who is who in vivo

vivo is an alliance of professionals experienced in the fields of psychotraumatology, international health, humanitarian aid, scientific laboratory and field research, sustainable development and human rights advocacy.
vivo is an independent non-profit organization committed to the provision of services to those who need it most regardless of their racial, ethnic, sexual, religious or political affiliations.

VIVO FOUNDING MEMBERS

Thomas Elbert , PhD
Professor for Clinical Psychology & Behavioural Neuroscience
Department of Psychology
University of Konstanz
Konstanz, Germany
Expertise: Research and Training in Clinical Psychology, Neuroscience

Unni Karunakara, MB BS DrPH
International President
Médecins Sans Frontières

Assistant Professor, Heilbrunn Department of Population & Family Health
Mailman School of Public Health
Columbia University

Frank Neuner, PhD
Professor for Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy
Department of Psychology
University of Bielefeld
Bielefeld, Germany
Expertise: Psychotherapy of Torture Victims & Clinical Research

Elisabeth Schauer, PhD
Director, vivo international
Eremo delle Grotte
Ancona, Italy
Expertise: build-up of public mental health
structures in resource poor countries

Maggie Schauer, MA, PhD
Department of Psychology
University of Konstanz
Konstanz, Germany
Expertise: Emergency Mental Health & Clinical Research

Monika Segbert, MBE, FLA (hon)
Information Technology Spezialist
Eremo delle Grotte
Ancona, Italy
Expertise: Public Relations, Documentation & Electronic Archiving
International Project Management

Aurelio Tassi, MS
Expertise: Post Conflict Operations

Pietro Tassi, Land surveyor/Architect
Director of Construction Co. & Estate Agency
Ancona, Italy
Expertise: Preservation & Reconstruction of Historic Monuments


VIVO GERMANY BOARD MEMBERS

Maggie Schauer, MA, PhD
President, vivo Germany
Clinical Psychologist
University of Konstanz
Konstanz, Germany
Expertise: Emergency Mental Health & Clinical Research

Verena Ertl, PhD
Clinical Psychologist
University of Bielefeld
Bielefeld, Germany
Expertise: Clinical Field Research, Psychotherapy
of war-displaced refugees, IDPs & former child soldiers

Michael Odenwald, PhD
Clinical Psychologist
University of Konstanz
Konstanz, Germany
Expertise:

Heike Riedke, PhD
Coordinator of the Research and Psychological Outpatient Clinic for Refugees
University of Konstanz
Konstanz, Germany
Expertise:

Nina Winkler, MSc
Clinical Psychologist
University of Konstanz
Konstanz, Germany
Expertise:

VIVO UGANDA BOARD MEMBERS

David K.Olema, M.A.
President, vivo Uganda
Lecturer,
Mbarara University of Science & Technology
Mbarara, Uganda
Expertise: Epidemiology of war and family related
violence in Northern Uganda

Verena Ertl, PhD
Vice-President, vivo Uganda
Clinical Psychologist
University of Bielefeld
Bielefeld, Germany
Expertise: Clinical Field Research, Psychotherapy
of war-displaced refugees, IDPs & former child soldiers

Mercie Blanche Onyut
vivo Uganda
Norwegian Refugee Council, Gulu
Gulu, Uganda
Expertise: Coordination & Public Relations

Elisabeth Schauer, PhD

ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS

Peter Banholzer, MD Internal Medicine, Psychotherapist
Schwabinger Krankenhaus
Munich, Germany

Jonathan Baranga, Professor
Dean of the Faculty of Science & Education
Mbarara University of Science and Technology
Mbarara, Uganda

Morton Beiser, MD
Professor and Chair CAMH, (Center for Addiction and Mental Health),
Vice Chair of Research, Department of Psychiatry
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada

Margret Bradley, PhD
Research Professor, Department of Clinical and Health Psychology
University of Florida
Gainesville, USA

Lynn Delisi, MD
Professor for Psychiatry
New York University
New York, USA

Ionana Derscanu, PhD
ACCESS programme, EU

Matei Gall
Author and Holocaust Survivor
Offenbach, Germany

Radu Ioanid, PhD
Director, International Archival Programs Division, Center for Holocaust Studies
US Holocaust Memorial Museum
Washington DC, USA

Peter Lang, PhD, Dr. h.c.mult.
Professor and Director
Center for the Study of Emotion and Attention & Anxiety Clinic
University of Florida
Gainesville, USA

Kenneth P. Omonding
Commissioner for Oaths & Notary Public
Kampala, Uganda

Clare Pain, MD
Clinical director, Psicological Trauma Program,
Assistant Professor for Psychiatry
Mount Sinai Clinic, University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada

Daniela Palomba, MD
Professor, Department of Psychology
University of Padova, Italy

Walton T. Roth, MD
Professor, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford, USA

Daya Somasundaram ,MD
Professor for Psychiatry
University of Jaffna
Jaffna, Sri Lanka

Owens Wiwa, MD, MPH
Center for Addiction and Mental Health
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada

Nicholas Wongo Krispo
President of the Sudan Refugee Council
Koboko-Arua, Uganda

William Yule, PhD
Professor of Applied Child Psychology
Institute of Psychiatry
University of London
London, Great Britain

Monette Zard, MA
Research Director
The International Council on Human Rights Policy
CH-1290 Versoix
Geneva, Switzerland