Ruta Barkauskaite, Lithuania, is a clinical psychologist and psychotherapist at private practice and Ph.D. candidate in the Institute of Psychology at Mykolas Romeris University. A co-founder of Lithuanian society for people with various forms of hair diseases, former president. Researching and publishing alopecia areata’s psychosocial impact on patients from patient’s perspective, is an active member of the community of Psychodermatology.
