Curriculum Vitae
Robert Christian Wolf
work address:
Heidelberg University,
Department of General Psychiatry
Voßstr. 2
69115 Heidelberg, Germany
phone: +49-(0)6221-56 4405
fax: +49-(0)6221-56 8563
christian.wolf(at)med.uni-heidelberg.de
Current position
| since 11/2016 | Assistant Medical Director, university lecturer and head of the "Cognitive Neuropsychiatry" working group at the Department of General Psychiatry, Heidelberg University, (Head: Prof. Dr. S. C. Herpertz) |
Academic education
| 07/2004 | MD, University of Ulm, Germany. MD thesis (magna cum laude): „Working memory function in patients with schizophrenia. An event-related fMRI study“. Academic supervisors: Prof. Dr. Dr. Manfred Spitzer (Ulm) and Prof. Dr. Dr. Henrik Walter (Berlin) |
| 11/2009 | University lecturer (“Habilitation”) for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Ulm University, Germany |
| 08/2012 | University lecturer (“Umhabilitation”) for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Heidelberg University, Germany |
| 02/2014 | Professor (apl.) for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Heidelberg University, Germany |
| 11/2015 | Professor (apl.) for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Saarland University, Germany |
Professional experience – 2004 onwards
| 08/04 – 08/05 | Resident in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Ulm University, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy III (Head: Prof. Dr. Dr. M. Spitzer) |
| 10/05-08/06 | Resident in Neurology, University of Ulm, Department of Neurology (Head: Prof. Dr. A. C. Ludolph) |
| 09/2006 – 12/09 | Resident in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Ulm, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy III |
| 09/2009 | Board certification in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy |
| 02/10-09/14 | Clinical psychiatrist, university lecturer and head of the “Cognitive Neuropsychiatry” working group at the Department of General Psychiatry, Heidelberg University (Head: Prof. Dr. S. C. Herpertz |
| 10/14-10/16 | Assistant Medical Director, university lecturer and head of the “Cognitive Neuropsychiatry” working group at the Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy Saarland University, Homburg (Head: Prof. Dr. M. Riemenschneider) |
Teaching experience – 2004 onwards
| 2004–2009 | Clinical lecturer in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Ulm University, Germany |
| 02/10-09/14 | Clinical lecturer in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Heidelberg University, Germany |
| 10/14-10/16 | Clinical lecturer in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Saarland University, Germany |
| 11/16-pres. | Clinical lecturer in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Heidelberg University, Germany |
| 02/2010 - pres. | Academic mentorship within the German Society of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Neuroscience Mentoring Program (DGPPN) |
Research
| 05/2007-11/2007 | Visiting research fellow, Clinical Brain Disorders Branch, Genes, Cognition and Psychosis Program, “Systems Neuroscience in Psychiatry” working group (Head: Dr. A. Meyer-Lindenberg), ”National Institute of Mental Health, NIH, Bethesda, MD, U.S.A. |
| 04/13-05-13 | Visiting research fellow, „Medical Image Analysis Laboratory” (MIALab), Mind Research Network (MRN), University of New Mexico, Albuquerque (Head: Prof. Dr. V. Calhoun) |
| 02/10 - pres. | Head of the “Cognitive Neuropsychiatry” working group at the Department of General Psychiatry, Heidelberg University (Feb. 2010-Sept. 2015) and the Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Saarland University, Homburg. Research focus: Cognitive Neuroscience of schizophrenia-spectrum disorders, affective disorders neurodegenerative diseases at the interface of phenomenology, cognition and neuroanatomy. |
Ongoing research projects
- Neural correlates of treatment response in patients with major depression
- Functional neuroanatomy of positive symptoms in schizophrenia; functional neuroanatomy of schizophrenic subsyndromes and affective disorders
- Structural and functional neuroanatomy of delusional disorders
- Cognitive, functional and structural biomarkers in Huntington’s disease
Awards (selected)
| 2008 | American Psychiatric Institute for Research and Education (APIRE): Young Investigator Research Colloquium Award, Washington DC, U.S.A. |
| 2009 | European Psychiatric Association: EPA Scholarship Program, Lisbon, Portugal |
| 2009 | Society of Biological Psychiatry: Travel Fellowship Award, Vancouver, Canada |
| 2011 | Young Investigator Award, International Congress of Schizophrenia Research, Colorado, U.S.A. |
| 2012 | Award of the German Society of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Neuroscience (DGPPN): „Neuroimaging in Psychiatry und Psychotherapy“ |
Scientific memberships
German Society of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Neuroscience (DGPPN); German Society of Biological Psychiatry (DGBP), Organization for Human Brain Mapping (OHBM); European Huntington’s Disease Network (EHDN)
Scientific referee, journals with peer-review (selected)
JAMA Psychiatry, Brain, Biological Psychiatry, British Journal of Psychiatry, Cerebral Cortex, Experimental Neurology, Human Brain Mapping, NeuroImage, Neuropsychologia, Neuropsychopharmacology, Schizophrenia Research
Scientific referee, research foundations
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, Germany), Medical Research Council (MRC, UK), Riksbankens Jubileumsfond (Sweden), Fonds zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung (Austria),
Editorial Boards
Frontiers in Neuropsychiatric Imaging and Stimulation (Reviewing editor)
Current Psychopharmacology (Editorial Board member)