Overview

Diana I. Simeonova, Dipl-Psych, PhD, a licensed clinical and industrial/organizational psychologist, brings a global perspective and a diverse integrative approach to her professional roles. Dr. Simeonova holds joint appointments as a faculty member at the Emory University School of Medicine and at Goizueta Business School. Originally from Bulgaria, she completed her graduate and post-doctoral studies first in Germany and then at Emory University. She worked in NIMH-funded clinical research settings at Stanford University School of Medicine and completed a postdoctoral fellowship in the Child and Adolescent Mood Program at Emory. Prior to joining the faculty at Emory, Dr. Simeonova was a founding partner and business proprietor of a center for comprehensive mental health care and clinical research for children, adults and families, and her team received funding and conducted randomized controlled trials to evaluate the efficacy and safety of new medications as well as new indications for FDA-approved medications.

Dr. Simeonova's rich experiences as a clinician-scientist, executive coach, leadership consultant, entrepreneur and creative innovator inform all aspects of her professional identity and activities. She is the recipient of a T32 NIMH predoctoral research fellowship in translational clinical science, a New Investigator Award from the American Society of Clinical Psychopharmacology ASCP/NCDEU, and travel awards from the Society of Biological Psychiatry and other professional organizations. Her research lab has been funded by a K23 Career Development Award from the National Institute of Mental Health, NARSAD Young Investigator Award from the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation, a multisite R01 grant from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and private foundations. Dr. Simeonova collaborates on a number of research projects as a task group member of the National Network of Depression Centers (NNDC), a non-profit system of 26 leading clinical and academic Centers of Excellence in the U.S. Clinically, her current focus is on psychotherapy centered on women's mental health, specifically during the preconception, pregnancy and postpartum reproductive periods. In the past, Dr. Simeonova's clinical, evaluation, and psychological assessment work was focused on children, adolescents, adults, and families.

As faculty member at Goizueta Business School, Dr. Simeonova collaborates with colleagues on leadership development and executive coaching projects, provides consulting and coaching to executives and leaders, and teaches and coaches in the MBA and Executive MBA programs, the Delta Leadership Development Coaching Fellows Program, the IMPACT Coaching Fellows Program, and Emory Executive Education. She is a co-founder and faculty member, and has served in several leadership capacities in the Executive Coaching Diploma Program, an International Coaching Federation (ICF)-accredited coaching training program. This innovative multi-disciplinary program is designed for business leaders and executives and is focused on: 1) teaching the fundamentals of leadership coaching (Executive Coaching Foundations Certificate) and, 2) enhancing leader's agility to coach and accelerate the transformation of their teams, clients, organizations and companies through the challenges and opportunities of a fast-paced ever-changing world (Advanced Executive Coaching Certificate).

Academic Appointment

• Senior Lecturer in Organization, Management & Leadership Development, Emory University Goizueta Business School
• Assistant Professor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine

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Research