Vincenzo Di Nicola

Vincenzo Di Nicola
Born
Vincenzo Giovanni Franco Di Nicola

(1953-06-23) June 23, 1953 (age 71)
Collarmele, L'Aquila, Italy
NationalityItalian
Canadian
CitizenshipCanadian
European (Italian)
EducationMcGill University (BA)
University of London (MPhil)
McMaster University Medical School (MD)
European Graduate School (PhD)
Known for
Spouses
  • Vittoria Rita Lopez, Canadian educator
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    (m. 1983; div. 2002)​
  • Letícia Castagna Lovato, Brazilian psychologist
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    (m. 2014)​
ChildrenCarlo Dante, Nina Mara, and Anita Sofia
Scientific career
FieldsClinical psychology
InstitutionsUniversity of Ottawa
Queen's University
Université de Montréal
McGill University
George Washington University
Harvard Medical School
ThesisTrauma and Event: A Philosophical Archaeology (2012)
Doctoral advisorAlain Badiou
Other academic advisorsRonald Melzack, Ray Hodgson, Joel Elkes, Raymond Prince, William Yule, Richard Mollica, Martin Hielscher, Giorgio Agamben
Websitehttps://www.researchgate.net/profile/Vincenzo_Di_Nicola3

Vincenzo Di Nicola is an Italian-Canadian psychologist, psychiatrist and family therapist, and philosopher of mind.[1]

Di Nicola is a tenured Full Professor in the Dept. of Psychiatry & Addiction Medicine at the University of Montreal,[2] where he founded and directs the postgraduate course on Psychiatry and the Humanities,[3] and Clinical Professor in the Dept. of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at The George Washington University,[1] where he gave The 4th Annual Stokes Endowment Lecture in 2013.[4] He has taught in the Global Mental Health Faculty of the Harvard Program in Refugee Trauma affiliated with Harvard Medical School.[5] In 2001, Di Nicola was made Professor, Honoris Causa, of Faculdades Integradas do Oeste de Minas (FADOM) in Minas Gerais, Brazil.[6] Di Nicola was bestowed the Honorary Chair (Hon LD - Licentia Docendi) of Social Psychiatry and conferred the academic title of Honorary Professor (Hon MA Sc - Magister Scientiae ad Honorem) at the Milan School of Medicine of the Università Ambrosiana in 2021 for his contributions to the field of social psychiatry.[7]

  1. ^ a b Di Nicola, Vincenzo. "Faculty Directory | The School of Medicine & Health Sciences | The George Washington University". www.gwumc.edu. Retrieved 2020-02-27.
  2. ^ Di Nicola, Vincenzo (27 July 2020). "Faculte de Medicine" (in French). University of Montreal. Retrieved April 1, 2012.
  3. ^ Di Nicola, Vincenzo (2017-03-23). "Psychiatry and the Humanities: Postgraduate Course in the Faculty of Medicine, University of Montreal". Blog of the APA. Retrieved 2020-02-22.
  4. ^ Di Nicola, Vincenzo. "Grand Rounds: The 4th Annual Stokes Endowment Lecture | The Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences". smhs.gwu.edu. Archived from the original on 2020-02-27. Retrieved 2020-02-27.
  5. ^ "Overview - Global Mental Health Faculty". Harvard Program in Refugee Trauma. 2011-02-01. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
  6. ^ Di Nicola, Vincenzo. "Researcher". La recherche - Université de Montréal. Retrieved 2020-02-27.
  7. ^ Di Nicola, Vincenzo (2021-06-26). "Scuola Medica di Milano". Retrieved 2021-06-26.