Prof. Branka Aukst Margetić, MD, PhD, Primarius, Associate Professor

🎓 Education and Professional Training

1991 – Graduated from the School of Medicine, University of Zagreb

1997–2001 – Residency in Psychiatry

1999–2000 – Postgraduate studies in Social Psychiatry

1998–2001 – Psychotherapy training in Group Analysis (Institute for Group Analysis)

2003 – Postgraduate studies in “Biomedicine and Health”

2006–2008 – Subspecialization in Biological Psychiatry

2011 – Awarded the title Primarius

2015–2017 – Psychotherapy training in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (HUBICOT)

2019 – Subspecialization in Psychotherapy

Languages: Fluent in English and German

Employment

1992–2009 – Neuropsychiatric Hospital “Dr. Ivan Barbot”, Popovača

2009–2017 – Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital Centre Zagreb

2017–present – Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital Centre “Sestre milosrdnice”, Zagreb

Scientific and Academic Titles

2010 – Research Associate

2011 – Senior Research Associate

2017 – Scientific Advisor

2015 – Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Medicine, University of Zagreb

2017 – Assistant Professor, Catholic University of Croatia

2021 – Assistant Professor, School of Medicine, University of Zagreb

2022 – Associate Professor, Catholic University of Croatia

Academic Theses

2006 – Master’s thesis: Relationship between religiosity, depression, pain and quality of life in breast cancer patients

2010 – Doctoral thesis: Temperament, character and religiosity in patients with schizophrenia and their relatives

Scientific and Professional Work

Author of 110 scientific and professional articles

71 articles indexed in Current Contents

14 articles in SCI Expanded (Web of Science)

Over 1,000 citations, h-index: 16

Author of 14 book chapters, mostly university textbooks

Numerous presentations at national and international congresses

Awards and Recognitions

2006 – Award for Best Clinical Paper at the European Postgraduate Conference (Czech Republic)

2008 – Best Case Report Award (Croatian Psychiatric Days, Opatija)

2005 article ranked among the 25 most read in General Hospital Psychiatry

Scientific Projects

Collaborations with:

• University of Würzburg

• Clinics in Sarajevo, Mostar, and Priština

• INDIGO Depression, INDIGO-FIRST, FEDORA (King’s College London, Prof. G. Thornicroft)

• Projects by the University of Zagreb and the Ministry of Science of the Republic of Croatia

Teaching and Mentorship

Undergraduate courses: Psychiatry (HR & EN programs), University of Zagreb School of Medicine

Postgraduate courses: Psychiatry, Gynecology and Obstetrics, Biomedicine and Health

Catholic University of Croatia: Teaches at the Departments of Nursing and Psychology

Mentorships:

• 1 defended PhD (MEF Zagreb)

• 1 ongoing PhD (MEF Osijek)

• 8 graduate theses (HKS), 1 graduate thesis (MEF Zagreb)

Other Professional and Scientific Activities

Editorial Boards: Liječnički vjesnik, Archives of Psychiatry Research, Journal of PTSD & Treatment

Reviewer: Journal of Affective Disorders, PLOS, BMJ, Schizophrenia Research, Psychiatry Research, and others

Invited speaker at many national and international congresses

Active in organizing scientific and professional events

Member of thesis and dissertation committees

Social Engagement

2007–2012 – Vice-President of the NGO “Sretna obitelj”

Organized psychoeducation, foster parent training, and book publishing

Longtime and honorary member of the Young Psychiatrists Section of the Croatian Psychiatric Association

Professional Memberships

• Croatian Psychiatric Association

• Croatian Society for Schizophrenia

• Croatian Society for Biological Psychiatry

• Croatian Society for Personality and Eating Disorders

• Croatian Medical Association