cape Town", "image": "assets/team/pi-team/dan.webp", "link": "https://neuroscience.uct.ac.za/contacts/dan-stein", "pointerEvents": "pointer-events: revert;", "indications": ["Health Anxiety"], "description": "Prof. Dan J. Stein was Chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health at the University of Cape Town, and Director of the South African Medical Research Council Unit on Risk & Resilience in Mental Disorders. His work focused on anxiety and related disorders, including obsessive-compulsive spectrum conditions and post-traumatic stress disorder.

Prof. Stein's research spanned basic neuroscience, clinical investigations, and public health. He authored or edited over 40 books, and published more than 800 articles. He was a recipient of the Collegium Internationale Neuro-Psychopharmacologicum's (CINP) Max Hamilton Memorial Award for his contributions to psychopharmacology, and was a former president of the Anxiety and Depression Association of America (ADAA).

Prof. Stein passed away in December 2025 after a short illness.", "databases": { } }, { "name": "Paula P. Schnurr", "lastName": "Schnurr", "topic": "Treatment of PTSD", "affiliation": "National Center for PTSD, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth", "image": "assets/team/pi-team/paula-s.webp", "link": "https://geiselmed.dartmouth.edu/faculty/facultydb/view.php/?uid=1730", "pointerEvents": "pointer-events: revert;", "indications": ["PTSD"], "description": "Paula P. Schnurr is a professor at Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, and executive director of the National Center for PTSD. Her research focuses on developing, disseminating, and evaluating cognitive behavioral treatments for PTSD and related conditions.", "databases": { "ptsd-psyctr": "https://docs.metapsy.org/databases/ptsd-psyctr/" } }, { "name": "Ioana A. Cristea", "lastName": "Cristea", "topic": "Meta-Research, Psychological Treatment of BPD, Bottom-Up Treatments", "affiliation": "University of Padova", "image": "assets/team/pi-team/ioana.webp", "link": "https://www.dpg.unipd.it/en/en/ioana-alina-cristea", "pointerEvents": "pointer-events: revert;", "indications": ["Borderline Personality Disorder", "Depression"], "description": "Prof. Ioana A. Cristea is an Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Padua and a former Research Affiliate at the Meta-Research Innovation Center at Stanford (METRICS). Trained as a clinical psychologist and cognitive-behavioural psychotherapist, she earned her PhD at Babeș-Bolyai University in Romania. Her research focuses on evaluating the efficacy, safety, and credibility of psychological and pharmacological interventions, using meta-analytic and meta-epidemiological methods to uncover biases, conflicts of interest, and issues in research transparency.

She has published extensively on the effectiveness of psychotherapies, methodological rigor in mental-health trials, and the intersection of evidence-based practice and open science. Through her work, Prof. Cristea has become a leading voice in promoting methodological integrity and accountability in psychological research.", "databases": { "bpd-psyctr": "https://docs.metapsy.org/databases/bpd-psyctr/" } }, { "name": "Heleen Riper", "lastName": "Riper", "topic": "Psychological Interventions for Alcohol Use", "affiliation": "Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam", "image": "assets/team/pi-team/heleen.webp", "link": "https://www.heleenriper.nl/", "pointerEvents": "pointer-events: revert;", "indications": ["Alcohol"], "description": "Prof. Dr. Heleen Riper is Full Professor of eMental-Health at the Department of Clinical, Neuro and Developmental Psychology at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. She is a pioneer in the field of digital mental health, with a particular focus on alcohol use disorders and depression. Her research combines clinical psychology with technological innovation to develop and evaluate online interventions.

Prof. Riper has led numerous international research projects and collaborations in digital mental health. She is particularly known for her work on internet-based cognitive behavioral therapy and blended care approaches. Her research aims to improve the accessibility and effectiveness of mental health interventions through digital solutions.", "databases": { } }, { "name": "Ted Satterthwaite", "lastName": "Satterthwaite", "topic": "Psychedelic Treatments", "affiliation": "University of Pennsylvania", "image": "assets/team/pi-team/ted.webp", "link": "https://sypres.io/", "pointerEvents": "pointer-events: revert;", "indications": ["Depression"], "description": "Dr. Ted Satterthwaite is at the McLure II Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine. At Penn, he directs the Penn Lifespan Informatics & Neuroimaging Center (PennLINC).  In collaboration with Metapsy, he co-leads the SYPRES project, which is focused on building an open, reproducible, and living meta-analysis of clinical trials of psychedelic treatments for mental health conditions. His research focuses on brain development, plasticity, psychopathology, and novel therapeutic approaches including psychedelics. He has published extensively on advanced neuroimaging methods and their application to understanding psychiatric disorders.", "databases": { "depression-psiloctr": "https://docs.metapsy.org/databases/depression-psiloctr/" } }, { "name": "J. Cobb Scott", "lastName": "Scott", "topic": "Psychedelic Treatments", "affiliation": "University of Pennsylvania", "image": "assets/team/pi-team/cobb.webp", "link": "https://www.med.upenn.edu/bbl/faculty-jcscott.html", "pointerEvents": "pointer-events: revert;", "indications": ["Depression"], "description": "Dr. Cobb Scott is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Director of the Neuropsychology Postdoctoral Residency at the Philadelphia VA Medical Center, and Investigator at the VISN4 MIRECC. He co-leads the SYPRES project, which focuses on conducting living evidence syntheses of psychedelic treatments for mental health conditions. Dr. Scott's research interests are in brain-behavior relationships underlying psychiatric disorders and substance use.", "databases": { "depression-psiloctr": "https://docs.metapsy.org/databases/depression-psiloctr/" } }, { "name": "Clara Miguel Sanz", "lastName": "Miguel Sanz", "topic": "Psychological Treatment of Depression", "affiliation": "Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam", "image": "assets/team/maintenance-team/clara2.webp", "link": "https://research.vu.nl/en/persons/clara-miguel-sanz-2", "pointerEvents": "pointer-events: revert;", "description": "Clara Miguel Sanz is a researcher in Clinical Psychology at the Faculty of Behavioural and Movement Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Her research focuses on meta-research, evidence synthesis, and psychological interventions, with a particular emphasis on depression and functioning.", "indications": ["Depression"], "databases": { "depression-psyctr": "https://docs.metapsy.org/databases/depression-psyctr/", "depression-inpatients": "https://docs.metapsy.org/databases/depression-inpatients/", "depression-childadol-psyctr": "https://docs.metapsy.org/databases/depression-childadol-psyctr/" } }, { "name": "Eirini Karyotaki", "lastName": "Karyotaki", "topic": "Psychological Treatment of Depression", "affiliation": "University of Amsterdam", "image": "assets/team/pi-team/karyotaki-eirini.webp", "link": "https://www.uva.nl/en/profile/k/a/e.karyotaki/e.karyotaki.html", "pointerEvents": "pointer-events: revert;", "indications": ["Depression"], "databases": { "depression-psyctr": "https://docs.metapsy.org/databases/depression-psyctr/", "depression-inpatients": "https://docs.metapsy.org/databases/depression-inpatients/", "depression-childadol-psyctr": "https://docs.metapsy.org/databases/depression-childadol-psyctr/" }, "description": "Eirini Karyotaki is a Full Professor of Psychopathology and Precision Interventions at the department of Clinical Psychology, University of Amsterdam (UvA) and a visiting fellow at the department of Clinical, Neuro- and Developmental Psychology, VU Amsterdam (VUA). Her research focuses on examining the effectiveness of psychotherapy in treating depression, with a special interest in alternative intervention delivery modes like digital interventions and task-sharing.

Her research has focused on novel ways of analysing individual patient data to answer questions such as who benefits most from what type of treatment (precision medicine). Dr. Karyotaki has specialised in conducting systematic reviews, including conventional and individual participant data meta-analyses, but also has performed epidemiological, effectiveness, and implementation research." }, { "name": "Mieke Schulte", "lastName": "Schulte", "topic": "Psychological Interventions for Alcohol Use", "affiliation": "Erasmus University Rotterdam", "image": "assets/team/pi-team/mieke.webp", "link": "https://www.eur.nl/people/mieke-schulte", "pointerEvents": "pointer-events: revert;", "indications": ["Alcohol"], "description": "Dr. Mieke Schulte is an Assistant Professor at Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences. Her research focuses on understanding and treating problematic alcohol use, with a particular interest in cognitive biases and their modification. She investigates how cognitive training can help reduce alcohol use and craving.

Dr. Schulte's work combines fundamental research on cognitive processes with the development and evaluation of novel interventions for alcohol use disorders. She is especially interested in using technology and online interventions to make treatments more accessible and effective.", "databases": { } }, { "name": "Marit Sijbrandij", "lastName": "Sijbrandij", "topic": "Prevention of PTSD", "affiliation": "Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam", "image": "assets/team/pi-team/marit.webp", "link": "https://research.vu.nl/en/persons/marit-sijbrandij", "pointerEvents": "pointer-events: revert;", "indications": ["PTSD"], "description": "Marit Sijbrandij's research evolves around the prevention and treatment of mental disorders following trauma and adversities in a global context. She has performed randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in the field of prevention and treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other common mental disorders resulting from the experience of extremely negative events, both in the Netherlands as well as in low- and middle income countries.

She is also interested in the aetiology of mental health problems following trauma and adversities, and psychological and biological mechanisms involved in the effects of psychological interventions.

With her research she aims to contribute to the development of effective psychological interventions for both common mental disorders as well as more severe mental disorders, that are scalable and appropriate across settings and populations worldwide. Her overall aim is to improve availability and access to high-quality psychological and psychosocial interventions for those individuals who are most in need of them, wherever in the world they may be.", "databases": { } }, { "name": "Jessica L. Hamblen", "lastName": "Hamblen", "topic": "Treatment of PTSD", "affiliation": "National Center for PTSD, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth", "image": "assets/team/pi-team/jessica.webp", "link": "https://geiselmed.dartmouth.edu/faculty/facultydb/view.php/?uid=907", "pointerEvents": "pointer-events: revert;", "indications": ["PTSD"], "description": "Jessica L. Hamblen is an associate professor at Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, and associated with the National Center for PTSD. Her research focuses on developing, disseminating, and evaluating cognitive behavioral treatments for PTSD and related conditions.", "databases": { "ptsd-psyctr": "https://docs.metapsy.org/databases/ptsd-psyctr/" } }, { "name": "Jake Linardon", "lastName": "Linardon", "topic": "Psychological Treatment of Eating Disorders", "affiliation": "Deakin University", "image": "assets/team/pi-team/jake.webp", "link": "https://experts.deakin.edu.au/43443-jake-linardon", "pointerEvents": "pointer-events: revert;", "indications": ["Eating Disorders"], "description": "Dr. Jake Linardon is a Senior Research Fellow at Deakin University in Melbourne, Australia. His research focuses on better understanding, treating, and preventing eating disorders, with a particular interest in how modern information technology can be used to support those most in need. He is passionate about helping people with eating disorders, and his ultimate goal is to develop novel, efficient, and cost-effective ways to treat them.

His work has been published in leading psychiatry and clinical psychology journals, and he has collaborated with some of the most esteemed clinicians and researchers in the field. Dr. Linardon also serves on the editorial boards of the International Journal of Eating Disorders, Body Image, and the Journal of Eating Disorders. In 2021, Expertscape ranked him among the top 1% of researchers worldwide specializing in eating disorders over the past decade.", "databases": { "ed-psyctr": "https://docs.metapsy.org/databases/ed-psyctr/" } }, { "name": "Christine Lochner", "lastName": "Lochner", "topic": "OCD-Spectrum Disorders", "affiliation": "Stellenbosch University", "image": "assets/team/pi-team/christine.webp", "link": "https://researcherprofiles.sun.ac.za/2036-christine-lochner", "pointerEvents": "pointer-events: revert;", "indications": ["Health Anxiety", "Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder"], "description": "Christine Lochner is a professor in the Department of Psychiatry at Stellenbosch University, and Co-Director of the SA MRC Unit on Risk and Resilience in Mental Disorders. She has obtained a PhD in Psychiatry and has more than 20 years of clinical, epidemiological and neuroscience research experience as a clinical psychologist working in the field of obsessive-compulsive and related disorders. She is principal investigator of a number of research programs in the above-mentioned unit and mentors masters, doctoral and postdoctoral students. She is a member of the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf), a director of the International College of Obsessive Compulsive Spectrum Disorders (ICOCS), and a member of the Obsessive-Compulsive Research Network (OCRN), and she chairs an external observers’ panel of the COST Action European Network for the problematic use of the internet supported by COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology).

Currently, Prof Lochner serves as an associate editor on the board of Comprehensive Psychiatry and as a board member of the Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and related disorders.", "databases": { } }, { "name": "Claudia Buntrock", "lastName": "Buntrock", "topic": "Indicated Prevention of Depression", "affiliation": "University of Magdeburg", "image": "assets/team/pi-team/claudia.png", "link": "https://ismg.med.ovgu.de/Unser+Institut/Team/Buntrock.html", "pointerEvents": "pointer-events: revert;", "indications": ["Depression"], "description": "Dr. Claudia Buntrock is a researcher in digital mental health and public-health intervention at the Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Germany, where she holds a junior professorship in the Institute for Social Medicine and Health Systems Research. Her academic training includes a BSc in European Public Health and an MSc in Health Science Research (specializing in Health Technology Assessment) from the University of Maastricht, followed by doctoral studies (PhD) focusing on web-based prevention of major depression at the Leuphana University Lüneburg and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (completed 2017, summa cum laude).

Her research centers on the prevention of depression through e-mental-health and other digital interventions, with an emphasis on evaluating both clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness in real-world and population-based settings. She has led and co-authored numerous randomized controlled trials and meta-analyses relating to internet- and mobile-based interventions for depression, insomnia and stress, contributing to evidence-based practice in mental-health care.", "databases": { } }, { "name": "Tara Donker", "lastName": "Donker", "topic": "Psychological Treatment of Phobias", "affiliation": "Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam & University of Freiburg", "image": "assets/team/pi-team/tara.webp", "link": "https://research.vu.nl/en/persons/tara-donker", "pointerEvents": "pointer-events: revert;", "indications": ["Phobia"], "description": "Dr. Tara Donker is Associate Professor at the Department of Clinical Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, and senior researcher at Albert-Ludwig University of Freiburg, Germany. She is a member of the Amsterdam Publich Health (APH) research institute. She is also a licensed Health Care Psychologist  and has a registration in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (VGCt). Her research focuses on early intervention and prevention of depression, anxiety and suicide, based on innovative technologies such as virtual reality and mobile apps. Her main goal is to make mental health care more accessible and scalable.", "databases": { } }, { "name": "Emma Motrico", "lastName": "Motrico", "topic": "E-Perinatal Prevention of Depression", "affiliation": "University of Sevilla", "image": "assets/team/pi-team/emma.webp", "link": "https://www.emmamotrico.com/", "pointerEvents": "pointer-events: revert;", "indications": ["Depression"], "description": "Dr. Emma Motrico is a Tenured Professor in the Department of Developmental and Educational Psychology at the University of Seville. Her research focuses on the prevention of mental disorders, particularly depression and anxiety during the perinatal period, and on integrating evidence-based preventive interventions into healthcare systems. She leads the Perinatal Mental Health Research Group at the Institute of Biomedicine of Seville (IBIS) and is the Principal Investigator of the ERC-funded project e-Perinatal, which develops and evaluates scalable, technology-supported approaches for universal prevention of maternal mental disorders.", "databases": { } }, { "name": "Wouter van Ballegooijen", "lastName": "Ballegooijen", "topic": "Suicide Prevention", "affiliation": "Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam", "image": "assets/team/pi-team/wouter2.webp", "link": "https://research.vu.nl/en/persons/wouter-van-ballegooijen", "pointerEvents": "pointer-events: revert;", "indications": ["Suicide"], "description": "Wouter van Ballegooijen is a professor at the Department of Clinical, Neuro and Developmental Psychology at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. His research focuses on digital mental health, with a special interest in suicide prevention. He is involved in several research projects on digital interventions for suicide prevention, depression and anxiety.", "databases": { "suicide-psyctr": "https://docs.metapsy.org/databases/suicide-psyctr/" } }, { "name": "Paula von Spreckelsen", "lastName": "Spreckelsen", "topic": "Suicide Prevention", "affiliation": "113 Suicide Prevention & Amsterdam UMC", "image": "assets/team/pi-team/paula-spreckelsen.webp", "link": "https://www.113.nl/over-113/ons-onderzoek/ons-team", "pointerEvents": "pointer-events: revert;", "indications": ["Suicide"], "description": "Paula von Spreckelsen is a medior/postdoctoral researcher at 113 Suicide Prevention and Amsterdam UMC. Her work focuses primarily on suicide prevention in mental healthcare, and she is involved as a principal investigator in the Metapsy suicide prevention database.", "databases": { "suicide-psyctr": "https://docs.metapsy.org/databases/suicide-psyctr/" } }, { "name": "Djordje Basic", "lastName": "Basic", "topic": "Psychological Treatment of Psychosis", "affiliation": "TU Munich", "image": "assets/team/pi-team/dorde.webp", "link": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/djordje-basic-498b6217b/", "pointerEvents": "pointer-events: revert;", "indications": ["Psychosis"], "description": "Djordje Basic is a researcher at the Section of Evidence-Based Medicine in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy at TUM Hospital rechts der Isar, Munich.", "databases": { "psychosis-psyctr": "https://docs.metapsy.org/databases/psychosis-psyctr/" } }, { "name": "Samuel Acuff", "lastName": "Acuff", "topic": "Psychological Treatment for Substance Use", "affiliation": "Massachusetts General Hospital", "image": "assets/team/pi-team/samuel.webp", "link": "https://www.recoveryanswers.org/team/samuel-acuff-ph-d-2/", "pointerEvents": "pointer-events: revert;", "indications": ["Substance Use"], "description": "Dr. Samuel Acuff is a Research Scientist at Massachusetts General Hospital’s Recovery Research Institute. Dr. Acuff completed his doctoral training in clinical psychology in the psychology department at the University of Memphis, his clinical psychology internship at the Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University, and his postdoctoral fellowship in the RRI. His research attempts to leverage technology and ongoing public health trends to reduce the burdens and harms of substance use disorder. His work is informed by behavioral economics and attempts to illuminate environmental and contextual influences on the development of and recovery from substance use disorders, with a particular focus on social factors. Dr. Acuff is currently funded by the National Institute on Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse.", "databases": { } }, { "name": "Yuki Furukawa", "lastName": "Furukawa", "topic": "Psychological Treatment of Insomnia", "affiliation": "TU Munich & Tokyo University", "image": "assets/team/pi-team/yuki.webp", "link": "https://yukifurukawa.jp/", "pointerEvents": "pointer-events: revert;", "indications": ["Insomnia"], "description": "Yuki Furukawa is a psychiatrist and clinical researcher specialized in evidence synthesis. He obtained his medical degree from Nagoya City University, completed his psychiatry training at the University of Tokyo and is a Board Certified Psychiatrist in Japan.

He led research projects involving cutting-edge meta-analytic methods including dose-response meta-analysis and component network meta-analysis. He joined the EBMPP lab from September 2024, and is currently working on several meta-analytic projects on pharmacotherapies for schizophrenia.", "databases": { } }, { "name": "Masatsugu Sakata", "lastName": "Sakata", "topic": "Psychological Treatment of Insomnia", "affiliation": "Nagoya City University", "image": "assets/team/pi-team/masa.webp", "link": "https://nrd.nagoya-cu.ac.jp/profile/en.9f4cd15b932f7aaf.html", "pointerEvents": "pointer-events: revert;", "indications": ["Insomnia"], "description": "Masatsugu Sakata is a junior associate professor and clinical psychologist at Nagoya City University. His research focuses on clinical epidemiology, evidence synthesis, and cognitive behavioral therapy for depression and insomnia, with an emphasis on randomized controlled trials, meta-analytic research, and implementation science.", "databases": { } }, { "name": "Annemieke van Straten", "lastName": "Straten", "topic": "Psychological Treatment of Insomnia", "affiliation": "Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam", "image": "assets/team/maintenance-team/annemieke.webp", "link": "https://research.vu.nl/en/persons/annemieke-van-straten", "pointerEvents": "pointer-events: revert;", "indications": ["Insomnia"], "description": "Annemieke van Straten is psychologist and epidemiologist, professor of Clinical Psychology and head of the section Clinical Psychology within the department of Clincial, Neuro and Developmental Psychology. With her work she wants to contribute to the reduction of disease burden caused by mental disorders. Her work therefore focuses mainly om mental disorders which are common in the population such as insomnia disorder and depression. She wants good quality treatments to be widely available and therefore her work concentrates on brief (e-health) treatments delivered in the general population, general practices or low intensity mental health services.", "databases": { } }, { "name": "Yingying Wang", "lastName": "Wang", "topic": "Psychological Treatment of OCD and Health Anxiety", "affiliation": "Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam", "image": "assets/team/pi-team/yingying.webp", "link": "https://research.vu.nl/en/persons/yingying-wang", "pointerEvents": "pointer-events: revert;", "indications": ["Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder", "Health Anxiety"], "description": "Yingying Wang is a lecturer at the Department of Clinical, Neuro and Developmental Psychology at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Her research focuses on psychological treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder.", "databases": { "ocd-psyctr": "https://docs.metapsy.org/databases/ocd-psyctr/" } }, { "name": "Parker Singleton", "lastName": "Singleton", "topic": "Psychedelic Treatments", "affiliation": "University of Pennsylvania", "image": "assets/team/pi-team/parker.webp", "link": "https://singlesp.github.io/", "pointerEvents": "pointer-events: revert;", "indications": ["Depression"], "description": "Parker Singleton is a senior researcher at the University of Pennsylvania. He co-leads the SYPRES project, which focuses on evidence synthesis for psychedelic treatments.", "databases": { "depression-psiloctr": "https://docs.metapsy.org/databases/depression-psiloctr/" } }, { "name": "Maya E. O'Neil", "lastName": "O'Neil", "topic": "Treatment of PTSD & Suicide Prevention", "affiliation": "Portland VA, Oregon Health & Science University", "image": "assets/team/pi-team/maya.webp", "link": "https://www.ohsu.edu/people/maya-e-oneil-phd", "pointerEvents": "pointer-events: revert;", "indications": ["PTSD", "Suicide"], "description": "Dr. Maya O'Neil is a Professor at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU), Vice Chair for Research in the Department of Psychiatry, and Associate Director of External Data Collaborations with OHSU's Center for AI enabled Learning Health Science (CAILHS). She is a Psychology Program Manager, Associate Director for Education for the VISN20 Northwest Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center (MIRECC), and Co-Director of the MIRECC Advanced Fellowship Program in Mental Illness Research and Treatment at the Portland VA, where she is a licensed, credentialed, and privileged neuropsychologist (OR LIC #2248). She is a Core Investigator with the Portland VA's Health Systems Research Center of Innovation, the Center for the Involvement of Veterans in Care (CIVIC) where she leads a program of research broadly focused on advancing quantitative methods for clinical and health systems research.", "databases": { } }, { "name": "Rory A. Pfund", "lastName": "Pfund", "topic": "Treatments for Problem Gambling", "affiliation": "University of Tennessee Health Science Center", "image": "assets/team/pi-team/rory.webp", "link": "https://www.memphis.edu/psychology/people/faculty/pfund.php", "pointerEvents": "pointer-events: revert;", "indications": ["Problem Gambling"], "description": "Dr. Rory Pfund is associate professor at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. His research program focuses on evaluating the effectiveness of psychological treatments for gambling disorder and substance use disorder. Dr. Pfund is a licensed clinical psychologist with experience in the provision of cognitive-behavioral therapy and contingency management. He has received research support from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, the International Center for Responsible Gambling, and the Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse. Dr. Pfund currently serves as Associate Editor for Addiction and Journal of Gambling Studies, as well as a Consulting Editor for Psychology of Addictive Behaviors.", "databases": { "gambling-psyctr": "https://docs.metapsy.org/databases/gambling-psyctr/" } }, { "name": "Marketa Ciharova", "lastName": "Ciharova", "topic": "Psychological Treatment of Depression", "affiliation": "Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam", "image": "assets/team/maintenance-team/marketa.webp", "link": "https://research.vu.nl/en/persons/marketa-ciharova", "pointerEvents": "pointer-events: revert;", "description": "Marketa Ciharova is a Research Associate at the Faculty of Behavioural and Movement Sciences, Clinical Psychology at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. She is also affiliated with the Amsterdam Public Health (APH) research institute, contributing to both the Digital Health and Mental Health programs.

Her research focuses on the effectiveness of digital interventions for mental disorders, with a particular emphasis on treatment efficiency and precision psychology. She recently completed her PhD thesis titled 'From Treatment Efficiency to Precision Psychology: Mixed-Method Research on Innovation in Psychological Interventions for Common Mental Disorders' and has co-authored meta-analytic syntheses on digital interventions for mental disorders.", "indications": ["Depression"], "databases": { "depression-psyctr": "https://docs.metapsy.org/databases/depression-psyctr/", "depression-inpatients": "https://docs.metapsy.org/databases/depression-inpatients/", "depression-childadol-psyctr": "https://docs.metapsy.org/databases/depression-childadol-psyctr/" } }, { "name": "Antonia Sprenger", "lastName": "Sprenger", "topic": "Indicated Prevention of Depression", "affiliation": "University of Magdeburg", "image": "assets/team/maintenance-team/antonia.webp", "link": "http://www.ismg.ovgu.de/ismg/en/Institute/Team/Sprenger.html", "pointerEvents": "pointer-events: revert;", "indications": ["Depression"], "description": "Antonia A. Sprenger is a Research Associate at the University of Magdeburg and a contributor to the Metapsy project." }, { "name": "Soledad Quero", "lastName": "Quero", "topic": "Psychological Treatment of Prolonged Grief", "affiliation": "University Jaume I", "image": "assets/team/pi-team/quero-soledad.webp", "link": "https://www.uji.es/institucional/estructura/personal?p_departamento=97&p_profesor=62985", "pointerEvents": "pointer-events: revert;", "indications": ["Prolonged Grief"], "description": "Soledad Quero is an Associate Professor of Psychology at Universitat Jaume I and a senior member of the Labpsitec research group. Her work focuses on using digital technologies—such as virtual and augmented reality and online platforms—to enhance psychological treatments, particularly for emotional and stress-related disorders. She has led several national and EU-funded projects, published over 100 scientific papers, and supervised multiple PhD theses. She co-developed TAO, an effective online program for adjustment disorders, and is dedicated to expanding access to evidence-based psychological interventions.", "databases": { "grief-psyctr": "https://docs.metapsy.org/databases/grief-psyctr/" } }, { "name": "Aaron Keshen", "lastName": "Keshen", "topic": "Psychological Treatment of Eating Disorders", "affiliation": "Dalhousie University", "image": "assets/team/pi-team/aaron.webp", "link": "https://medicine.dal.ca/departments/department-sites/psychiatry/our-people/faculty/aaron-keshen.html", "pointerEvents": "pointer-events: revert;", "indications": ["Eating Disorders"], "description": "Dr. Aaron Keshen is a Professor at Dalhousie University and a staff psychiatrist at Nova Scotia Health. He graduated from Dalhousie Medical School and completed a psychiatry residency at Dalhousie University in 2009. Since graduating, he has been the clinical co-lead at the Nova Scotia Health Eating Disorder Program and since 2020 has been co-director of the newly formed Nova Scotia Provincial Service for Eating Disorders.

In addition to this clinical work, Dr. Keshen has been developing an eating disorder research program since 2014 that evolved into the Maritime Eating and Appearance Lab (MEAL) in 2022. Dr. Keshen's research has focused on developing and testing scalable and evidence-based treatments that can be implemented into clinical practice.", "databases": { "ed-psyctr": "https://docs.metapsy.org/databases/ed-psyctr/" } }, { "name": "Frederic Maas genannt Bermpohl", "lastName": "Maas", "topic": "Psychological Treatment for Bodily Distress", "affiliation": "University of Wuppertal", "image": "assets/team/pi-team/frederic.webp", "link": "https://www.kp.uni-wuppertal.de/de/team/wissenschaftliche-mitarbeiterinnen/maas-genannt-bermpohl/", "pointerEvents": "pointer-events: revert;", "indications": ["Bodily Distress"], "description": "Dr. Frederic Maas genannt Bermpohl is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Wuppertal. His research focuses on psychological treatments for body dysmorphia and other bodily distress disorders.", "databases": { "bodily-distress-psyctr": "https://docs.metapsy.org/databases/bodily-distress-psyctr/" } }, { "name": "Alexandra Martin", "lastName": "Martin", "topic": "Psychological Treatment for Bodily Distress", "affiliation": "University of Wuppertal", "image": "assets/team/pi-team/alexandra-martin.webp", "link": "https://www.kp.uni-wuppertal.de/de/team/lehrstuhlinhaberin/", "pointerEvents": "pointer-events: revert;", "indications": ["Bodily Distress"], "description": "Alexandra Martin is professor of clinical psychology at the University of Wuppertal (Germany), and director of the Wuppertal University Psychotherapy Outpatient Clinic. Her research focuses on psychological treatments for body dysmorphia and other bodily distress disorders.", "databases": { "bodily-distress-psyctr": "https://docs.metapsy.org/databases/bodily-distress-psyctr/" } }, { "name": "Lingyao Tong", "lastName": "Tong", "topic": "Self-Guided Interventions for Depression", "affiliation": "Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam", "image": "assets/team/pi-team/lingyao.webp", "link": "https://research.vu.nl/en/persons/lingyao-tong", "pointerEvents": "pointer-events: revert;", "indications": ["Depression"], "description": "Dr. Lingyao Tong is a postdoctoral researcher at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Her research focuses on evidence synthesis and predictive modeling for digital and self-guided interventions for depression.", "databases": { "depression-selfguided-psyctr": "https://docs.metapsy.org/databases/depression-selfguided-psyctr/" } }, { "name": "Fabrizio Visconti", "lastName": "Visconti", "topic": "Psychological Treatment of BPD", "affiliation": "University of Padova", "image": "assets/team/pi-team/fabrizio.webp", "link": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/fabrizio-visconti-430aa81bb/", "pointerEvents": "pointer-events: revert;", "indications": ["Borderline Personality Disorder"], "description": "Fabrizio Visconti is a doctoral researcher at the University of Padua. His research focuses on evidence synthesis and psychological interventions for borderline personality disorder.", "databases": { "borderline-psyctr": "https://docs.metapsy.org/databases/borderline-psyctr/" } }, { "name": "Irene Gómez Gómez", "lastName": "Gomez", "topic": "E-Perinatal Prevention of Depression", "affiliation": "Loyola University", "image": "assets/team/pi-team/irene.webp", "link": "https://www.uloyola.es/en/scientific-offer/researchers/irene-gomez-gomez", "pointerEvents": "pointer-events: revert;", "description": "Dr. Irene Gómez Gómez holds a PhD in Data Science (with highest honors and international distinction) from Universidad Loyola. She earned a BA in Psychology and an MSc in Social Intervention Psychology (research and applied tracks) from Universidad de Granada. Between 2014 and 2020, she received research fellowships from the Spanish Ministry of Education and Universidad Loyola.

Her work spans seven competitive research projects, including national, regional, and network initiatives (RedIAPP, Instituto de Salud Carlos III). She has published 24 peer-reviewed JCR-indexed articles, three book chapters, and presented 19 conference papers, mostly at international meetings. She has conducted research stays at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Universidad de Granada, and Università degli Studi di Padova. Dr. Gómez Gómez is a member of the SEJ663 research group on Applied Methodology, Statistics, and Psychometrics and the national RICAPPS network (RICORS, Instituto de Salud Carlos III). She currently teaches in the Department of Psychology at Universidad Loyola Andalucía.", "indications": ["Depression"], "databases": { } }, { "name": "Jorge Grimaldos García", "lastName": "Grimaldos", "topic": "Treatment of Prolonged Grief", "affiliation": "University Jaume I", "image": "assets/team/pi-team/jorge.webp", "link": "https://www.uji.es/serveis/alumnisauji/base/xarxa/experienciesalumni/ciencias-salud/MU-Psico-general/jorge-grimaldos/", "pointerEvents": "pointer-events: revert;", "description": "Jorge Grimaldos García holds a Master's Degree in General Health Psychology (Máster Universitario en Psicología General Sanitaria) from the Universitat Jaume I (UJI), where he graduated in 2019. His professional training focuses on the clinical domain of psychology, emphasizing psychological assessment and evidence-based interventions. During his studies, he developed extensive practical experience through clinical placements, applying theoretical knowledge to real-world contexts. Grimaldos currently works as a General Health Psychologist, applying his training to promote mental health and psychological well-being.", "indications": ["Prolonged Grief"], "databases": { "grief-psyctr": "https://docs.metapsy.org/databases/grief-psyctr/" } }, { "name": "Amanda Díaz García", "lastName": "Diaz", "topic": "Transdiagnostic Treatment of Depression & Anxiety", "affiliation": "University of Zaragoza", "image": "assets/team/pi-team/amanda.webp", "link": "https://janovas.unizar.es/sideral/CV/amanda-diaz-garcia", "pointerEvents": "pointer-events: revert;", "description": "Amanda Díaz García is an associate professor at the University of Zaragoza.", "indications": ["Depression", "Generalized Anxiety", "Social Anxiety", "Panic Disorder", "Phobia"], "databases": { "depression-anxiety-transdiagnostic": "https://docs.metapsy.org/databases/depression-anxiety-transdiagnostic/" } }, { "name": "Antonia Leousi", "lastName": "Leousi", "topic": "Psychological Treatment of Psychosis", "affiliation": "University Medical Center Utrecht", "image": "assets/team/pi-team/antonia-l.webp", "link": "https://orcid.org/0009-0008-7524-7602", "pointerEvents": "pointer-events: revert;", "description": "Antonia is a mental health professional (MSc) at UMC Utrecht's Early Psychosis Inpatient Department. She also conducts research at UMC Utrecht, collaborates as a Principal Investigator (PI) with Metapsy psychosis database, and occasionally contributes to projects at Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Her research interests focus on person- centred approaches to understanding the meaning of symptoms, such as hearing voices, and the overlap between psychosis, dissociation, and trauma-related experiences.", "indications": ["Psychosis"], "databases": { "psychosis-psyctr": "https://docs.metapsy.org/databases/psychosis-psyctr/" } }, { "name": "Arzu Salmanova", "lastName": "Salmanova", "topic": "Psychological Treatment of Psychosis", "affiliation": "Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam", "image": "assets/team/pi-team/arzu.webp", "link": "https://orcid.org/0009-0003-7672-9658", "pointerEvents": "pointer-events: revert;", "description": "Arzu is a Research Master's graduate in Clinical and Developmental Psychopathology. Her research focuses on psychosis, with a particular interest in early intervention and personalized care.", "indications": ["Psychosis"], "databases": { "psychosis-psyctr": "https://docs.metapsy.org/databases/psychosis-psyctr/" } } ]