Education
2018 POST-DOC STUDIES IN SOCIAL SCIENCES
(University of Buenos Aires, Argentina)
2016 PhD. IN PSYCHOLOGY
(National University of La Plata, Argentina)
2014 Mg. IN COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY
(Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain)
2010 BA. IN PSYCHOLOGY
(University of Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Postgraduate Courses
2010 - Basics of Cognitive Therapy. Faculty of Psychology, University of Buenos Aires. Prof. Eduardo Keegan, PhD.
2010 - Cognitive-behavioral therapy for anxiety disorders. Faculty of Psychology, University of Buenos Aires. Prof. Eduardo Keegan, PhD.
2010 - Cognitive-behavioral therapy for mood disorders. Faculty of Psychology, University of Buenos Aires. Prof. Eduardo Keegan, PhD.
2010 - Cognitive-behavioral therapy for anxiety and mood disorders among children and adolescents. Faculty of Psychology, University of Buenos Aires. Prof. Leonora Lievendag.
2010 - Cognitive-behavioral therapy for Behavioral Disorders among children and adolescents. Faculty of Psychology, University of Buenos Aires. Prof. Romina Kosovsky.
2010 - Cognitive-behavioral therapy for personality disorders. Faculty of Psychology, University of Buenos Aires. Prof. Eduardo Keegan, PhD.
2010 - Cognitive-behavioral therapy for eating disorders. Faculty of Psychology, University of Buenos Aires. Prof. Guillermina Rutsztein, PhD.
2010 - Innovations in cognitive-behavioral models: third-generation therapies. Faculty of Psychology, University of Buenos Aires. Prof. Guido Korman, PhD.
2010 - Cognitive-behavioral therapy for schizophrenia. Faculty of Psychology, University of Buenos Aires. Prof. Eduardo Leiderman, PhD.
2010 - An Introduction to Cognitive Psychology. Autonomous University of Madrid. Prof. Fernando Adrover, Mg.
2011 - Diagnosis, nomenclature, and classification. A comparison of DSM and ICD classifications of mental disorder. Faculty of Psychology, University of Buenos Aires. Prof. Adriana Lago, PhD.
2011 - Clinical Psychopharmacology for Psychologists. Faculty of Psychology, University of Buenos Aires. Prof. Eduardo Leiderman, PhD.
Experience
I) Academic Experience:
2020-Present. Visiting Scholar, Tel Aviv University
2018-Present. Associate Professor, University of Buenos Aires
2022-Present. Head of the Psychology Department, Maimónides University.
II) Fellowships:
2022-2023 Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
2017-2018 National Agency for Science and
Technology Promotion (ANPCyT).
Full Post-doctoral Scholarship
2016-2017 National Scientific and Technical
Research Council (CONICET).
Full Post-doctoral scholarship.
2011-2016 University of Buenos Aires.
Full Ph.D. scholarship
III) Selected publications:
-Simkin, H., Freiberg-Hoffmann, A., Caselli, G., Prozzillo, P., Rogge, R. D., & Wilson, K. G. (2023). Adaptation and Validation into Spanish of the Multidimensional Psychological Flexibility Inventory (MPFI): evidence of internal validity and factorial Invariance. Revista AJAYU, 21(2), 111–130. https://doi.org/10.35319/ajayu.212188
-Simkin, H (2020). The Centrality of Events, Religion, Spirituality, and Subjective Well-Being in Latin American Jewish Immigrants in Israel. Front Psychol.11:576402.
-Simkin, H., & Piedmont, R. (2018). Adaptation and Validation of the Assessment of Spirituality and Religious Sentiments (ASPIRES) scale short form into Spanish. Latin American Journal of Positive Psychology, 4, 97– 107.
IV) Professional Memberships:
1. Interamerican Society of Psychology.
2. World Union of Jewish Studies.
3. Latin American Jewish Studies Association.
V) Linktree: https://linktr.ee/hugosimkin