Nataliia H. Mikhanovska

Head of the Department of Hygiene and Social Medicine, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Senior Research Fellow

Research interests: Child and adolescent mental health, autism spectrum disorders, depressive disorders in childhood and adolescence, healthcare communication, public health

Postal address: V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, School of Medicine, Room 6-43a, Svobody Square 6, Kharkiv, Ukraine, 61022

Email: n.mikhanovska@karazin.ua

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Teaching courses: Communication Psychology; Conflict in Healthcare;Health Psychology;Social Medicine, Organization and Economics of Health Care.

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Nataliia Mikhanovska is a psychiatrist, Doctor of Medical Sciences, and Senior Research Fellow, recognized as an expert in the field of child and adolescent psychiatry with extensive clinical and research experience.

In 1983, she graduated with honors from the Pediatric Faculty of Kharkiv Medical Institute. She defended her Candidate’s dissertation in 1996 and her Doctoral dissertation in 2011. In 2012, she was conferred the academic title of Senior Research Fellow.

She has over 40 years of clinical experience as a practicing psychiatrist. Her professional activities in healthcare are carried out at the State Institution “Institute of Child and Adolescent Health of the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine” and at the Interregional Specialized Medical-Genetic Center – Center for Rare (Orphan) Diseases.

Nataliia Mikhanovska actively participates in the scientific community as a speaker, expert, and member of organizing committees at national and international scientific-practical conferences, symposia, and congresses. She serves as the scientific supervisor of departmental research projects focused on assessing psychosocial functioning and health-related quality of life in school-age children, as well as studying the psychosocial functioning of university students in Ukraine. She is involved in the training and evaluation of scientific personnel as a member of the Specialized Academic Council and regularly serves as an official reviewerof dissertations.

She places great emphasis on continuous professional development and international academic collaboration. In 2021, she completed an international internship at Lublin Medical University under the program “New and Innovative Teaching Methods in Medicine” within the educational program for physicians of the French-Ukrainian Association for Cooperation in Medicine and Pharmacy (FSFUDS). Natalia Hennadiyivna has served as an expert in the international Ukrainian-Canadian project “Youth for Health” and is currently an expert in the UNICEF project “Ensuring Better Care through Trauma-Informed Approaches: Additional Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Program”. Within the framework of the UNICEF project “Implementation of a Pilot Trauma-Informed Approach to Mental Health, Psychological Support, and Mediation”, she co-authored the training course “Trauma-Informed Approach in Improving Care”, aimed at preparing professionals who work with children and adolescents in community settings under conditions of armed conflict.

She is the author of over 190 scientific publications, including articles indexed in Scopus, monographs, a psychiatry textbook for physicians, educational manuals, methodological guidelines, patents, innovations, and technologies.

Nataliia Mikhanovska is a member of the Association of Neurologists, Psychiatrists, and Narcologists of Ukraine and the Ukrainian Public Health Association.

For her significant personal contribution to the development of medical science and healthcare practice, she has been awarded the Honorary Diploma of the Presidium of the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine, as well as honors from the Kharkiv City Council. Her professional achievements are featured in the reference-biographical publication “Medical Elite of Ukraine: Mental Health Protection of the Nation. Leading Medical Professionals in the Field of Mental Health in Ukraine”.