Daina Crafa

Dr. Daina Crafa is an Assistant Professor in the Clinical Neuropsychology department at the Faculty of Behavioural and Movement Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. She also holds an appointment at IBBA and serves as Editor-in-Chief of the WCPRR journal for the World Association of Cultural Psychiatry. Her research focuses on cultural neuroscience, psychiatric disorders, and social cognition, with contributions to understanding feedback loops between behavior, brain function, and cultural context.

Education:

• PhD in Neuroscience, McGill University
• Master's in Mental Health, Queen Mary University of London
• Master's in Neuroscience, University of Osnabrück
• Bachelor's in Philosophy, New College of Florida

Research Interests: Cultural psychiatry, neurobiological mechanisms of mental disorders, and socio-cultural influences on brain behavior. Recent work explores interbrain synchrony, self-identity neural representations, and cultural feedback loops in psychopathology.

Notable Achievements:

• Canadian Vanier Graduate Scholarship (2014)

Teaching: Leads courses in Neuropsychology, including undergraduate and graduate modules at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.