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Curriculum Vitae

Mag. Dr. Anna Felnhofer Clinical Psychologist and Health Psychologist Research Associate (post-doc), Medical University of Vienna

Personal Details Nationality:

Austria

Contact:

Medical University of Vienna, Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Psychosomatic Medicine Währinger Gürtel 18-20, Postfach 27 A-1090 Wien E: [email protected] T: +43 (0)1 40400-32720 W: http://kinderklinik.meduniwien.ac.at/paediatrische- psychosomatik/ueberuns/team/psychologie/

Education 04/2014-06/2015

Training: Clinical Psychologist and Health Psychologist, Österreichische Akademie für Psychologie/ Austrian Academy of Psychology (Registry at the Federal Ministry of Health, Austria on 01.09.2015)

03/2012-04/2015

Doctoral studies NAWI Natural Sciences (Psychology) at the University of Vienna Degree: Dr. rer. nat. (with distinction, summa cum laude) Title of dissertation: Presence in Virtual Environments: Examining the Role of Gender and Emotion.

10/2003–10/2011

Diploma studies Psychology (A298) at the University of Vienna Degree: Mag. rer. nat. (with distinction, summa cum laude) Title of diploma thesis: Informed Consent bei Demenz? Kognitive Prädiktoren für die Fähigkeit von Patienten mit Demenz in eine Forschungsstudie einzuwilligen [Informed consent and dementia? Cognitive predictors of consent capacity in dementia patients regarding research participation].

09/1994–06/2002

Sigmund Freud Gymnasium [high school], Wohlmutstraße 3, 1020 Wien

09/1990–06/1994

Volksschule Vorgartenstraße [elementary school], 1020 Wien

Visits Abroad 09/2013–11/2013

TU Eindhoven, The Netherlands: Guest researcher at the Department of Industrial Engineering & Innovation Science; Human Technology Interaction Group, Prof. Wijnand A. IJsselsteijn

09/2007–07/2008

University of Warsaw, Poland: Erasmus Exchange, Study of Psychology

01/1999–12/1999

Coffs Harbour, NSW, Australia: Student exchange year at the Toormina High School; Degree: School Certificate

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Academic Career 02/2012–now

University Lecturer University of Vienna, Department of Applied Psychology: Health, Development, Enhancement and Intervention

12/2011–09/2015

Founder and Director of the VR-lab Virtual Reality Laboratory of the University of Vienna, Research Group Clinical and Health Psychology & Entertainment Computing (https://vrlab.univie.ac.at/)

01/2015–06/2015

Training: Clinical and Health Psychologist Practical training at the Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Pediatric Neuro-Oncology

11/2011–12/2014

Research Associate (Pre-Doc) University of Vienna, Department of Psychology, Applied Psychology: Health, Development, Enhancement and Intervention

06/2011–09/2012

Research Associate Kom-Mit-Ment, Project CTG, Closing the Gap (PI: Ilse Kryspin-Exner, Bernd Eisinger, Co-PI: Felnhofer, Kothgassner, Funding: FFG); Director and Coordinator of an interdisciplinary team

12/2011–02/2012

CO-Principal Investigator University of Vienna, Project ICARUS (PI: Ilse Kryspin-Exner, Helmut Hlavacs, CO-PI: Felnhofer, Kothgassner, Funding: FFG): Director of an interdisciplinary Team of psychologists and computer scientists; Project coordinator, financing and organization

04/2011–05/2011

Scientific Advisor University of Vienna, Projekt ASH, Accepting Smart Homes, (PI: Ilse KryspinExner, Bernd Eisinger, Funding: FFG): methodical revision of the final report

03/2009–11/2011

Research assistant University of Vienna, Department of Psychology, Clinical, Biological and Differential Psychology

01/2009–12/2010

Member of the Institutional Review Board Regular member of the Institutional Review Board/ethics committee for Psychology at the University of Vienna (Chair: Prof. Ilse Kryspin-Exner)

04/2009

Research Associate University of Vienna, Co-organization of the „ENSN – Mini Neuroschool“ (Social Neuroscience und Imaging), 01.–03. April 2009 in Vienna

01/2009–03/2009

Internship Internship at the Lehr- und ForschungsPraxis (LeFoP) of the Department of Psychology, University of Vienna (Director: Ilse Kryspin-Exner, Birgit U. Stetina, Karoline Turner)

Research Focus   

Applied Ethics in scientific research and medical treatment: Consent Capacity (emotional and cognitive predictors of capacity); Autonomy, Confidentiality and Privacy Issues; Ethics in teaching Social exclusion/inclusion, social stress, social interactions Virtual Reality (VR) and virtual environments

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Scientific Activities 2017

Host and Organisation of the 2nd Paediatric Psychosomatics Symposion: „MehrSprache/igkeit – Lebenswelten und Klinische Aspekte“ in Vienna, with Prof. Brigitte Eisenwort, Prof. Claudia Klier

2014

Conference Chair und Main Host of the 15th International Conference on Presence der International Society for Presence Research, Vienna

2014

Member of the Board for E-learning platform evaluation of the UTB publishing house

2013 – 2014

Member of the Program Committee der ISPR 2014: 15th International Conference on Presence

2011 – 2012

Member of the Program Committee for the AAL RISE Workshops

2009 – 2012

Member of the organizing team for the AAL RISE Workshops

Grants and Awards 04/2016

ÖGP Dissertationspreis 2016: PhD thesis award by the Österreichische Gesellschaft für Psychologie (ÖGP) [Austrian Society for Psychology] honoring the dissertation entitled „Presence in Virtual Environments: Examining the Role of Gender and Emotion“.

03/2014

Best Paper Award 2014 at the ISPR 2014: 15th International Conference on Presence (Vienna, Austria), for the paper: "Does social rejection hurt virtually as it hurts in real life? The role of agency and social presence in the perception and experience of social exclusion" (Kothgassner, Kafka, Rudyk, Beutl, Hlavacs & Felnhofer).

11/2013

Wilhelm-Exner-Preis für Psychologie (Wilhelm Exner Award for Psychology, Subject: Ethics in Psychology)

10/2013

Best Paper Award 2013 at the 12th International Conference on Entertainment Computing (Sao Paulo, Brasilia, http://icec2013.org/) for the paper "Debunking differences between younger and older adults using a collaborative virtual environment" (Kothgassner*, Felnhofer*, Hlavacs, Beutl, Gomm, Hauk, Kastenhofer & Kryspin-Exner)

07/2013

KWA Grant, University of Vienna, for a 3-month visiting scholarship (Eindhoven, The Netherlands).

10/2012

Best Paper Award 2012 at the 14th International Conference on Presence Research (Philadelphia, USA, http://presencelive.info/) for the paper "Is virtual reality made for men only?" (Felnhofer, Kothgassner, Beutl, Hlavacs & KryspinExner).

09/2012

Best Paper Award 2012 auf der 11th International Conference on Entertainment Computing (Bremen, Germany, http://icec2012.org/) für das Paper "A virtual training tool for giving talks" (Kothgassner, Felnhofer, Beutl, Hlavacs, Lehenbauer & Stetina)

07/2011

Travel Grant "Internationale Kommunikation"/international communication, Österreichischen Forschungsgemeinschaft/ Austrian Research Association (2011)

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10/2006

Merit Scholarship by the University of Vienna

10/2008

Merit Scholarship by the University of Vienna

10/2009

Merit Scholarship by the University of Vienna

2002

National Winner of the Italian Language Contest

Memberships since 2016

Board member of the Österreichische Gesellschaft für Klinische Psychologie im Kindes und Jugendalter (ÖGKP-KJ), [Austrian Society for Clinical Psychology in Children and Youth] Board member of Komm-Mit-Ment: Psychologische Gesellschaft für Wissenschaft und Praxis (http://www.komm-mit-ment.com/) [Psychological Society for Science and Practice] Berufsverband Österreichischer PsychologInnen (BÖP) International Society for Presence Research (ISPR)

since 2016

2014-current 2012-2016

Reviews Ad-hoc reviews for scientific journals:  Computers in Human Behavior (2016; Elsevier)  Journal of Medical Ethics (2016; BMJ)  Perception (2016; SAGEpub)  Cyberpsychology, Behavior and Social Networking (2013-2016; multiple reviews, Mary Ann Liebert)  Interacting with Computers (2015; Oxford Journals)  Interacting with Presence (2014; de Gruyter Book)  International Journal of School and Cognitive Psychology (2014; OMICS Publishing Group)  Zeitschrift für Gesundheitspsychologie (2012; Hogrefe) Reviews for third-party funded projects:  Schweizerischer Nationalfonds, SNF (2016) Reviews for scientific congresses/conferences and workshops:  ISPR 2014 Presence Conference (2014)  AAL RISE workshop (2012)  AAL RISE workshop (2011)  AAL RISE workshop (2010)

Third Party Funding (as PI, CO-PI) 

SOLICE: Social and physical presence in lighting condition exposures (2013), PI: Anna Felnhofer & Oswald D. Kothgassner; Co-PI: Wijnand IJsselsteijn, Helmut Hlavacs; Fördergeber: Universität Wien, TU Eindhoven, ÖFG, Applied: € 5.000,-, Granted: € 5.000 (100 %).

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ICARUS: Information- and Communication technology Applications: Research on User-oriented Solutions (2011), PI: Ilse Kryspin-Exner, Co-PI: Anna Felnhofer, Oswald D. Kothgassner & Helmut Hlavacs, Fördergeber: FFG, Applied: € 99.997,--, Granted: € 99.597 (100 %).

Third Party Funding (as Co-Author/Coordinator) 

YR-RISE: Research on Innovative Solutions for Elderly: A Young Researchers and PhD Workshop (2010), PI: Ilse Kryspin-Exner, Coordination/Authors: Anna Felnhofer & Oswald D. Kothgassner, Funding: FFG, Applied: € 19.872,--, Granted: € 19.772 (100 %).

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YR-RISE-Reloaded: Research on Innovative Solutions for Elderly: Researchers and PhD Workshop, PI: Ilse Kryspin-Exner, Coordination/Authors: Anna Felnhofer & Oswald D. Kothgassner, Funding: AAL Europe, Applied: € 16.958, Granted: € 16.958. (100 %).

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CTG: Closing the Gap, PI: Bernd Eisinger & Ilse Kryspin-Exner, Coordination/Authors: Anna Felnhofer & Oswald D. Kothgassner, Funding: FFG, Applied: € 77.191, Granted: € 77.191 (100 %).

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YR-RISE-Revolutions: Research on Innovative Solutions for Elderly: Researchers and PhD Workshop, PI: Ilse Kryspin-Exner, Coordination/Authors: Anna Felnhofer & Oswald D. Kothgassner, Funding: AAL Europe, Applied: € 27.034, Granted: € 27.034 (100 %).

Organization of Scientific Conferences 02/2017

2. Fortbildungstagung der Pädiatrischen Psychosomatik: Sprache/Mehrsprachigkeit – Lebenswelten und Klinische Aspekte (2017), Host and Organisation: Prof. Brigitte Eisenwort, Prof. Claudia Klier, Dr. Anna Felnhofer, Medical University of Vienna, Austria, 03.02.2017.

03/2014

ISPR 2014: International Conference on Presence: Host and Organization at the University of Vienna (17.-19.03.2014); Conference Chairs: Anna Felnhofer & Oswald D. Kothgassner

Teaching/ Lecturer WS 2016/17

VO Tertial 3, Kinder- und Jugendheilkunde, LV-Nr.: 810.009-011, 0,39 SST, Medizinische Universität Wien

WS 2016/17

PR Tertial 3 - Kinder- u. Jugendheilkunde - Zug C: Tertialpraktikum "Klinische Psychologie", LV-Nr.: 810.015, 0,27 SST, Medizinische Universität Wien

WS 2016/17

SE Block 16, Fallbasiertes Lernen (FBL) – Kindesentwicklung, LV-Nr.: 805.011, 0,53 SST, Medizinische Universität Wien

WS 2016/17

SE SSM 1, Block 7 Wahlpflichtfach Wissenschaft und Medizin (Thema: Ethische Aspekte in der Pädiatrie: Herausforderungen in Forschung und Praxis), LV-Nr.: 803.090, 2,5 SST, Medizinische Universität Wien

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SS 2016

SE Block 20, Psychische Funktionen in Gesundheit und Krankheit, Ärztliche Gesprächsführung C (Themen: Trauma und PTSD im Kindesalter und Lebensstil- und Sexualanamnese), LV-Nr.: 808.010, 0,53 SST, Medizinische Universität Wien

SS 2016

PR Tertial 3 - Kinder- u. Jugendheilkunde - Zug C: Tertialpraktikum "Klinische Psychologie", LV-Nr.: 810.061, 0,27 SST, Medizinische Universität Wien

WS 2015/16

VU Übung zur Psychologie der Gesundheit, Krankheit und Beeinträchtigung: Klinische Psychologie und gesellschaftliche Aspekte psychischer Störungen, [Clinical Psychology and societal issues] LV-Nr.: 200050, University of Vienna, 1,94 SST

SS 2015

SE Theorie und Empirie wissenschaftlichen Arbeitens (Gesundheit, Entwicklung und Förderung) 2, [scientific seminar: methods, study designs], LV-Nr.: 200147, University of Vienna, 2 SST, with Mag. Oswald D. Kothgassner

WS 2014/15

VU Übung zur Psychologie der Gesundheit, Krankheit und Beeinträchtigung: Klinische Psychologie und ethische Dilemmata in Forschung, Praxis und Lehre, [Clinical Psychology and ethical issues in research, practice and teaching] LVNr.: 200101, University of Vienna, 1,77 SST

WS 2014/15

SE Theorie und Empirie wissenschaftlichen Arbeitens (Gesundheit, Entwicklung und Förderung) 1, [scientific seminar: methods, study designs] LV-Nr.: 200177, University of Vienna, 4 SST, with Mag. Oswald D. Kothgassner

SS 2014

VU Übung zur Psychologie der Gesundheit, Krankheit und Beeinträchtigung: Klinische Psychologie und gesellschaftliche Aspekte psychischer Störungen, [Clinical Psychology and societal issues], LV-Nr.: 200101, University of Vienna, 1,77 SST

WS 2013/14

VU Übung zur Psychologie der Gesundheit, Krankheit und Beeinträchtigung: Klinische Psychologie und gesellschaftliche Aspekte psychischer Störungen, [Clinical Psychology and societal issues], LV-Nr.: 200243, University of Vienna, 1,77 SST

SS 2013

PS Spezifische Störungsbilder: Ethische Fallbeispiele in der Klinischen Psychologie, [Specific mental disorders: Ethical case examples in Clinical Psychology], LV-Nr.: 200137, Universität Wien, 2 SSt, with Mag. Oswald D. Kothgassner

SS 2013

PS Innovative Entwicklungen in der Klinischen Psychologie: Cyberpsychologie, [Innovative developments in Clinical Psychology: Cyberpsychology], LV-Nr.: 200144, University of Vienna, 2 SSt, with Mag. Oswald D. Kothgassner PS Spezifische Störungsbilder: Pathologische Internetnutzung – Abhängigkeit – Zwang – Lifestyle, [Specific mental disorders: Problematic Internet use – Addiction – Compulsion - Lifestyle], LV-Nr.: 200190, University of Vienna, 2 SSt, with Mag. Oswald D. Kothgassner PS Innovative Entwicklungen in der Klinischen Psychologie: Cyberpsychologie, [Innovative developments in Clinical Psychology: Cyberpsychology], LV-Nr.: 200168, University of Vienna, 2 SSt, with Mag. Oswald D. Kothgassner

WS 2012/13

SS 2012

Languages  

German (mother tongue) Polish (mother tongue)

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English (fluent) Italian (fluent) Spanish and Russian (basic) Latin (basic)

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Graphic Design and Illustrations of the SKY-Training (Project SKY: Selbstsicher – Kompetent – For the Youth!, PI: Birgit Stetina, 30.11.2008 – 31.07.2011), see: http://www.selbstsicherheit.at/

Other

Vienna, 14.03.2017