From human biology to human systems.
Dmitry Shamenkov is a psychologist, physician, public health researcher and entrepreneur whose work asks how people and groups regain connection, self-regulation and the capacity to act.
The thread across Dmitry's work is not a profession or product. It is a view of the human being as a living, goal-directed system shaped by relationships and feedback.
With university degrees in medicine and psychology, Dmitry graduated from medical university with honours. His scientific formation is rooted in the Anokhin–Sudakov school of systems psychophysiology and includes work as a research fellow at the P.K. Anokhin Research Institute of Normal Physiology.
His career spans psychology, medicine, biotechnology, health technology and innovation. His scientific and entrepreneurial work includes printed publications, patents and registered software products.
Over time, the focus expanded from biological systems to the conditions that support human functioning: honest dialogue, self-regulation, social connection, meaningful goals and coordinated action.
This led to long-term work with groups and facilitators, the development of Functional Systems Facilitation, and the creation of Opendialogue.space — an AI-supported peer-to-peer digital mental health platform.
A career across research, technology and human practice.
Science, entrepreneurship and contemplative practice.
The combination matters because no single lens is sufficient for a living human system.
- Psychology & medicine
University education in psychology and medicine, with a foundation in physiology, responsibility and the practical consequences of decisions.
- Science
The Anokhin–Sudakov school of systems psychophysiology, functional systems theory, work as a research fellow at the P.K. Anokhin Research Institute of Normal Physiology, publications and patents.
- Innovation
Entrepreneurial and institutional experience connecting research, technology and implementation.
- Practice
Years of group work, facilitator development and dialogue-based educational environments.
- Contemplation
Experience as a Buddhist monk and continued contemplative practice — part of the personal path, not a substitute for scientific evidence.
- Now
Public health research, Opendialogue.space, Functional Systems Facilitation and collaboration with leaders and institutions.
A human system cannot be reduced to its most visible symptom.
State, purpose, relationships, communication, action and feedback form one functional chain. Sustainable change requires attention to the chain and to the conditions around it.
Based in Portugal. Working across disciplines and borders.
Dmitry reaches an international Russian-speaking community and is developing the research, language and partnerships required for responsible international work.