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CEZAR GIOSAN
[email protected]
www.giosan.com
EDUCATION
New School for Social Research, New York, NY - Ph.D. Psychology
2000 - 2003
Title of PhD dissertation: “Antecedents of job embeddedness” (published)
New School for Social Research, New York, NY - M.A. Psychology
1998 - 2000
Title of M.A. thesis: “The Perception of Mental Disorder in Laypeople - A Cross-Cultural Study” (published)
University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania - Graduate work in Industrial Psychology/B.A. Psychology
1994 - 1998
Completed Ph.D. academic coursework in industrial psychology.
Held seminars on leadership, communication, recruiting techniques, and organizational change.
Polytechnic University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania - M.S. Mechanical Engineering
1989 - 1994
EXPERIENCE
Berkeley College, New York, NY
 Teach psychology courses. Conduct psychological research.
Professor of Psychology
University of Bucharest
Lecturer
 Teach psychology courses. Conduct psychological research. Mentor students.
2002 - pres.
2014 - pres.
City University of New York, York College, Behavioral Sciences Adjunct Assistant Professor
2010 - pres.
 Teach various psychology-related undergraduate classes (e.g., Cognitive Lab, Statistical Analyses, Research Methods).
Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Department of Clinical Psychology
 Researcher. Principal Investigator in two Randomized Clinical Trials.
Researcher
Weill Medical College of Cornell University, Dept of Psychiatry
Assistant Professor of Psychology
 Worked with populations in high-risk occupations (e.g., disaster relief workers, military personnel).
 Statistical analyses of various research projects.
 Research on psychological consequences of trauma (e.g., PTSD, sleep quality, memory, depression).
 Research on applications of Virtual Reality to the treatment of PTSD and other mental conditions.
2010 - pres.
12/07 - 12/09
Weill Medical College of Cornell University, Dept of Psychiatry
Instructor of Psychology
12/04 - 11/07
 Research on psychological consequences of trauma. Research on evolutionary psychology (developing a High-K strategy
scale).
 Data interpretation and analyses for various research projects.
 Grant proposals writing.
Weill Medical College of Cornell University, Dept of Psychiatry
Postdoctoral Associate in Psychiatry
 Involved in research on the psychological effects of trauma, specifically PTSD.
 Managed large datasets (thousands of cases), performed statistical analyses and wrote grant proposals.
2003 - 11/04
New School University, NY
Teaching Fellow
2000 - 2002
 Taught undergraduate psychology courses. Title of the course: “History and Theories of Psychology”. Supervised student
research projects and organized discussion sessions on various scientific topics.
Mercury Marketing & Research Consultants
Human Resources Manager
1995 - 1998
 Summary: Supervised department of five employees in an international marketing research company with 100 full-time and
approx 1000 part-time employees and was involved in all aspects of human resources, particularly training, organizational
development and effectiveness.
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GRANTS
1) Role: Principal Investigator. Title: "Darwinian Psychotherapy - A Clinical Trial for an Evolutionary-Driven Type of
Intervention for Depression". Funding source: CNCS-UEFISCDI, project number: PN-II-PCE-2011-3-0230. Amount:
~450,000 USD.
2) Role: Principal Investigator. Title: "Dcombat: A Computerized Preventative and Therapeutic Intervention for
Depression." Funding Agency: CNCS-UEFISCDI. Grant number: EEA-JRP-RO-NO-2013-1-0358. Amount:
~$1,000,000 (700,000 Euros) as of July 2014.
SELECTED PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
Giosan, C., Mogoase, C., Cobeanu, O., Szentagotai, A., Boian, R. (under review). Preventing depression with a Smartphone App A Protocol for Two Parallel Randomized Clinical. Journal TRIALS. Under review.
Mogoase, C., Cobeanu, O., David, O., Giosan, C., & Szentagotai, A. (2016). Internet-based psychotherapy for adult depression:
what about the mechanisms of change? Journal of Clinical Psychology. DOI: 10.1002/jclp.22326. In press.
Avram, E., Podina, I. & Giosan, C. (2016). Cognitive-Behavioral Standpoint on the Perceived Consequences of a Major Seismic
Event in Relation to Optimism and Pre-hazard Emotional Distress. Journal of Rational-Emotive and Cognitive-Behavior Therapy.
Vol 34(2) 114-124. DOI: 10.1007/s10942-015-0231-x.
Giosan, C., Muresan, V. & Moldovan, R. (2014). Cognitive-evolutionary therapy for depression. A case study. Clinical Cases
Reports. Vol 2, Issue 5, pp 228-236. DOI: 10.1002/ccr3.131.
Giosan, C., Malta, L.S., Wyka, K., Jayasinghe, N., Evans, S., Difede, J. & Avram, E. (2015). Sleep disturbance, disability and
posttraumatic stress disorder in utility workers. Journal of Clinical Psychology. Vol 71, Issue 1, pp 72-84, 10.1002/jclp.22116.
Giosan, C., Cobeanu, O., Mogoase, C., Muresan, V., Malta, L.S, Wyka, K. & Szentagotai, A. (2014). Evolutionary cognitive
therapy versus standard cognitive therapy for depression: a protocol for a blind randomized, superiority clinical trial. Trials, 15:83.
doi: 10.1186/1745-6215-15-83. Full text.
Giosan, C. (2013). "Slow” reproductive strategy: A negative predictor of depressive symptomatology. Australian Journal of
Psychology. September 2013. Vol 65(3): 156-162. doi: 10.1111/ajpy.12016.
Cukor, J., Wyka, K, Mello, B., Olden, M., Jayasinghe, N., Roberts, J., Giosan, C., Crane, M., Difede, J. (2011). The longitudinal
course of PTSD among disaster workers deployed to the World Trade Center following the attacks of September 11th. Special
Issue: The September 11th 2001 Terrorist Attacks: Ten Years After. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 24(5): 506-514.
Cukor, J., Wyka, K., Jayasinghe, N., Weathers, F., Giosan, C., Leck, P., Roberts, J., Spielman, L., Crane, M. & Difede, J. (2011).
Prevalence and predictors of posttraumatic stress symptoms in utility workers deployed to the World Trade Center following the
attacks of September 11, 2001. Depression and Anxiety 28(3): 210-217.
Giosan, C., Wyka, K.E. & Spielman, L. (2009). Is a Successful High-K Fitness Strategy Associated with Better Mental Health?
Evolutionary Psychology, 7:28-39.
Giosan, C., Malta, L., Jayasinghe, N., Spielman, L. & Difede, J. (2009). Relationships between Recollection of Traumatic Events
and PTSD in Disaster Relief Workers. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, Volume 23, Issue 4, 557-561.
Evans, S., Patt, I., Giosan, C., Spielman, L. & Difede, J. (2008). Disability and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Disaster Relief
Workers Responding to September 11, 2001 World Trade Center Disaster. Journal of Clinical Psychology, in press.
Malta, L., Wyka, K. E., Giosan, C., Jayasinghe, N., Difede, J. (2008). Numbing Symptoms as Predictors of Unremitting
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. In press, Journal of Anxiety Disorders 2, 223-229.
Jayasinghe, N., Giosan, C., Evans, S., Spielman, L., Difede, J. (2008). Anger and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Disaster Relief
Workers Exposed to the September 11, 2001 World Trade Center Disaster: One-Year Follow-Up Study. Journal of Nervous and
Mental Disease, 11, 196-199.
Difede, J., Cukor, J., Jayasinghe, N., Patt, I., Jedel, S., Spielman, L., Giosan, C. & Hoffman, H. (2007). Virtual Reality Exposure
Therapy for the Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Following September 11, 2001. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 68,
1639-1647.
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Giosan, C. (2006). High-K Strategy Scale: A Measure of the High-K Independent Criterion of Fitness. Evolutionary Psychology,
4, 394-405.
Leck, P., Difede, J., Patt, I., Giosan, C., & Szkodny, L. (2006). Incidence of Male Childhood Sexual Abuse and Psychological
Sequelae in Disaster Relief Workers Exposed to a Terrorist Attack. International Journal of Emergency Mental Health, 8, 267274.
Difede, J., Cukor, J., Patt, I., Giosan, C., & Hoffman, H. (2006). The Application of Virtual Reality to the Treatment of PTSD
Following the WTC Attack. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1071, 500-501.
Jayasinghe, N., Giosan, C., Robin, L., Difede, J., Spielman, L., & Robin, L. (2006). Predictors of Responses to Psychotherapy
Referral in WTC Disaster Workers. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 19, 147-152.
Evans, S., Giosan C., Patt , I., Spielman L., & Difede J. (2006). Anger and its Associations to Distress and Social/Occupational
Functioning in Symptomatic Disaster Relief Workers Responding to the September 11, 2001 World Trade Center Disaster.
Journal of Traumatic Stress, 19, 147-152.
Giosan, C., Holtom, B., & Watson, M. (2005). Antecedents of Job Embeddedness: The Role of Individual, Organizational and
Market Factors. Revista de psihologie organizationala, Vol. 5, issues 2, 3, 4, pp. 31-44, Romania.
Jayasinghe, N., Spielman, L., Cancellare, D., Difede, J. Klausner, E. & Giosan, C. (2005). Predictors of Treatment Utilization in
World Trade Center Attack Disaster Workers: Role of Race/Ethnicity and Symptom Severity. International Journal of Emergency
Mental Health. Vol 7., Number 2., pp. 91-100.
Giosan, C. (2004). Altruistic Behavior toward Infants in Biologically Significant Situations. Psychology and Education - An
Interdisciplinary Journal, USA. Vol. 41 (1), pp. 30--34.
Glovsky, V., Giosan, C. & Haslam, N. (2004). The Lay Concept of Mental Disorder in Brazil. Jornal Brasileiro de Psiquiatria,
Brazil.
Haslam, N. & Giosan, C. (2002). The Lay Concept of "Mental Disorder" Among American Undergraduates. Journal of Clinical
Psychology, 58, 479-485.
Giosan, C., Glovsky, V. & Haslam, N. (2001). The Lay Concept of Mental Disorder: A Cross-Cultural Study. Transcultural
Psychiatry. Vol. 38, No. 3, Pp. 317-332.
Giosan, C. & Haslam, N. (2001). The Common Understanding of the Concept of Mental Disorder. Psychiatry and
Psychopharmacology, Romania, Year 4, No. 1, Pp. 22-30.
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