Principal Investigators (PI)

Prof. Dr. Christian Schmahl

Spokesperson of the GRK2350
PI - Project "Brain Morphometry" (A1)

Medical Director of the Dept. of Psychosomatic Medicine & Psychotherapy
Central Institute of Mental Health, Mannheim, Heidelberg University
Tel.: +49 621 1703 4021

Wissenschaftlicher Werdegang
1996 Dr. med., Universität Mainz
1996-2003 Assistenzarzt Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Universität Freiburg
2000 Research fellowship, Yale und Emory University
2003 Forschungskoordinator und Oberarzt, Klinik für Psychosomatik und
Psychotherapeutische Medizin, Zentralinstitut für Seelische Gesundheit
Mannheim
2006 Habilitation (venia legendi) für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie
2013 W3-Professur für Experimentelle Psychopathologie
2015 Ärztlicher Direktor, Klinik für Psychosomatik und Psychotherapeutische
Medizin, Zentralinstitut für Seelische Gesundheit Mannheim
Drittmittel

Prof. Dr. Dr. Tobias Banaschewski

PI - Project "Resilience Factors" (A4)
Full professor, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental Health
Tel.: +49 621 1703 4501

Dr. Susanne Becker

Mentor, PI - Project "Aggression" (B4)
Head of research group “Psychobiology of Pain”, Department of Cognitive and Clinical Neuroscience, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany, and
SNF-PRIMA Professor, Department for Chiropratic Medicine, Balgrist University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Tel.: +49 621 1703 6307

PD Dr. Katja Bertsch

Mentor, PI - Project "Comorbidities" (C1)
W2 Professor for Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Department of Psychology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich
Senior Researcher, Department of General Psychiatry, Center for Psychosocial Medicine, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg University
Tel.: +49 89 – 2180-5002

Prof. (apl.) Dr. Michael Deuschle

PI - Project "Obesity & Diabetes" (C2)
Assistant professor, vice-head of the Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University
Tel.: +49 621 1703 2302

Prof. Dr. (apl) Gabriele R. Ende

PI - Project "Brain Morphometry" (A1)
Head of the Department Neuroimaging, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University
Tel.: +49 621 1703 2971

Prof. Dr. Dr. hc. Dr. h.c Herta Flor

PI - Project "Aggression" (B4)
Full professor, Department of Cognitive and Clinical Neuroscience, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, and adjunct professor, Department of Psychology, University of Mannheim (contract extended to 9/23; senior professorship to follow until 9/2029)
Tel.: +49 621 1703 6301

Dr. Anita C. Hansson

PI - Project "Neurobiology" (A2)
Senior Scientist, Group Leader (RG Neuroanatomy), Institute of Psychopharmacology,
Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University
Fixed-term employment until Oct 2022 (permanent position in 2022)
Tel.: +49 621 1703 6293

Prof. Dr. Sabine Herpertz

PI - Project "Comorbidities" (C1)
Full professor, Medical Director Department of General Psychiatry, Dean of Studies, Medical Faculty, Heidelberg University

Tel.: +49 6221 56 22751

Dr. sc. Hum. Nathalie Holz

PI - Project "Resilience Factors" (A4)
Head of the Research Group Developmental Neurosciences in Psychiatry, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental Health
Tel.: +49 621 1703 4904

Prof. Dr. Falk Kiefer

PI - Project "Addiction" (B5)
Full professor, Chair in Addiction Research, University of Heidelberg
Medical Director Department of Addictive Behavior & Addiction Medicine, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University
Tel.: +49 621 1703 3501

PD Dr. Stefanie Lis

PI - Project "Inflammatory Bowel Deseases" (C3), PI - Project "Loneliness" (B3)

Head of the Research Group ‘Experimental Psychology’, Institute for Psychiatric and Psychosomatic Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University
Tel.: +49 621 1703 4024

Prof. Dr. Andreas Meyer-Lindenberg

PI - Project "Social Environment" (B2)
Director and Vorstandsvorsitzender (CEO) and Medical Director, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental Health, Mannheim
Chair and Full Professor, Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg
Tel.: +49 621 1703 2302

Prof. (apl.) Dr. Inga Niedtfeld

Mentor, PI - Project "Emotion Processing" (B1)
Head of Workgroup Emotion Regulation and Social Cognition, Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University
Tel.: +49 621 1703 4403

PD Dr. Wolfgang Reindl

Mentor, PI - Project "Inflammatory Bowel Deseases" (C3)
Senior physician at the II. Medical Department and Head of the IBD outpatient clinic, University hospital Mannheim, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University
Tel.: +49 621 383 3205

Prof. Dr. Rainer Spanagel

PI - Project "Neurobiology" (A2), PI - Project "Back Pain" (C4)
Full professor, Scientific Director Institute of Psychopharmacology, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University

Tel.: +49 621 1703 6251

Prof. Dr. Marc Sütterlin

PI - Project "Childbirth & Labor Pain" (C5)
Full professor, Medical Director and Chairman, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University Medical Centre & Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University
Tel.: +49 621 383 2286

Prof. Dr. med. Dr. phil. Heike Tost

PI - Project "Social Environment" (B2)
Full professor (W3) for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University
Tel.: +49 621 1703 6508

Prof. Dr. Rolf-Detlef Treede

PI - Project "Back Pain" (C4), PI - Project "Childbirth & Labor Pain" (C5)
Full professor, Chair of Neurophysiology, Deputy Managing Director of the Mannheim Center for Translational Neuroscience, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University
Tel.: +49 621 383 71400

Prof. (apl.) Dr. Sabine Vollstädt-Klein

Mentor, PI - Project "Addiction" (B5)
Adjunct professor, Head of research group on Neuroimaging of Addictive Behaviour, Department of Addictive Behaviour and Addiction Medicine, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim / Heidelberg University
Tel.: +49 621 703 3912

PD Dr. Stephanie Witt

Mentor, PI - Project "Obesity & Diabetes" (C2)
Senior Scientist, Department of Genetic Epidemiology in Psychiatry; Biobank, CIPP, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University
Tel.: +49 621 1703 6056

Jun.-Prof. Dr. Christoph W. Korn

Mentor, PI – Project „Social Decision“ (B6), W1-Tenure Track Professor for Social Neuroscience, Principal Investigator Emmy-Noether Research Group, Department of General Psychiatry, Heidelberg University Hospital
Tel.: +49 6221 – 56-4363

Prof. Dr. Ulrich Reininghaus

Heisenberg Professor, PI - Project "Risk Factors" (A3), Head of the Department of Public Mental Health, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University
Tel.: +49 621 1703 1930

Prof. Dr. Martin Bohus

PI - Project "Loneliness" (B3)
Clinic for Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy
Central Institute of Mental Health
Mannheim, Germany

Prof. Dr. Joachim Fischer

PI - Project "Risk Factors" (A3)
Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University
Center for Preventive Medicine and Digital Health Baden-Württemberg (CPD-BW)
Division of General Medicine 
 

Prof. Dr. med. Hans-Peter Hammes

Section Head Endocrinology, V. Medical Clinic
Universitätsmedizin Mannheim
Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University

Prof. Dr. Jutta Lindert

PI - Project "Risk Factors" (A3)
Emden University of Applied Sciences
and
Brandeis Womens Research Center
Tel.: +49 621 1703 4021