Biographical Sketch

Paul M.G. Emmelkamp is a licensed psychotherapist and clinical psychologist and was appointed in 1996 as full professor of clinical psychology at the University of Amsterdam. He attended Utrecht University where he received his PhD in 1975. Before moving to Amsterdam he held positions at the University of Groningen, where he was appointed as full professor in Clinical Psychology in 1986. Paul Emmelkamp has contributed to a number of areas in clinical psychology, psychopathology and psychiatry. He has written and co-edited many books on research into a variety of clinical subjects. Further, he has written over 450 publications in peer reviewed journals or books. He is Co-Editor in chief of  Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy, and serves on the editorial board or advisory board of a number of journals in psychology and psychiatry, including Applied and Preventive Psychology, Journal of AnxietyDisorders, and Psychotherapy & Psychosomatics. Paul Emmelkamp has received a number of honours and awards, including membership of the Royal Academy of Arts and Sciences, an honorary membership of the Dutch Association of Behaviour and Cognitive Therapy, and the Senior Heijmans award for his lifetime achievements from the Dutch Institute of Psychologists (NIP). In 2006 he was awarded a distinguished professorship ('academy professor') by the Royal Academy of Arts and Sciences and in 2013 a  distinguished adjunct professorship at King AbdulAziz University. In 2014 he received the award of the European Association of Behaviour and Cognitive Therapy. Since 2014 he is Rector of the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study.

Research interests

Over the years Emmelkamp has published widely on the aetiology and treatment of anxiety disorders. He has published therapy-outcome studies on adults with work-related distress, substance abuse disorders, personality disorders, depression, post-traumatic stress, panic disorder, agoraphobia, and obsessive compulsive disorder; on children and adolescents with ADHD, conduct disorder and anxiety disorders; and on the elderly with anxiety disorders. His most recent contributions concern the application of information technology to the treatment of patients. Apart from his involvement in the evaluation of psychotherapy through the Internet, a major contribution in this domain consists of the development and evaluation of controlled clinical trials on virtual reality exposure therapy for phobic disorders.  Other research interests include forensic psychiatry, intimate partner violence, experimental psychopathology, attachment/parental rearing style and psychopathology.

Curriculum vitae

Prof.dr. Paul M.G. Emmelkamp

University of Amsterdam
Department of Clinical Psychology
Weesperplein 4
1018 XA Amsterdam

p.m.g.emmelkamp@uva.nl

Training

• 1975 Ph.D. University of Utrecht (The Behavioural Treatment of Agoraphobia)
• 1971-1974 Postdoctoral training in psychotherapy,  Institute forMedical Psychology, Utrecht
• 1967-1971 Study of Clinical Psychology, University of Utrecht

Clinical Registrations

• Psychotherapist-BIG, number 99025765116
• GZ-psychologist-BIG, number 79025765125
• Clinical psychologist-BIG, number 79025765125
• Supervisor Association of Cognitive and Behaviour Therapy (VGCt)

Affiliation

• 2013-present   Rector of the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study
• 2006-2014       Academy professor, Royal Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW), University of Amsterdam
• 1996-2006       Full-professor " Clinical Psychology", University of Amsterdam
• 1986-1998       Full-professor "Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy", University of Groningen
• 1974-1986       Assistant professor/ Associate professor Clinical Psychology, University of Groningen
• 1972-1974       Junior researcher, Institute of Clinical and Industrial Psychology, University of Utrecht

Management

• 2014-present  President of the International Federation for Psychotherapy (IFP).
• 2013-present  Member of the supervisory board of Slachtofferhulp Nederland (Victim Support Netherlands)
• 2011-present  Member of the supervisory board of the Addiction Center VICTAS
• 1998-2006 Chair of the Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Amsterdam
• 1998-2006 Director of the research programme Psychological Dysfunction and Health, Universityof Amsterdam
• 1998-2006 Head of the Ambulatorium (out-patient clinic), University of Amsterdam
• 1995-2003 Chair of the Research School "Experimental Psychopathology"(University of Amsterdam, University of Leiden, Free University, University of Nijmegen, University of Groningen and University of Maastricht).
• 2000-2004 Director of post-doctoral Clinical Psychology Training Programme Noord-Holland.
• 1992-1994 Chair of the Research Institute of the Department of Psychology, University of Groningen.
• 1992-1994  Member of the Board of the Faculty Social Sciences, University of Groningen.
• 1992-1995  Chair of the Research Committee of the Faculty of Social Sciences University of Groningen.
• 1992-1994 Dean Sub-faculty of Psychology, University of Groningen
• 1990-1996  Director of post-doctoral Clinical Psychology Training Programme, Groningen
• 1989-1995 Chair PhD network Experimental Psychopathology (University of Amsterdam, Free University, University of Nijmegen, University of Groningen and University of Maastricht).
• 1989-1996 Head of the out-patient clinic, Department of Clinical Psychology, UniversityofGroningen
• 1989-1997 Director research programme Experimental Psychology and Psychotherapy, University of Groningen
• 1989-1998 Chair Departmentof Clinical Psychology, University of Groningen
• 1987-1989 President of the European Association of Behavior Therapy

International Editorial Activities

Editor

• 1988-1991 Annual Series of European Research in Behaviour Therapy
• 1993-present  Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy
• 2011-2014  BMC-Psychiatry

Member of the editorial board/advisory board of

• Applied and Preventive Psychology
• Behavioural & Cognitive Psychotherapy
• BMC-Psychiatry
• International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology
• Journal of Anxiety Disorders
• Journal of Clinical Psychology
• Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy
• Journal of Cybertherapy & Rehabilitation
• Journal of Obsessive Compulsive and Related Disorders 
• Psychotherapy & Psychosomatics

• Revista de Psicopatología y Psicología Clínica

• Universitas Psychologica

• Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy

Other (inter)national activities

• Member of the International Consortium for Health Outcome Measurement (ICHOM) for depression and anxiety (2014-present).
• Member of the Evaluation Board Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder of the Dutch Police (2013-present).
• Member of the Peer Review Committee University of Brussels, Ghent and Leuven, Departments of Psychology, 2011-2012.
• Member of the Peer Review Committee University of Zürich, Department of Psychology, 2010.
• Member of Peer Review Committee University of Padua: Department of Psychology, 2006.
• Peer reviewer European Science Foundation (2006-present).
• Member of Peer Review Committee University of Bologna: Department of Psychology, 2005.

• Member of the Advisory Comittee of the Bundes Ministerium für Bildungund Forschung (BMBF, Germany)  to establish  Psychiatry Research Programmes in Germany, 2013-2014.

• Chair of the Advisory Comittee of the Bundes Ministerium für Bildungund Forschung (BMBF, Germany) for Research Programmes into Behavioural Disorders related to Violence, Neglect, Maltreatment and Abuse in Childhood and Adolescence, 2011 and 2012.

• Member of the Advisory Committee of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research for the evaluation of research programmes on Health Research, 2010 and 2013.
• Member of the Advisory Committeee of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research to  establish German Networks of Psychotherapy Research, 2005-2010.
• Chair of the scientific committee of the Congress of the European Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies (EABCT), The Hague, 2014.
• Member of the World Health Organization (WHO) committeee to prepare the ICD-11, Anxiety Disorders and Mood Disorders, 2011-present.
• Chair of the scientific committee of the International Conference on Virtual Rehabilitation, Gatineau, 2011.
• Member of the Committee to evaluate the evidence for interventions in forensic settings. Ministry of Justice, The Netherlands (2005-2012).
• Member of the Referees Association of the Grant Review Committee MIUR/ Cofin, to evaluate researchproposals in psychology and psychiatry (2003-present), Italia.
• Member of international Delphi poll on Discredited Psychological Treatments and Tests (2005).
• Member of international Delphi Poll on the Future of Psychotherapy (2003).
• Referee for Dutch and a number of foreign scientific organizations (1976-present).
• Member of the committee for the development of Clinical Guidelines for Depressive Disorder (CBO-2007-2011)
• Member of the committee for the development of Guidelines for Anxiety Disorders (CBO, 2001-2004; 2007-2011).
• Member of the scientific committees of the Congresses of the  European Association for Behavioural & Cognitive Therapies(EABCT): Thessaloniki, 2005; Prague, 2003; Maastricht, 2002; Dresden, 1999; Venice, 1998;London, 1994; Paris,1989; Amsterdam,1987 (president).
• Member of the organizing committee of  International Workshops on Virtual Rehabilitation (IWVR): New York, 2006, New Jersey, 2003; Lausanne, 2002.
• Member of the scientific committees of the World Congresses of Cognitive and Behavior Therapy: Kobe, Japan, 2004; Vancouver, 2001; Copenhagen, 1995.
• Member of the Modena Group on Stalking. Daphne programme European Commission (2003-2006).
• Member of the scientific committee of the WorldCongress of Cognitive Psychotherapy, Edinburgh (1988).
• Member of the 'Expert Consensus Panel for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder' (Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 1997, supplement, volume 58).
• Member of the Obsessive-Compulsive Cognitions Working Group (OCCWG).
• Member of the committee of the National Institute of Health (NIH) Consensus Development Conference on Treatment of Panic Disorder, Washington, U.S.A. (1990).
• Member of the committee 'Research in Specific Phobias', National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH),Washington, U.S.A.(1989).

Awards and Honours

• 1996: Honorary member of the Dutch Association of Cognitive and Behaviour Therapy.
• 2001: Member of the Royal Academy of Arts and Sciences (Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, KNAW).
• 2003: Senior Heijmans award for life-time achievements. Dutch Institute of Psychologists (NIP).
• 2004/2005: Fellow-in-Residence Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences (NIAS), Wassenaar
• 2005: Biography of Paul M.G.Emmelkamp in Encyclopedia of Behavior Modification and CognitiveBehavior Therapy.
• 2006: Distinguished research professorship ("Akademie professor"). Royal Academy of Arts and Sciences (Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, KNAW).
• 2013: Distinguished adjunct professorship King AbdulAziz University, Jeddah.
• 2014: Award of the European Association of Behaviour and Cognitive Therapies

• VPRO's Noorderlicht: het onderzoek (about Senior Heijmans award, 2003)

Links on related research programmes

• Virtual Reality and Phobias

Links on editorial work

• Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy

Links on radio and television programmes

• NationalGeographic: Phobia VR treatment (2005)

• VPRO's Noorderlicht: het onderzoek (about Senior Heijmans award, 2003)

• Vinger aan de pols: Phobia treatment (2002)

• VPRO's Noorderlicht: Gedwongen leven (2000)

• VPRO radio: interview met Ischa Meijer (1993)

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