Core Areas of Research

At the Department of Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, various working groups are conducting research on a wide range of topics. All of our research activities aim at either a better understanding of the background and development of a certain mental disorder, or the improvement and advancement of treatment options.

Our core areas of research

Neuroscience of psychomotor function
Prof. Dr. med. Sebastian Walther 
Phone: +49 931 201 77000
E-Mail: Walther_S5@ukw.de

Non-verbal communication
Prof. Dr. med. Sebastian Walther 
Phone: +49 931 201 77000
E-Mail: Walther_S5@ukw.de

Translational Social Neuroscience
Prof. Dr. Grit Hein
Phone: +49 931 201 77411
E-Mail: Hein_G@ ukw.de

Clinical Anxiety Research
Prof. Dr. med. Angelika Erhardt-Lehmann
Phone: +49 931 201 77130
E-Mail: Erhardt_A@ ukw.de

Personalised therapy for affective disorders
-(coming soon)-
Tel. (0931) 201 0
E-Mail: -(Coming soon)- 

Geriatric Psychiatry
PD Dr. med. Martin Lauer
Phone: +49 931 201 76560
E-Mail: Lauer_M@ ukw.de

ADHD in adulthood
Dr. med. Georg Ziegler
Phone: +49 931 201 76590
E-Mail: Ziegler_G@ ukw.de

Early Detection and Early Intervention for Mental Illness
Dr. med. Matthias Nieberler
Phone: +49 931 201 77870
E-Mail: nieberler_m@ ukw.de

Rehabilitation Science
Prof. Dr. H. Heiner Vogel
E-Mail: Vogel_h1@ ukw.de

Functional Imaging and non-invasive Brain Stimulation
Prof. Dr. Martin Herrmann
Phone: +49 931 201 76650
E-Mail: Herrmann_M@ ukw.de

Functional Neuroanatomy
Prof. Dr. Angelika Schmitt-Böhrer
Phone: +49 931 201 76402
E-Mail: Schmitt_A3@ ukw.de

Functional Genomics
PD Dr. Heike Weber
Phone: +49 931 201 76403
E-Mail: Weber_H2@ ukw.de

Personalized pharmacotherapy
PD Dr. rer. nat. Maike Scherf-Clavel 
Phone: +49 931 201-76317
E-Mail: Scherf_M@ ukw.de

Neuronal human cell models
Dr. rer. nat. Rhiannon McNeill
E-Mail: mcneill_r@ ukw.de