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 ITALY BOARD MEMBERS

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

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

Claudia Catani, PhD
Clinical Psychologist
research & project director vivo Italy
University of Bielefeld
Bielefeld, Germany
Expertise: Psychophysiology of Emotions & Clinical Research;
Organized and Family Violence

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
vivo Italy
Expertise: Post Conflict Operations


VIVO GERMANY BOARD MEMBERS

Martina Ruf, PhD
Clinical Psychologist
President, vivo Germany
University of Konstanz, Germany
Expertise: Psychotherapy of children traumatized by war, organized or family violence

Brigitte Rockstroh, PhD
Professor for Clinical Psychology
Department of Psychology
University of Konstanz
Konstanz, Germany

Claudia Catani, PhD
Clinical Psychologist
University of Bielefeld
Bielefeld, Germany


VIVO UGANDA BOARD MEMBERS

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

Verena Ertl, MSc
Clinical Psychologist
Vice-President, vivo Uganda
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
Director, vivo international
Eremo delle Grotte
Ancona, Italy
Expertise: build-up of public mental health
structures in resource poor countries

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