University professor, is a psychologist and the Rector’s Plenipotentiary for Well-being at the Medical University of Gdańsk (GUMed). In the previous term of office, she served as Vice-Dean for Quality of Education and Student Internships at the Faculty of Health Sciences. Since 2019, she has been Head of the Department of Psychology and the Unit for Quality of Life Research at the Medical University of Gdańsk, as well as Head of the Health Psychology program. Since 2016, she has also worked at the Office of the Ombudsperson for Counteracting Mobbing and Discrimination at the University of Gdańsk—initially as the Rector’s Plenipotentiary and later as Deputy Ombudsperson. In this role, she conducts proceedings regarding mobbing complaints, mediations, and supports the resolution of interpersonal conflicts. Her duties also include delivering training for staff on promoting strategies and behaviors conducive to well-being and effective communication, as well as preventing negative phenomena in the workplace.

She is a practitioner with many years of experience—a certified court expert. For 25 years, she worked at the Family Diagnostic and Consultation Center in Gdańsk (previously in Sopot), and from 2005 to 2016 she was its Director while remaining on the list of court experts at the Regional Court in Gdańsk. She is also a lecturer at the National School of Judiciary and Public Prosecution. She has participated in expert teams within the Ministry of Justice tasked with introducing mediation in divorce proceedings, developing guidelines for psychological assessment in institutions providing opinions for the judiciary, and drafting standards for expert evaluations in family and custody cases.

She lectures on Personality Theory, Psychology of Individual Differences, Diagnosis of Adult Personality, Family Psychology, and Forensic Psychology. Her research interests include personality psychology, personality assessment, and in particular the personality correlates of individual and family functioning in the experience of normative and non-normative crises. She is the author of over 110 scientific publications. Her scientific work focuses on deepening knowledge about the dynamics of interpersonal relations, especially functioning in crisis situations, as well as on the development of diagnostic practice—designing original diagnostic methods and preparing guidelines for further clinical work of psychologists providing expert opinions in court cases, health psychology, and quality of life.
Her passions include books—not only psychological ones—and traveling to various parts of the world, not only for vacation. She lived with her family in Melbourne, Australia, for three years, where she had the opportunity to get to know different cultures and lifestyles of people from all continents.

Paweł Jurek, an associate professor at the Medical University of Gdańsk, is the author and co-author of over 80 scientific papers in the fields of work and organizational psychology, health psychology, and cross-cultural psychology. His primary research interests focus on research methods in social science and psychometrics. He has developed numerous original measurement tools used in psychology. For years, he has actively collaborated with renowned international scientific institutions, conducting joint
research and workshops on methodology and statistical data analysis for young scientists. From 2020 to 2024, he served as the Director of the Institute of Psychology and the Chair of the Discipline Council for Psychology at the University of Gdańsk.

Krzysztof studied at the University of Gdańsk and Gdańsk Academy of Music. He earned his PhD in Health Sciences in 2019 at the Medical University of Gdańsk. As part of his post-doc training, he conducted research in the Center for Music in the Brain, Aarhus University, Denmark. He is currently the principal investigator at Auditory Neuroscience Lab. His research was sponsored by the National Science Center, Poland and the Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange. He co-organizes NeuroGDA – a seminar series that aims to bring together the neuroscience community in the Tricity area. Fascinated by sound and music from an early age, his research focuses on neural mechanisms of auditory perception. In his spare time he likes to play music and hike in the mountains with his wife and two kids.

Monika Bidzan-Wiącek is a health psychologist with a PhD in medical and health sciences.
Her academic work explores the psychological and biochemical determinants of health, with particular focus on the effects of diet and physical activity on mood and biological processes.
Author of numerous scientific publications, popular science articles, and monographs. In 2019, was awarded a National Science Centre (Preludium 18) grant for a project examining the effect of omega-3 fatty acid supplementation on kynurenine metabolism in physically active and inactive men. In 2025, she received the Scholarship of the Minister of Science and Higher Education for Outstanding Young Scientists.
Monika Bidzan-Wiącek completed her BSc in Psychology at the University of Bath and her MSc in Health Psychology at University College London. She has collaborated with leading research institutions including King’s College London, Universität Leipzig, and Universitas Diponegoro. She has been actively involved in designing research tools and health interventions for organisations including Public Health England and Cancer Research UK.
Beyond academia, an enthusiast of healthy living, sports, travel, photography, and the architecture and aesthetics of interior spaces.

Assistant Professor at the Department of Quality of Life Research.
Her scientific work focuses on the functioning of families in crisis. She pays particular attention to resources such as family and individual resilience, rooted both in family members and in the family system as a whole.
She teaches courses in areas including human developmental psychology, psychological assessment of children and adolescents, as well as clinical psychology and communication—within study programs such as health psychology, physiotherapy, and nursing.
Natalia Nadrowska is the author of publications in the fields of family psychology, family resilience, family communication, and adaptation to crisis. Currently, she is working on projects related to resilience in the context of illness within the family.
Outside of her academic work, she enjoys spending time actively—walking in the forest, rollerblading, ice skating, and hiking in the mountains.

Michał teaches courses on data analysis using R in social and medical sciences on undergraduate, graduate and PhD levels.

He also uses the DataCamp for the Classroom platform in his teaching. DataCamp supports teaching activities worldwide, which we kindly use (for more information, see: datacamp.com/groups/education).

Health psychologist and clinical psychology specialist.
Her scientific interests include quality of life and psychosocial functioning in patients with cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases, as well as in those undergoing surgery or organ transplantation.
She also investigates psychological factors influencing adaptation to chronic illness, life satisfaction after transplantation, and stress-coping mechanisms.
Another important area of her research is psychogerontology, with a particular focus on promoting psychological well-being in older adults.

Specialist in Clinical Psychology, Specialist in Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy
Dr. Walkiewicz has been affiliated with the Medical University of Gdańsk since 2006. He also works as a psychotherapist at the Psychiatric Rehabilitation Day Unit for Children and Adolescents at the Gdańsk Health Center.
His research interests focus on mental health in young people, in particular:
- adaptation processes of medical students and healthcare professionals to professional demands,
- family and neuropsychological determinants of depression in adolescents,
- the use of simulation and virtual patients in psychological education.
Education and qualifications:
2021 – specialization in child and adolescent psychotherapy
2014 – specialization in clinical psychology
2010 – PhD in Medical Sciences, Medical University of Gdańsk
2004 – MA in Psychology, University of Gdańsk

Psychologist, lecturer, and researcher at the Medical University of Gdańsk.
She earned a degree in psychology from the University of Gdańsk, completed postgraduate studies in psycho-oncology, and undertook numerous professional trainings.She gained professional experience first in education and later in clinical psychology.In 2020, she completed a specialization in clinical psychology.
She has authored or co-authored over 100 publications and presentations, including research papers and conference talks.
She teaches courses in general psychology, psychotherapy, the psychological aspects of mental disorders and somatic diseases, social psychology, and interpersonal communication.
Her research interests focus on psycho-oncology (particularly fatigue) as well as occupational burnout, depression, and quality of life. Outside of work, she most enjoys time with her family; she loves reading (from fantasy to scientific literature) and gardening.

Assistant and PhD candidate at the Department of Quality of Life Research, and a M.D. graduate of the Medical University of Gdańsk. Resident physician in gynecology and obstetrics at the Regional Specialist Hospital in Elbląg.
His research interests include health policy and human resources in healthcare. He is a member of the Laboratory for Strengthening Capacity and Performance of Health Systems & Workforce for Health Equity at the University of Belgrade and collaborates with the Health Research Institute at Al-Farabi Kazakh National University. His current research focuses on the organization of primary healthcare, medical education, and the determinants of specialty choice among physicians in Poland.

She is a graduate of the Medical University of Gdańsk.
Her scientific interests include personality psychology, psychopathology, and the psychology of interpersonal relationships.
Her research focuses on analyzing the psychological determinants of self-sabotage.
She teaches courses in general psychology, psychology of pain, concepts of mental health, and interpersonal communication.

Clinical Psychology Specialist, certified cognitive-behavioural psychotherapist, and certified supervisor-trainer.
Graduate in Psychology from the University of Gdańsk and doctoral studies at the Medical University of Gdańsk.
She completed a 4-year psychotherapy training program as well as postgraduate specialist studies in supervision and teaching of cognitive-behavioural psychotherapy at SWPS University. She is a certified Clinical Psychology Specialist.
She works at the Adult Psychiatry Clinic of the University Clinical Centre in Gdańsk and serves as a research and teaching staff member at the Medical University of Gdańsk.
Her main areas of interest include schizophrenia, sleep disorders, and transdiagnostic processes.

Graduate in Health Psychology from the Medical University of Gdańsk, awarded the Primus Inter Pares medal for the best graduate of the Faculty of Health Sciences.
Her scientific interests focus on political and social psychology, with particular emphasis on activism, migration, trauma, and human rights.
She is pursuing postgraduate studies in psychotraumatology at SWPS University and collaborates with the Latino-European Social Psychological Research Network (La-EU-MiDI). She serves as Board Member for Academic Affairs of the European Federation of Psychology Students’ Associations (EFPSA), where she oversees, among others, the EFPSA Research Programme and the Journal of European Psychology Students (JEPS).
As part of the two-year Global Psychology Learning Leadership Institute, organized by the American Psychological Association (APA) and the Global Psychology Alliance (GPA), she co-developed a training program for paramedics on managing patients in suicidal crisis. She is also a member of the Marginalized & Vulnerable Communities working group within the Global Psychology Alliance.
She has gained professional experience through scientific internships at the Center for Music in the Brain at Aarhus University and at the Centre for Deviant Behaviour Sciences at the University of Porto.

Psychologist and Speech Therapist.
She specializes in psychological assessment of children and adolescents, supports their upbringing and development, and promotes mental health prevention.
She is particularly interested in the influence of art and the environment on well-being.
In her free time, she enjoys felting, embroidery, and exploring the history of art.

Administration Specialist, Pedagogue
Since June 2019, she has been working as a specialist, managing the Secretariat Office of the Department. She has been associated with the Medical University of Gdańsk since 2006, when she began her career as an administrative clerk in the field of dental Technology at the Department of Dental Technology and Dysfunction of the Masticatory System (2006-2018). It should be noted that she was also responsible for the administrative support:
- of the Polish Dental Association, Gdańsk Branch (2009-2016),
- of the Postgraduate Studies “Clinical Psycho-oncology” (2022-2024).
She graduated with a Master’s degree in Pedagogy from the Gdańsk College of Humanities at 2008. She gained pedagogical experience, among others, in state institutions: kindergartens, medical-care facilities, and the Social Rehabilitation Center, where she worked as a guardian of young people with court sentences. Her work in the Center allowed her not only to learn about the tasks of an educator and social worker, but also to observe the passion and dedication of people supporting youth in need of special care and preparing them for independent life and coping with difficulties after reaching adulthood.
She is also a graduate of a vocational secondary school with a profile in office administration. Her first administrative experience was gained even before joining the Medical University of Gdańsk – in the Health Department of the Voivodeship Office in Gdańsk and during an internship in the Secretariat of the Social Rehabilitation Center.
For many years, she has been developing her organizational and administrative skills, making every effort to ensure the efficient functioning of the Secretariat Office. She values good organization, kindness, and cooperation, and finds the greatest satisfaction in being able to support others.
Privately, she is interested in photography, enjoys walks with her dogs, and writes poetry. She is also passionate about bibliotherapy and plans to pursue further courses in this field.