Fields of Teaching and Research
- Integrative Medicine in Health Promotion
- Medical Psychology / Health Sciences
- Quantitative and Qualitative Research
- Placebo Effect, Nocebo Effect, Complementary Medicine, Doctor-Patient-Communication
Activities
University Activities
- Head of the Master Degree Program Health Promotion
- Member of the Research Group Health Promotion
Professional Activities
- Private Lecturer (Priv.-Doz.) for Medical Psychology (Faculty of Medicine, LMU Munich)
- Head of Research Group ‘Placebo Research’, Institute of Medical Psychology, LMU Munich
- Visiting Lecturer for Medical Psychology (Georg-August-University Göttingen)
- Statistical Editor, Journal of Medical Psychology (IOS Press)
- Ad-hoc Reviewer for International Journals
Curriculum Vitae
- since 2016: Professorship of Integrative Medicine in Health Promotion (W2), Coburg University
- since 2013: Head of study group „Placebo Research“, Institute of Medical Psychology, LMU Munich
- 2013: Habilitation (Dr. med. habil.), LMU Munich
- 2009-2012: Senior Researcher, Institute of General Practice, Technical University of Munich
- 2007-2009: Teacher and Researcher, Self-employment
- 2000-2006: Post Doc, Institute of Medical Psychology, LMU Munich
- 2000: Dissertation (Dr. med.), LMU Munich
- 1999: Clinical Investigator, Sciencia GmbH, Munich
- 1997-1998: Doctor in Internship (AiP), Psychiatric Department, Hospital Haar
- 1994-1997: Dissertation Fellowship, Institute of Medical Psychology, LMU Munich
- 1987-1994: Human Medicine, LMU Munich
Professional Memberships
- Society for Interdisciplinary Placebo Studies (SIPS)
- German Psychological Society (DGPs)
- German Society for Medical Psychology (DGMP)
- Deutsche Schmerzgesellschaft (DGSS), German Section of International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP)
- German Society for Neurogastroenterology and Motility (DGNM)
- The State Chamber of Physicians of Bavaria (BLÄK)
- Bavarian Association of Professors and Lecturers at Universities of Applied Sciences (VHB)
