Ruini Chiara
Education
Primary and Secondary School in Sassuolo (Mo), Italy
School of Psychology, University of Bologna, Italy
(1992-1997)
Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin (USA).
Activity: Research about psychological well-being. Supervisor:
Prof. Carol D. Ryff. (3 months in 1996).
QUALIFICATIONS
1992-1997 Doctor in Psychology, University of Bologna Subject of
dissertation : "Well-being in affective disorders."Final mark: 1st
class (cum laude)
1999 Board Certification in the Chartered List of Psychologists
(Italy)
November 2005: Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychology,
University of Bologna
LICENSURE
1999 - Present Italy
ACADEMIC AND CLINICAL APPOINTMENTS
1998 - Present Staff Psychologist, Affective Disorders Program,
Department of Psychology University of Bologna
2001 – Present Coordinator, Training Program in Well-Being
therapy
2000 – 2001 Instructor in Psychometrics School of Psychology,
University of Bologna
2001 – 2003 Instructor in Health Psychology School of
Psychology, University of Bologna
2001-Present Instructor in "Neuropsychiatry, School of
Psychology, University of Bologna
2003-Present Instructor in "Clinical Psychophysiology" School of
Psychology, University of Bologna
2004- Present Instructor in "Clinical Methodology ", School of
Psychology, University of Bologna
2005-Present Instructor in "Psychological Therapies" School of
Psychology, University of Bologna
2005-Present: Assistant Professor in Clinical Psychology,
University of Bologna
2006-Present Course on "Clinical applications of Positive
Psychology" School of Psychology, University of Bologna
SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES AND COLLABORATIONS
1996 (Aug-Nov) Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin
(USA): collaboration with Prof. Carol D. Ryff in research on the
assessment of psychological well-being.
1996 – Present Collaboration in research at the Department of
Psychology, University of Bologna, with Prof. G.A. Fava.1999 –
Present Collaboration in research with the Division of
Endocrinology, University of Padova (Dr. Nicoletta Sonino).
1997 - 2002 Research Assistant - Long term outcome of patients
with affective disorders treated by cognitive behavioural methods.
Italian Ministry of Health, Mental Health Project
1998 - 2001 Research Assistant - New treatment strategies in
affective disorders. (MURST Grant, Roma)
2002 Principal Investigator – Well-being Therapy in generalized
anxiety disorder. Institute of Positive Psychology, University of
Pennsylvania (USA)
Research training at the Department of Psychology, University of
Wisconsin, Madison, USA. Supervisor: Prof Carol D. Ryff.
2001 – 2004 Research Assistant - Mental Health Evaluation.
(Italian Ministry of Health, Roma)
2004 – 2006 Research Assistant – Psychological well-being in
health and disease. (MIUR Grant, Roma)
2005 – 2006 Research Assistant – Psychological interventions in
adolescence. (Fondazione Carisbo, Bologna)
2007 Principal-Investigator – Psychological well-being in
affective disorders. New psychotherapeutic strategies. University
of Bologna (ex 60%)
ASSESSOR FOR JOURNALS
Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics (Assistant Editor)
Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica (Referee)
Journal of Affective Disorders (Referee)
Journal of Anxiety Disorders (Referee)
The Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development
–ZonMw (Referee)
Journal of Happiness Studies (Referee)
Psychosomatics (Referee)
Giornale Italiano di Psicopatologia (Referee)
Psicologia della Salute (Referee)
Postgraduate Experience
September 1997- March 1998 Internship in the Psychiatric
Department, University of Modena. Supervisor: Prof. Giovanni
A.Fava.
March 1998-September 1998 Internship in the Psychiatric
Department, University of Cambridge, England (UK). Supervisor:
Prof. Eugene S. Paykel.
January 1996 - Present Collaboration in research at the
Department of Psychology, University of Bologna, with Prof. G.A.
Fava.
October 1999 - Present Collaboration in research with the
Division of Endocrinology, University of Padova (Dr. Nicoletta
Sonino).
August 2002 Participation at the Positive Psychology Summer
Institute, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA.
Research training at the Department of Psychology, University of
Wisconsin, Madison, USA. Supervisor: Prof Carol D. Ryff.
