Personal details
Date and Place of Birth: 14.01.1942, Budapest
Office Address: Semmelweis University Institute of Behavioral Sciences
1089 Budapest Nagyvárad tér 4. room 2004.
Phone: 36-1210-2953
Fax: 36-1210-2955
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Education
1968: M.D. "summa cum laude" Semmelweis Medical University, Budapest
1977: Clinical Psychologist's Diploma at Eötvös Lóránd University, Budapest
1982: Ph.D. in Medical Sciences
Specialist's qualification: 1982: Clinical psychology
1994: Prof. Habil.of Semmelweis Medical University
1999    : Doctor of Hungarian Academy of Sciences

Employment history
Since July 2007 Deputy Director of Institute of Behavioural Sciences, Semmelweis University
1993- 2007 Director, Institute of Behavioural Sciences, Semmelweis Medical University
1982-1993.Dept. of Psychiatry, Semmelweis Medical University
Head of Psychophysiology Laboratory and Behavioural Medicine Outpatient Clinic
1973-1982 Head, Dept. of Clinical Epidemiology, Inst. of Computing Sciences, Semmelweis Medical University,
1970-1973 Head, Clinical Epidemiological Working Group, National Inst. of Occupational Health

Publications
334 scientific publications, 16 books,  70 chapters, 77 English publications, 19 English chapters,  385 lectures at scientific congresses, 814 independent  citations, Impact factor: 137.099, Hirsch index:14.
Books: Behavioural Sciences Applied to a changing society (with Árpád Skrabski) Bibliotheca Septem Artium Liberalium, Budapest, Editor of „Heart Disease: Environment, Stress and Gender”, Volume 327  NATO Science Series, Life and Behavioural Sciences, Behavioural Sciences (with Béla Buda) 2001, Medicina (in Hungarian), Medical Psychology (with Rita Berghammer) 2005, Medicina, (in Hungarian), Quality of Life of the Hungarian Population (with Mónika Kovács), Semmelweis Ed. Budapest, (in Hungarian) Hungarian State of Mind in 2008, Semmelweis Ed. Budapest, (in Hungarian)

Scientific associations and editorial activity
Since 1991  Hungarian representative, European Health  Psychology Society,
since 1998 International Society of Behavioral Medicine Executive Committee member
since 2000. European Society of Cardiology Quality of Life working group Central-Eastern-European representative
since 2000 WHO adviser :World Health Report on Mental Health,
Since 1988. President of the Hungarian Psychophysiology and Health Psychology Society
Since 2000 President of the János Selye Hungarian Behavioural Sciences and Behavioural Medicine Society
Since 1990- editor, Journal of Mental Health and Psychosomatics (in Hungarian)
Editorial Board: Behavioural Research and Therapy, Behavioural Psychotherapy, International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, Psychiatria Hungarica
2000 European Behavioural Cardiology Working Group Hungarian representative
Since 2001. WHO Task Force on  Depression and Stress related Disorders, member,
2005. Gender and Medicine Society , member

Some international grants
FEFA:Creation of  a new Education Centre and Network for the Teaching and Application Behavioural Medicine at Semmelweis University1994-1995.
UNDP: Strenghtening the Hungarian health insurance system by preventive programmes 1996-97.
„Better Health for Women: a Global Health Program” 1998-1999.
„Better Health for Women: a Global Health Program” Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation, 1998-1999.
EAAD EU 5 (2006-2009) European Alliance against Depression, Hungarian coordinator.
IMPHA EU 5. (2006-2009) Implementing Mental Health Promotion Action, Hungarian coordinator.
CAMHEE EU 5 (2007-2009) Child and adolescent mental health in enlarged Europe: development of effective policies and practices Hungarian, coordinator
Gender Medicine EU project (2009-2011)
OSPI-Europe (2009-2011) Optimizing suicide prevention programs and their implementation in Europe EU-7 2009-2011 Hungarian coordinator, EU-7 2008-2010 „Working Conditions and Adaptation to Change: Study of Health Issues Associated With Restructuring” , Hungarian coordinator