Doina Cozman 

Doina Cozman, MD, PhD, is a professor of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology at the Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Iuliu Hațieganu” Cluj-Napoca, Romania. 

Since 2020 she is the President of The Romanian Association of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy. She is involved in the research of suicidology for over 20 years. Professor Cozman founded the first organization of suicidology (Anti-Suicide Alliance, 1995) and the first crisis line - Tel Verde Antisuicid - 0800 801 200 (2013) in Romania. Professor Doina Cozman is the CEO of The Romanian Alliance for Suicide Prevention. She was for many years The National Representative of Romania in The International Association for Suicide Prevention and Crisis Intervention. She was awarded in 2011 the Krepelin-Alzheimer Medal from Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich as recognition for her merits in the research of suicidology. She participated as Romanian Principal Investigator in two large projects funded by the EU 7th Framework Program: SEYLE and WE-STAY regarding the prevention of suicidal behavior in adolescents in Europe. 

Professor Cozman has a rich publishing activity in different languages (Romanian, French, English) being the author and co-author of monographs focused on suicidal behavior and mental health as: Suicide Prevention in Romania (in D. Wasserman and C. Wasserman,ed., Oxford Textbook of Suicidology and Suicide Prevention); Suicidology (Lambert Academic Publishing); Medical Psychology, (Polirom), etc. She also published more than 70 articles cited in international prestigious journals (Lancet, 2015; Lancet Psychiatry, 2016, etc). She was also involved in researches about depression, validation in Romanian language of clinical tests, and neuropsychology.