Chiara Rafanelli

TRAINING

School of Medicine , University of Bologna , Italy (1984-1990). Dissertation: “Cardiac neurosis: a psychosomatic approach”.

Medical Clerkship (1 month) at the Department of Medicine, General Hospital of Athens (Greece) (SISM Grant, Bologna) (1989)

Residency in Clinical Psychology , Department of Psychology, University of Bologna , Faculty of Medicine, Bologna , Italy (1990-1994). Dissertation: “Prodromal symptoms in obsessive compusive disorder”.

Internship at the Institute of Psychiatry, Maudsley Hospital and Bethlem Royal Hospital of London (U.K) (Supervisor: Professor Isaac Marks) (Comett Grant, Bologna) (5 months) (1993)

PhD Programme in General and Clinical Psychology , Department of Psychology, University of Bologna , Bologna , Italy (1994-1998). Dissertation: “The well-being/distress balance in affective disorders”.

Residency in Psychiatry , University of Bologna , Faculty of Medicine, Bologna , Italy (1998-2002). Dissertation:“Psychiatric aspects of blood-injury phobia”.

2002    Research assistant, Faculty of Psychology, University of Bologna. Bologna, Italy

2006 Associate professor, Faculty of Psychology, University of Bologna. Bologna, Italy

2012 Full professor, Department of Psychology, University of Bologna. Bologna, Italy

SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES AND COLLABORATIONS

1997-2000                               Research Assistant. Long term outcome of patients with affective        disorders treated by cognitive behavioral methods. Italian Ministry of                                                     Health, Mental Health Project (Euro: 110,294)

2001-2002                              Research Assistant. New methods in psychological evaluation in                                                            rehabilitation, CNR

2001-2004                               Research Assistant. Mental Health Evaluation. Italian Ministry of Health,                                                 Roma. (Euro: 44,117)

2004-2006                               Research Assistant. Psychological well-being in health and disease.                                                         MIUR Grant, Roma. (Euro: 58,823)

2007                                        Principal Investigator. Psychological well-being in affective disorders.                                                     New psychotherapeutic strategies. University of  Bologna   (ex 60%)                                                     (Euro 8,681)

2009                                        Coordinator of the national multisite project (Bologna Ospedale        Maggiore e Torino-Ospedale Molinette) Bando Programma Neuroscienze                                                 della Compagnia di San Paolo: “Cognitive-behavioral treatment of                                                         depression in patients with acute coronary syndrome” (Euro 347,000)

2020                                        Coordinator of the European project Research and innovation action                                                       H2020: "Healthcare interventions for the management of the elderly                                                     multimorbid patient, Escape" (Euro 201.299,13)

INSTITUTIONAL ACTIVITIES

2005–2021: Member of the Research Committee, Department of Psychology, University of Bologna.

2007–2010: Member of the Doctoral Board of the PhD Programme in General and Clinical Psychology, Department of Psychology, University of Bologna.

2009–2012: Member of the Teaching Committee, Faculty of Psychology, University of Bologna.

Since 2010: Member of the Doctoral Board of the PhD Programme in Psychological Sciences, Department of Psychology, University of Bologna.

2012–2013: Peer reviewer for the evaluation of research outputs submitted to the Italian Research Quality Assessment Exercise (VQR 2004–2010).

2013–2014: Member of the PSI sub-panel within Area 11 of the Research Observatory Evaluation Panel, University of Bologna.

Since 2014: Member of the Area 11 Research Assessment Panel (VRA), University of Bologna.

2015–2021: Coordinator of the Master's Degree Programme in Clinical Psychology, University of Bologna.

2015–2020: Chair of the Admissions Committee for the Master's Degree Programme in Clinical Psychology, University of Bologna.

2019–2025: Director of the Specialization School in Clinical Psychology, Department of Psychology, University of Bologna.

Since 2021: Representative of Full Professors on the Executive Board of the Department of Psychology, University of Bologna.

ACADEMIC AND CLINICAL APPOINTMENTS

2012-Present                            Full Professor to Clinical Psychology, Department of Psychology,                                                             University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

2002-2006              Researcher to Clinical Psychology, University of Bologna , Faculty of                                                       Psychology, Bologna , Italy

1995-2019           Staff Psychiatrist and Assistant Director, Affective Disorders Program,        directed by Giovanni Fava, Department of Psychology, University of        Bologna, Italy

2002-2008              Professor, “Clinical Methodology,” Faculty of Psychology, University of        Bologna , Bologna , Italy

2003-2010               Professor,“Cognitive-behavioral Interventions in Clinical Psychology,”        School of Health Psychology , Faculty of Psychology, University of        Bologna , Bologna , Italy

2004-2010                Professor, “Clinical Psychology,” School of Clinical Psychology, Faculty of        Medicine, University of Bologna , Bologna , Italy

2006-2007                Professor, “The Rehabilitation in Clinical Psychology,” Faculty of        Psychology, University of Bologna , Bologna , Italy

2007-Present             Professor, “Differential Psychopathology,” Faculty of Psychology,        University of Bologna , Bologna , Italy

2009-Present             Professor, “Clinical Psychology,” Laboratory of Clinical Psychology, Faculty        of Psychology, University of Bologna , Bologna , Italy

2019-Present        Professor, "Clinical Psychology", School of Specialization in Internal        Medicine, Faculty of Medicine

2025-Present        Clinical Supervisor of the Adult Psychopathological Assessment Service,        Department of Psychology, University of Bologna. The service provides        psychological assessment and psychopathological diagnostic activities                                                   for adults and is connected to the Department’s research activities.

MEMBERSHIP IN SCIENTIFIC AND EDITORIAL COMMITTEES

Since 2003: Member of the College of University Professors and Researchers in Clinical Psychology (Scientific Disciplinary Sector M-PSI/08) of Italian Universities.

Since 2015: Member of the International College of Psychosomatic Medicine (ICPM).

2018–2024: Member of the European Association of Clinical Psychology and Psychological Treatment (EACLIPT).

2020–2023: Chair of the Research Committee of the International Federation for Psychotherapy (IFP)

Since 2023: Chair of the Research Committee of the World Federation for Psychotherapy (WFP)

1992–2007: Reviewer for the journal Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics.

1996–2002: Member of the Editorial Board of the journal Psicoterapia Cognitivo-Comportamentale.

Since 2005: Reviewer for national and international journals in the fields of Clinical Psychology, Psychiatry, Psychosomatic Medicine, and Cardiology.

2008–2025: Member of the Editorial Board of the journal Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics.

THIRD MISSION ACTIVITIES

2017–2021: Coordinator of the Fragility Supervision Group, a collaborative project between the Associated Social Services of the Municipality of Ravenna and the Department of Psychology, Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna, aimed at providing training, professional support, and supervision activities.

2022–2024: Coordinator for the University of Bologna of the project "Living Better: Promoting Access to Psychological Therapies for Anxiety and Depression", funded by ENPAP and aimed at citizens throughout Italy to provide free access to brief psychological and psychotherapeutic treatments for the management of mild to moderate anxiety and depression.