PD Dr. phil. Dipl. Psych. Joe Simon

Focus
Functional neuroimaging, eating disorders, obesity, experimental methods in psychosomatic reasearch, gut-brain axis, hormonal satiety regulation
Medical/Professional background
Research Associate, Department of General Internal Medicine and Psychosomatics, University Hospital Heidelberg, Germany.
Licence to practice in psychotherapy (psychologischer Psychotherapeut), behavioral therapy
Scientific background
Venia legendi for experimental psychosomatics, Medical Faculty of the University of Heidelberg
Didactic Training (Dozentschulung, Medical Faculty of the University of Heidelberg)
Ph.D. in clinical psychology, University of Heidelberg, Germany (Note: “summa cum laude”)
Diploma in Psychology, University of Constance, Germany
Grants
Postdoc fellow of the Heidelberg University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of experimental psychopathology and neurophysiology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Germany
PhD-scholarship from the „Landesgraduiertenföderung” in the scope of the research training group “Goals and Preferences”, University of Heidelberg, Germany
Professional memberships
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychologie (DGPs)
Deutscher Hochschulverband (DHV)
Deutsche PsychotherapeutenVereinigung (DPtV)
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Essstörungen (DGESS)
Société luxembourgeoise de Psychologie (SLP)
Funded projects
Investigating the interaction of emotional reactivity and neural reward processing in patients with complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft)
Change in disorder-related autobiographical memory during weight restoration in AN patients (Schweizerische Anorexia Nervosa Stiftung)
Homeostatic and non-homeostatic processing of nutrients in anorexia nervosa (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft)