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Officers & Executive Council

ISIPT EXECUTIVE COUNCIL 2025-2026

OFFICERS

  • President – Laura Dietz, Ph.D. – Associate Professor, University of Pittsburgh, USA
  • Vice President/President Elect – Joseph Chung – Honorary Clinical Assistant Professor, Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital, China
  • Secretary – Fiona Duffy
  • Treasurer – Camila Matsuzaka                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  

Immediate Past President – Heather Flynn, Ph.D. Professor and Vice Chair for Research, Florida State University, USA

MEMBERS OF COUNCIL

  • Gabrielle Anderson, Ph.D. Psychologist, Hallowell Center, USA
  • Jill Cyranowski, Ph.D. Clinical Professor, University of Pittsburgh, USA
  • Alexandra Klein-Rafaeli, Psy.D. Psychologist, Center for Trauma Recovery, Hebrew University, Israel
  • Shannon Lenze, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Washington University in St. Louis, USA
  • Danielle Novic, Ph.D. Clinical Psychologist, Clinical Educator, Interpersonal Psychotherapy Services, USA
  • Jami Young. D. Phil. Director of Psychosocial Research, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, USA

Ad Hoc MEMBERS OF COUNCIL

  • Manli Huang, M.D. ISIPT Communications Director, Deputy Director, First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, China
  • Holly A. Swartz, M.D., ISIPT Parliamentarian, Professor of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, USA
  • Myrna Weissman, Ph.D. Diane Goldman Kemper Family Professor of Epidemiology and Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, USA

Web Editor

Malin Bäck, Ph.D. Student University of Linköping, Sweden; Ph.D.Student, Clinical IPT- trainer and supervisor; Psychotherapist Jönköping County, Sweden relatera@me.com

ISIPT PAST PRESIDENTS

  • John C. Markowitz, M.D. Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, USA
  • Michael Robertson, FRANZCP -Director of Mayo Wesley Center for Mental Health, New South Wales, Australia
  • Scott Stuart, M.D. – Professor of Psychiatry, University of Iowa, USA
  • Holly A. Swartz, M.D. – Professor of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, USA
  • Paula Ravitz, M.D. – Associate Professor & Morgan Firestone Psychotherapy Chair, University of Toronto, Canada
  • Oguz Omay, M.D. Perinatal Psychiatrist, Les Toises Center of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Lausanne, Switzerland, Üsküdar University, Istanbul, Turkey