Keynote Speakers

Märta Wallinius

Biography

Märta Wallinius is a clinical psychologist and head of the Psychology Department and Research Department at the Regional Forensic Psychiatric Clinic in Växjö, Sweden’s largest maximum-security hospital.

Academically, Märta Wallinius is professor in forensic psychiatry at Lund University and research group leader at Centre for Ethics, Law and Mental Health at Gothenburg University. Her emphasis is on applied research that can provide knowledge needed for the prevention, assessment and treatment of mental disorders and aggressive antisocial behaviors. In this, Märta has included developments of VR mental health innovations for clinical forensic settings (e.g., prisons, forensic psychiatry) and she is co-founder of the international, translational network FOReVR, dedicated to increasing the knowledge on, and implementation of, VR mental health innovations in forensic settings.

At the upcoming Days of Applied Psychology, Dr. Märta Wallinius, Ph.D. will present a keynote lecture titled: Virtual reality as an aid in understanding and treating antisocial behavior

Adam Natoli

Biography

Adam P. Natoli, Ph.D. is a Licensed Psychologist and Assistant Professor of Quantitative and Clinical Psychology at Montclair State University in the United States. He holds a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Adelphi University (2020), where he was also a George Stricker Research Fellow. His program of research investigates all aspects of how we measure latent constructs and strives to develop, evaluate, and apply advanced measurement and statistical methodologies to the empirical study of psychological assessment with a concentration on instrument psychometrics, culture’s role in personality disorders, multimethod assessment, and applications of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in these domains. He’s secured over $1 million (USD) in grant funding, authored 30+ peer-reviewed articles, is an Associate Editor of Assessment, and serves in several elected and appointed positions. Outside of academia, Dr. Natoli provides professional consultation services in the areas of research design and quantitative methodology, data analysis, psychological assessment, and other areas of clinical practice where he has worked with clients ranging from individual practitioners to large corporations. You can learn more about Dr. Natoli and his work at www.apnatoli.com

At the upcoming Days of Applied Psychology, Dr. Adam P. Natoli, Ph.D. will present a keynote lecture titled: Perhaps there is no global model of personality: Efforts to conceptualize and measure personality functioning and pathology across the world.

Olja Dukić

Biography

Olja Dukić is a psychologist and psychotherapist practicing at "Krug," a private practice specializing in child and adolescent psychiatry in Novi Sad. She holds certification as a cognitive-behavioral psychotherapist and serves as an affiliate member of the Albert Ellis Institute in New York. Olja specialized in medical psychology and accumulated extensive experience working with children, adolescents, and families at the Institute for Child and Youth Health Care of Vojvodina.

She earned her PhD in clinical psychology from the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Novi Sad, focusing on health psychology. Her academic work has centered on exploring the experience of physical pain, psychological preoperative preparation, and parent–child interactions that contribute to increasing or decreasing anxiety in children  in surgical settings. 

Beyond her clinical practice in individual psychotherapy, Olja is committed to professional development initiatives, regularly conducting training programs for healthcare professionals on the application of cognitive-behavioral therapy when treating children, adolescents, and families facing mental health challenges.

At the upcoming Days of Applied Psychology, Dr. Olja Dukić, Ph.D. will present a keynote lecture titled: Parental behavior and levels of anxiety in children during the preoperative period