PRESENT POSITION |
| 2007 - current |
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Senior Physician and Consultant Neurologist / Psychiatrist |
| 2009 - current |
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Head of the Schizophrenia Outpatient Clinic |
| 2011 - current |
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Deputy director ("Leitender Oberarzt und ständiger Vertreter des Klinikdirektors")
of the Department of Psychiatry, University of Magdeburg |
| 2019 - current |
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W2-Professor for Translational Psychiatry
& Head of Translational Psychiatry Laboratory |
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ACADEMIC HISTORY |
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1991 - 1998 |
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Medical Studies: University of Munich |
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1998 |
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Medical State Examination |
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2000 |
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Licentiate of Medicine |
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2000 |
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Doctoral thesis, Inst. of Pathology, University of Munich |
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2009 |
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Postdoctoral thesis, Dept. Psychiatry, University of Magdeburg |
| 2013 |
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Associate Professor of Psychiatry (“Außerplanmäßiger Professor”), Dept. Psychiatry,
University of Magdeburg |
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APPOINTMENTS |
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1998 - 2002 |
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Neurological Residency, Medical School Hanover |
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1998 - 2002 |
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Assistant lecturer (1), Medical School Hanover |
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2002 - 2006 |
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Psychiatric Residency, University of Magdeburg |
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2002 - 2008 |
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Assistant lecturer (2), University of Magdeburg |
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VISITING POSITIONS |
Oct/Nov ´08
and '09 |
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Visiting scientist at the Department of Chemical Engineering and
Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, UK
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Jul ´10 to
Jan ´11 |
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Visiting Scholar at the University of Cambridge, UK (Department of
Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology; Department of Pharmacology),
supported by a Grant from Pembroke College, University of Cambridge
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Jun' 11
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Visiting Scholar at Cleveland Clinic, Ohio, USA (Department of
Cell Biology / Lerner Research Institute; Department of Psychiatry and
Psychology), supported by a Grant from Cleveland Clinic
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Aug'12 |
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Visiting Scholar at Yale University, USA (Department of Cell
Biology / Section of Comparative Medicine), supported by a Grant from
Yale University
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AWARDS |
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2006 |
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German Society of Biological Psychiatry Award |
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2008 |
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German Society of Biological Psychiatry Award |
| 2013 |
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Hans-Jörg Weitbrecht award for exceptional achievements in the field
of clinical neuroscience
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MAIN CLINICAL INTEREST:
Schizophrenia, affective disorders, organic brain syndromes
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MAIN RESEARCH FIELD:
Neurobiology of schizophrenia and affective disorders
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