Press Releases 2024

Dr Steiler is Director of the Endowed Chair in Mindfulness, Wellbeing at Work and Economic Peace at Grenoble Ecole de Management. He was previously a research scholar at the Center of Theological Inquiry in Princeton, NJ.

Ana Maria is Chair of ISMA Brazil, co-chair of the Section on Occupational Psychiatry of WPA and director of the Clinica de Stress & Biofeedback. She is a Fellow of The American Institute of Stress (AIS) and is the pioneer of self-control and biofeedback techniques in Brazil

Dr Etokidem is Lecturer and Chief Consultant Physician (Public Health and Community Medicine), Department of Community Medicine, University of Calabar and University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, Calabar. He is also the former Sub-Dean, Faculty of Medicine Team Lead, Health Research Committee, Directorate of Research and Development at the University of Calabar. Dr Etokidem has been active in stress management for over ten years.

Professor Levi, a Past President and friend of ISMA who has passed away recently, was Professor of Psychosocial Medicine 1978 – 95, and Emeritus Professor at Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. He was Founder and Director of the Stress Research Institute at Karolinska Institutet 1959-95 and the National Swedish Institute for Psychosocial Medicine (IPM) 1980 – 95. He was also a member of the WHO Expert Panel on Mental Health 1973 – 96, temporary advisor/consultant to WHO, ILO, and UNICEF 1972-2015 and to the European Commission 1993-2015. From 2006-10 he was also a member of the Swedish Parliament for the Centre Party. Professor Levi, a truly compassionate and kind individual, will be deeply missed.

Watch this video of Professor Levi talking about issues affecting occupational health, the promotion of wellbeing, and adding UN Sustainable Goals to higher education curricula.

Veronica is a nationally registered psychologist, experienced in individual stress management techniques and stress reduction in the workplace. She has over 35 years’ involvement with ISMA and has spent 40 years in medical health education. Her interests include progressive relaxation, logos therapy, ikigai, rogerian psychology, traditional Japanese stress management, hikikomori syndrome, vocational rehabilitation, and biofeedback. Veronica is a published author who is also interested in mindfulness, complex stress disorders, and flourishing in the 21st century.