Project Researchers (listed by country)
Algeria
Dr Nabil Bouzid
Quality of Higher Education and Quality of LifeSenior lecturer at the University of Constantine. Nabil is a Chair-UNESCO holder: the chair is entitled: "evaluation of higher education in Algeria".
Postal address: B.P 2019 Oum.El.Bouaghi, 04000, AlgeriaTelephone: 00 213 32 42 37 55
Mobile: 00 213 72 88 95 44
Facsimile: 00 213 32 42 55 30
Email: nabzid@yahoo.fr
Argentina
Lia Rodriguez de la Vega
Quality of Life and Cultural Diversity (Migration)Researcher of the Quality of Life Group, Lomas de Zamora University., Buenos Aires.
Postal address: Virrey Loreto 2650- 9° "B", Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA (1426)Telephone: 0054-11-4724-0244
Tel/Facsimile: 0054-11-4782-8244
Email: liadelavega@yahoo.com
Australia
Professor Mitchell K. Byrne
Medication Alliance with People Who Have Psychotic DisordersLecturer, Psychology, University of Wollongong and Illawarra Institute for Mental Health, Department of Psychology, University of Wollongong, Wollongong NSW 2522
Telephone: 02 4221 5310Mobile: 0417 859 559
Facsimile: 02 4226 2399
Email: mbyrne@uow.edu.au
Dr Melanie Davern
Population health and wellbeingResearch Fellow: Child Public Health and Health Equity, McCaughey Centre, VicHealth Centre for the Promotion of Mental Health & Social Wellbeing, School of Population Health, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, Victoria, 3010, Australia
Contact Details:Level 5, 207 Bouverie Street, Carlton, 3053
Tel: +61 3 8344 3180
Fax: +61 3 9348 2832
Web: http://www.mccaugheycentre.unimelb.edu.au
Associate Professor David Mellor
Subjective wellbeing and depression in Australia: A longitudinal study involving people in remote locationsAssociate Professor, School of Psychology, Deakin University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 3125
Telephone: +61 3 9244 3742Facsimile: +61 3 9244 6858
Email: david.mellor@deakin.edu.au
John Thomas
Swan Research Institute Research ProposalJohn Thomas (Sannyasi Dharmadeva) M.A., M.Psych, Quality Assurance Officer and Lecturer in Yoga Psychology, Satyananda Yoga Academy, Swan Research Institute, 300 Mangrove Creek Rd, MANGROVE CREEK NSW 2250
Email: Dharmadeva@satyananda.netDr Adrian Tomyn
Adolescent wellbeingPost-doctoral researcher: School of Psychology, Deakin University, 221 Burwood Hwy, Melbourne, Victoria 3125, Australia
Telephone: (613) 9244 6845Facsimile: (613) 9244 6858
Email: adrian.tomyn@deakin.edu.au
Shima Sum
Debating the Internet's effect on social capital and well-beingPhD candidate, MSc (Health Education) Community health and behavioral sciences (Gerontology)
Postal address: School of Behavioral and community Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Sydney, Po Box 170 Lidcombe NSW Building code R016Telephone: +612 9351 9390
Facsimile: +612 9351 9540
Email: ssum0068@mail.usyd.edu.au
Dr Dave Webb
Associate Professor, Business School, University of Western Australia
Email: dave.webb@uwa.edu.auCanada
Silvana D. Costa
PhD Candidate, Bridge Fellow, University of British Columbia, Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering, 506, 6350 Stores Road. Vancouver, BC, Canada, V6T 1Z4 . www.mining.ubc.ca
Ph: (604) 788 9415Fax: (604) 8221247
Email: silvana@telus.net
Croatia
Dr Gorka Vuletic Mavrinac
Health related quality of life, QoL of University students, QoL of Croatian immigrants in Australia.Higher assistant at the A.Stampar School of Public Health, Medical School, University of Zagreb
Postal address: Rockefellerova 4, 10000 Zagreb, CroatiaTelephone: +385 1 4590100
Facsimile: +385 1 4684441
Mobile: +385 98 707220
Email: gorka.vuletic@gmail.com
Georgia
Natia Partskhaladze, MD, MSW
QoL of deinstitutionalized children in out-of home careLecturer at Tbilisi State University, Social Work Program
Child Protection Officer, UNICEF Georgia
Hong Kong
Frank Ho-yin
Occupational Therapy Department, Tai Pai Hospital, Tai Pai, Hong Kong
Telephone: (852) 2607 6505Facsimile: (852) 2663 1073
Email: laihyf@sinaman.com
Professor Raymond Ngan Man Hung
Associate Professor
Affiliation: Department of Applied Social Studies, City University of Hong KongPostal Address: Tat Chee Ave., Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong
Tel: (852) 2788 8979
Fax: (852) 2788 8960
Email: SSRANGAN@cityu.edu.hk
Iran
Tahereh Golestani Bakht
PhD student in general psychology and Researcher at Alzahra University.
University address: faculty of educational scieince and psychology, Alzahra University, Vanak, Tehran, Iran P.Code: 1993891176Telephone: (+9821) 88044040
Facsimile: (+9821) 88035187
Email: taherehgolestani@yahoo.com
Prof. Alireza Agha Yousefi
1- Stress and Quality of Life in Old Veterans' Housewives By the grant of Iranian Revolution Veterans Foundation (governmental)2- Quality of life in Iranian community
Educational Vice-President of Qom Campus, Payam-e-Noor University, Iran
Postal Address: Salaryeh Meisam sq. Meisam Bala blvd. No: 101- post code: 37169Facsimile: 0098 251 2 851 851
Email: arayeh1100@yahoo.com
Israel
Vered Golan
The Personal Wellbeing of Women with Disabilities upon Entering A Vocational Rehabilitation Program Postal Address: School of Social Work at Haifa University, Yuvalim 127, Doar Na Misgav, Zip code 20142, IsraelTelephone: 972-4-9990003
Fax: 972-4-6481520
Dr. Shirli Werner
Quality of life and self determination among people with intellectual disabilitiesLecturer at the School of Social Work at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Affiliation: Paul Baerwald School of Social Work and Social Welfare, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, IsraelPostal Address: Mt. Scopus, Jerusalem, 91905
Tel: (972) 52-8695015
Email: shirlior@mscc.huji.ac.il
Malaysia
Fatimah Haron
Sociocultural aspects of sexual problems among women with diabetes mellitus. My research interest will be concentrating on women's health and therefore women's wellbeing will be one of the focus of my research.Senior Lecturer, Center for Psychology, HELP Institute BZ-2, Pusat Bandar Damansara 50490 Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA
Telephone: 603-20958791 x 1106Facsimile: 603-20953017
Email: fatimahh@help.edu.my
Dr. Sazlina Kamaralzaman
Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Jalan Raja Muda Abdul Aziz 50300 Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA
Telephone (Office): +60-3-26878017Telephone (Personal): +60-17-3627969
Facsimile: +60-3-26878199
Email: sazlina@gmail.com
Mexico
Beatriz Yasuko Arita Watanabe
Objective Conditions of Life, Capacities and Subjective Well-being as a subyacent factors of Quality of Life.Master Degree on Health Psychology, Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa, México
Position: professor/researcher full timeAffiliation: Psychology Faculty, Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa.
Address: Neptuno 1344 Residencial Campestre, CP 80015, Culiacán, Sinaloa, México
Telephone home: 01-667-753-2550
Telephone/Facsimile: 01-667-716-1129
Email: baritaw@hotmail.com
Portugal
José Luis Pais-Ribeiro
Porto University College of Psychology
Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação-Universidade do Porto
Rua Dr. Manuel Pereira da Silva
Portugal
Mobile: (351) 965045590
Facsimile: (351) 226079725
Email: jlpr@fpce.up.pt
Web: http://paisribeiro.googlepages.com/home
Paulo Dias
The relation between the wellbeing index, the Short-Form of the Health Survey SF-8 and affect regulation (with Measure of Affect Regulation of Larsen & Primzic)Instituto Superior de Ciências Educativas de Felgueiras Rua Dr. Luís Gonzaga F. Moreira - Felgueiras Portugal
Telephone: (351) 255 318 550Mobile: (351) 963014430
Facsimile: (351) 255 312 529
Email: paulo_d@sapo.pt
Singapore
Dr Victoria Manning
Research Manager / Honorary Lecturer in Addictions
Affiliation: National Addictions Management Service, Institute of Mental Health, Singapore / National Addiction Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, London UKQuals: BSc, MSc, PhD, C. Psychol
Postal Address: NAMS, IMH, Block 3 , Buangkok Green Medical Park, 10, Buangkok View Singapore 539747
Tel: (65) (65) 6389 2378
Fax: (65) (65) 6389 2388
Slovakia
Elena Gurková, MSc., PhD.
Assistant Lecturer
Affiliation: Department of Nursing, Jessenius Medical Faculty in Martin, Comenius University, BratislavaPostal address: Mala Hora 5, 036 01 Martin, Slovakia
Phone: 00421434906718
Email: gurkova@jfmed.uniba.sk
Web: http://www.jfmed.uniba.sk/index.php?id=3386
Spain
Gloria Fernandez-Mayoralas, PhD
Identification and assessment of Quality of Life components among people aged 60 and over in Spain: baseline for a longitudinal follow-up of social and health aspectsScientific Researcher, Research Group on Ageing (GIE-CSIC), Spanish Council for Scientific Research
C/ Albasanz 26-28E-28037 Madrid, Spain
Email: gloria.fernandezmayoralas@cchs.csic.es
Fermina Rojo-Perez, PhD
Identification and assessment of Quality of Life components among people aged 60 and over in Spain: baseline for a longitudinal follow-up of social and health aspectsScientific Researcher, Research Group on Ageing (GIE-CSIC), Spanish Council for Scientific Research
C/ Albasanz 26-28E-28037 Madrid, Spain
Email: fermina.rojo@cchs.csic.es
M. João Forjaz, PhD
Identification and assessment of Quality of Life components among people aged 60 and over in Spain: baseline for a longitudinal follow-up of social and health aspectsScientific researcher, National Public Health School, Carlos III Institute of Health
C/ Sinesio Delgado 6, Pabellon 8. Room 1214E-28029 Madrid, Spain
Email: jforjaz@isciii.es
Pablo Martinez-Martin, PhD
Identification and assessment of Quality of Life components among people aged 60 and over in Spain: baseline for a longitudinal follow-up of social and health aspectsScientific researcher, National Centre of Epidemiology and CIBERNED, Carlos III Institute of Health
C/ Sinesio Delgado 6, Pabellón 12E-28029 Madrid, Spain
Email: mailto:pmartinez@isciii.es
Thailand
Dr. Sauwalak Kittiprapas
Director of Research Associates for Happy Societies (IRAH)
Email: schenk@fsw.eur.nlThe Netherlands
Dr. Jacqueline J.A.M. Schenk
Parenting competence and readiness of people with an intellectual disability who wish to have a child using an infant simulator.Institute of Psychology, Dept. of Developmental Psychology
Erasmus University Rotterdam
T13-36
Rotterdam
The Netherlands
UK
Dr. Mark Jit
Child and parent valuations of children's quality of life and wellbeing.Health Economist / Mathematical Modeller Health Protection
Agency Postal Address: Centre for Infections, 61 Colindale Avenue, London NW9 5HTTelephone: +44 (0)208 3276190
Facsimile: +44 (0)208 2007868
Email: Mark.Jit@HPA.org.uk
Laura Camfield
Young Lives: An International Study of Childhood Povertywww.younglives.org.uk
Child Research Coordinator Young Lives, University of Oxford Department of International Development-Queen Elizabeth House
3 Mansfield Road
Oxford OX1 3TB
Tel: +44 (0)1865 289964
Fax: +44 (0)1865 289967
Dr Alison Woodcock
Senior Lecturer, Department of Psychology, Royal Holloway, University of London
Egham Hill, EghamSurrey TW20 0EX, UK
Tel: +44 1784 443529
Fax: +44 1784 434347
USA
Dr Whitney Boling (Ph.D., CHES)
As Associate Director of the Physical and Quality of Life Assessment Center on the University of Houston campus, I will be administering the PWI to students, faculty, and staff (and eventually community members) who seek the opportunity toadapt their lifestyle through behavioral and exercise changes, in order to enhance their quality of life and wellbeing.Assistant Professor, University of Houston, Department of Health and Human Performance, 3855 Holman - 104S Garrison, Houston, TX 77204-6015
Telephone: 713-743-9507Facsimile: 713-743-9860
Email: wboling@pioneer.coe.uh.edu
Sarah Walsh
(supervised by Dr. Eugene R. Moan) Northern Arizona University
Postal address: Sarah L. Walsh c/o Dr. Eugene R. MoanNorthern Arizona University
Box 5774, Flagstaff, Az 86011
Email: slw9@yahoo.com