General information

• "Aaron T. Beck" Professor, Ph.D., Head of Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, (www.clinicalpsychology.ro), Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
• Editor of the Journal of Cognitive and Behavioral Psychotherapies (abstracted in PsycInfo and Thomson ISI/SSCI - Web of Science, and full text in EBSCO and ProQuest).
• Romanian representative in the European Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies.
• According to current scientometric analyses (see at Thomson ISI/Web of Science and Association Ad-Astra of Romanian Researchers), Professor Daniel David has the highest number of citations and impact among Romanian psychologists in national and international scientitic literature (Hirsch index: 6).
  

Expertise

Evidence-based psychotherapy, cognitive science, cognitive-behavioral interventions, clinical trials research. Postdoctoral training program (1998-2000) at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Biobehavioral and Integrative Medicine Program, New-York, USA. Certified as supervisor in cognitive-behavioral therapies by: (1) the Academy of Cognitive Therapy, USA (Fellow) and (2) the Albert Ellis Institute, USA (Fellow).

Policy Making

Vice-president of the Presidential Commission for the Policy Making in Romanian Education and Research (2006-) (www.presidency.ro); the Commission was created by the President of Romania.
Member of the National Council for Research (2006-) (www.cncsis.ro).
Vice-president of the Research Council at the Babes-Bolyai University (2006-) (www.ubbcluj.ro).
Personal Advisor for Research of the Romanian Minister for Education and Research (2005) (www.edu.ro).

Publications

(6 books and over 70 articles published in Romanian and international journals).

Relevant publications:

David, D., Lynn, S., & Ellis, A. (in preparation). Rational and irrational beliefs in human functioning and disturbances. London: Oxford University Press.
David, D. (2003). Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT); The view of a cognitive psychologist. In W. Dryden (Ed.). Theoretical developments in REBT. London: Brunner/Routledge.                                                                                                         
David, D., Pojoga, C., & Stanculete, M. (1998). Hypnotic hypermnesia and environment context effect on remembering. European Journal of Clinical Hypnosis, 5, 32-38.      
David, D., Brown, R., Pojoga, C., & David, A. (2000). The impact of posthypnotic amnesia and intentional forgetting on implicit and explicit memory. International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, 48 267-289.
David, D., King, B., & Borchardt, J. (2001). Is cognitive inhibition correlated with hypnotizability?. International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, 49, 30-37.
David, D., & Brown, R. (2002). Suggestibility and negative priming: Two replications studies. International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, 50, 215-280.
Montgomery, G.H., David, D., Winkel, G., Silverstein, J. H., & Bovbjerg, D. H. (2002). The effectiveness of adjunctive hypnosis with surgical patients: A meta-analysis. Anesthesia & Analgesia, 94, 1639-1645.
David, D., Moore, M., & Domuta, A. (2002). Romanian psychology on the international psychological scene: A preliminary critical and empirical approach. European Psychologist, 7, 153-160.
David, D., & Miclea, A. (2002). The case of behavior therapy in Romania. Behavior Therapist, 21, 181-186.
David, D., Schnur, J., & Belloiu, A. (2002). Another search for the ”hot” cognition: Appraisal irrational beliefs, attribution, and their relation to emotion. Journal of Rational-Emotive and Cognitive-Behavior Therapy, 20, 93-131.
David, D., & Brown, R. (2003). The impact of different directed forgetting instructions on implicit and explicit memory: New evidence from a modified process dissociation procedure. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 56A, 211-233.
Montgomery, G. H., David, D., Goldfarb, A. B., Silverstein, J. H., Weltz, C. R., Birk, J. S., & Bovbjerg, D. H. (2003). Sources of anticipatory distress among breast surgery patients.  Journal  of Behavioral Medicine, 26, 153-163.
Montgomery, G., David, D., et al.. (2003). Is hoping the same as expecting? Discrimination between hopes and response expectancies for nonvolitioanl outcomes. Personality and Individual Differences, 35, 399-409.
David, D., Montgomery, G., & Holdevici, I. (2003). Romanian norms for the Harvard group Scale of Hypnotic Susceptibility, Form A. International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, 51, 66-77.
David, D. (2004). Special issue on the cognitive revolution in clinical psychology: Beyond the behavioral approach-Introductory remarks. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 4, 351-353.
David, D. (2004). Special issue on the cognitive revolution in clinical psychology: Beyond the behavioral approach-Conclusions: Toward and evidence-based psychology and psychotherapy. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 4, 447-451.
David, D., Miclea, M., & Opre, A. (2004). The information-processing approach to the human mind: Basic and beyond. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 4, 353-369.
David, D., Montgomery, G.  et al.. (2004). Discriminatiopn between hopes and expectancies for nonvolitional outcomes. Psychological phenomenon or artefact? Personality and Individual Differences, 36, 1945-1952.
David, D., Schnur, J., ?i Birk, J. (2004). Functional and dysfunctional emotions in Ellis’ cognitive theory; An empirical analysis. Cognition and Emotion, 18, 869-880.
David, D., McMahon, J., & Macavei, B. (2005). Cognitive Restructuring and Mental Contamination: An empirical Re-conceptualization. Journal of Rational-Emotive and Cognitive-Behavior Therapy, 23, 21-56.
David, D., Montgomery, GH., Macavei, B., & Bovbjerg, D. (2005). An empirical investigation of Albert Ellis’ binary model of distress. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 61, 499-516.
David, D., Szentagotai, A., Kallay, E., & Macavei, B. (2005). A synopsis of rational-emotive behaviour therapy; Fundamental and applied research. Journal of Rational-Emotive and Cognitive-Behavior Therapy, 23, 175-221.
David, D., & Szentagotai, A. (2006). Cognition in cognitive-behavioral psychotherapies; toward an intergrative model. Clinical Psychology Review., 26, 284-298.
David, D., Montgomery, GH., Bovbjerg, DH. (2006). Relations between coping responses and optimism-pessimism in predicting anticipatory psychological distress in surgical breast cancer patients Personality and Individual Differences, 40, 203-213.

Awards

Award offered by the Albert Ellis Institute, USA, 2000.
Henry Guze Award (for the best research paper published in 2003), 2003, Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, USA.
In Hoc Signo Vinces, National (Romanian) Council for Research (CNCSIS), 2002, Bucharest, Romania.
Merit for Scientific Research, 2003, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Albert Ellis Award, 2003 (International Institute)
Aaron T. Beck Award, 2006

Knighted by the 201 Decree of the President of Romania (17/01/2008) for merits in education and research; he is a knight member of the National Order of Knights for Merit.

Grants

1.The McDonnell Program Research Fellowship, USA (1999): The influence of intentional forgetting on implicit and explicit memory; An experimental critical analysis. (Director, PI).
2. The McDonnell Program Research Fellowship, USA (1999): Implicit memory; Conclusions after a decade of disputes, 2001. (Director, PI).
3. Soros Foundation for an Open Society in Romania: Cognitive Behavior Therapy and Hypnotherapy of Anxiety Disorders, 1998. (Director, PI).
5. Albert Ellis Institute, New-York, USA: REBT versus medication in the treatment of major depressive disorder (2002-2005). (Director, PI).
6. Albert Ellis Institute, New-York, USA: Rational-Emotive & Cognitive-Behavioral Psychotherapy in the context of cognitive science; An integrative research program (2003-2004). (Director, PI).                                                                 
7. National (Romanian) Council for Research-Ministry of Education: Psychotherapy versus medication in the treatment of major depressive disorder; A multisite randomized clinical trial (2004-2007). (Director, PI). 
8. Ministry of Education and Research: Psychotherapy versus medication in the treatment of ADHD; A multisite randomized clinical trial (2006-2009). (Director, PI).                                                            
9. Ministry of Education and Research: Psychotherapy versus medication in the treatment of depressive disorders in children; A randomized clinical trial (2006-2009). (Scientific Coordinator).  
10. Ministry of Education and Research: Evidence-based psychotherapy-Postdoctoral Program (2006-2009). (Director, PI).

Grants Evaluator: FP6, European Commission (2006); Israel Science Foundation.

Expert Grant Reviewer for the National Council of Research and Ministry of Education and Research (2003-prezent).

Associate Researcher, 2003-2004, Albert Ellis Institute, New-York, USA.

Research Consultant, 2002-2004, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Biobehavioral and Integrative Medicine Program, New-York, USA.

     A more detailed professional perspective about Dr. David can be found at:

www.clinicalpsychology.ro and/or http://edu.presidency.ro

Professional References for Dr. Daniel DAVID

See an interview with Dr. Daniel David about science and policy of science (in Romanian) at: http://www.hotnews.ro/stiri-cultura-2171320-profesorul_psihoterapeutul_daniel_david_reforma_sistemul_universitar_este_intr_faza_primitiva.htm