Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Yvonne Nestoriuc, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy

Education

since 2011	Advanced training in psycho-oncology at the Institute for psychosocial oncology in Heidelberg (Weiterbildung psychosoziale Onkologie, WPO e.V.)

9/2010	Licensure as Clinical Psychologist (Approbation als Psychologische Psychotherapeutin, Fachkunde: Verhaltenstherapie)
12/2007	Ph.D. in Psychology (Dr. rer. nat.), Title of Thesis: “Meta-Analysis as a tool for evidence-based decision making in psychotherapy research: Efficacy evaluations for biofeedback, psychoeducation and nocebo effects” (Advisor: Prof. Martin), Philipps University Marburg
2005-2008	Advanced training in cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy at the “Institut für Psychotherapieausbildung an der Philipps-Universität Marburg (IPAM)
10/2004	Diploma in Psychology, Philipps-University of Marburg, Germany
6/1998	School leaving examination (Abitur) at Augustinergymnasium in Friedberg, Germany

Professional Experience

Since 2009	Assistant Professor at Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Philipps University of Marburg (Director: Prof. Rief)
10/2008-1/2009	Therapist at Medizinisch-Psychosomatische Klinik Bad Arolsen, Germany
2008	Post-doc Research Fellow at Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Department of Psychiatric Research (Director: Prof. Barsky), Boston, MA
2006-2007	Research Fellow at Department of Psychological Methods and Statistics (Directors: Prof. Schulze und Prof. Meiser), Philipps-University of Marburg
2004 - 2006	Research Fellow at Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy (Director: Prof. Rief), Philipps-University of Marburg
since 2004	Therapist at an Outpatient Psychotherapy Facility, Psychotherapie-Ambulanz Marburg (PAM)
2002-2003	Research Assistant at Department of Psychological Methods and Statistics (Director: Prof. Stelzl), Philipps-University of Marburg
2000-2002	Teaching Assistant for statistics classes at Department of Psychological Methods and Statistics (Director: Prof. Schulze), Philipps-University of Marburg

Activities

4/2010	Visiting Researcher, Centre for Behavioural Medicine (Director: Prof. Horne), UCL School of Pharmacy, London
10/2009	Visiting Researcher, Invited Research Group on Positive Health, Positive Psychology Centre (Director: Prof. Seligman), University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
10/2009	Visiting Researcher, Department of Psychiatric Research, Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA
Since 2008	Counseling and Therapy for infertile couples (in cooperation with Prof. Hadji and Dr. Ziller: Kinderwunschsprechstunde der Universitätsklinik Marburg)
Since 2006	Psycho-Oncological Counseling and Therapy (in cooperation Prof. Albert: Brustzentrum der Universitätsklinik Marburg)

Awards

2011	Irmela-Florin Young Investigators Award by the German Society for Behavioral Medicine (DGVM)
4/2008	Travel Grant awarded by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
2008	Postdoctoral Research Scholarship at Harvard Medical School, Boston/USA awarded by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
2004-2006	Dissertation Scholarship awarded by Philipps-University of Marburg, Germany
3/2004	Poster Award of the „Deutsche Gesellschaft für Biofeedback e.V.“ (German Biofeedback Foundation)

Ad hoc journal reviews

Arthritis Care & Reserach

Cephalalgia (Journal of the International Headahce Society)

Headache

Journal of Pain

Psychotherapy Research

Psychooncology

Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Reserach and Practice

Psychotherapie, Psychosomatik, medizinische Psychologie

Psychotherapeut

Zeitschrift für Medizinische Psychologie

Current funding

Influence of expectations on side effect reporting in women with breast cancer receiving adjuvant endocrine therapy, research grant funded by Psychotherapeutic Outpatient Unit, Philipps-University Marburg, PI: Y.Nestoriuc, total ca. 80.000€)

Side effects of psychotherapy, research grant funded by Psychotherapeutic Outpatient Unit, Philipps-University Marburg, PI: Y.Nestoriuc, total ca. 40.000€)

Effectiveness of biofeedback for chronic headaches: A germanwide practitioner-based multicenter study, research grant funded by DGBfb e.V. and BKK, PI: Y.Nestoriuc, total ca. 50.000€)

Memberships

German Psychological Association (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychologie, DGPs, ordentliches Mitglied der Fachgruppen Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie und Methodenlehre)

German Society for Behavioral Medicine (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Verhaltensmedizin, DGVM)

German Biofeedback Foundation (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Biofeedback, DGBfb)

Academic functions

Since 2010: Faculty council member and Spokesperson for mid-level faculty
2008-2010: Member of the local Research Ethics Committee, Department of Psychology, Philipps-University Marburg

Teaching

Classes for Bachelor students (since 2006): - Planning of Experiments - Statistics I and II - Meta-analyses
Classes for Master students (since 2008): - Diagnostic procedures in clinical psychology - Psychological interventions - Clinical case demonstrations - Somatoform diorders - Post-traumatic stress disorder - Sexual dysfunction disorders - Biofeedback - Meta-analyses - Evidence-based psychotherapy Lectures for Master students (since 2009):
- Psychosomatics and Behavioral Medicine

Workshops for Doctoral students and Professionals (since 2007):
- Meta-analysis - Theory and Practice
- Adherence
- Risks and side effects of psychotherapy

Current Master students:
Lena Rupp, Lisa Stöckner, Johannes Ziegler, Sarah Heisig, Felix Brehm, Nathalie Mong, Katharina Brook

Former Master students:
Eva Kluge, Monika Wiebe, Dina Al`Saydali, Malin Förster, Katharina Breyer, Monika Wiebe, Thorsten Lendzian, Johanna Rohrbach, Katarina Cebulla, Luisa Pistor, Karén Wilhelm, Imis Dogan, Alexandra Nadler, Eva Welzl, Franziska Schreiber, Anna von Lilienfeld-Toal, Elisabeth Dorothea Pölitz

Current Doctoral students:
Franziska Schuricht, Pia von Blanckenburg, Inga Ladwig