Institute of Applied Biosciences, Centre for Research and Technology Hellas | Thessaloniki | Greece

Maria Vasilopoulou is a psychologist and works as a research assistant at the Psychology Laboratory of the Institute of Applied Biosciences at CERTH, the Center for Research and Technology Hellas, Thessaloniki, Greece. She is a graduate of the University of Crete and continued her postgraduate studies at the University of Thessaly in the field of Counseling Psychology. She has previous experience in the research and clinical-community field, in the context of oncology patients and addictions. Her current research interests revolve around cancer and in particular cancer survivorship, the couple’s dyadic relationships in cancer and the influence of positive traits and emotions on cancer disease and the well-being of patients and their partners.