Psychiatrische Genetik

Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Von-Siebold-Straße 5, 37075 Göttingen

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Thomas G. Schulze

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since 07/2010	Professor of Psychiatric Genetics (W3-professorship according to the German academic system), Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Göttingen, Germany
since 07/2009	Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
12/2007-06/2010	Assistant Director of Clinical Research, Unit on the Genetics of Mood and Anxiety Disorders, NIMH, NIH, Bethesda, MD
05/2006-12/2007	Senior Staff Scientist (Forschungsoberarzt) and Deputy Department Head, Department of Genetic Epidemiology in Psychiatry, Central Institute of Mental Health, Mannheim, Germany
02/2005-02/2007	Residency in neurology (part-time), Zentrum für Nervenheilkunde Stadtmitte, Mannheim, Germany
01/2003-04/2006	Residency in adult psychiatry, Central Institute of Mental Health, Mannheim, Germany and Staff Scientist, Department of Genetic Epidemiology in Psychiatry, Central Institute of Mental Health, Mannheim, Germany
06/2002-12/2002	Visiting Fellow, Unit on the Genetics of Mood and Anxiety Disorders, National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), NIH, Bethesda, MD
09/2000-05/2002	Research Associate, Department of Psychiatry, The University of Chicago, IL
06/1997-09/2000	Residency in adult psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Medical Education Medical Education

07/2007	German board certification for psychiatry and psychotherapy
11/1997	Dissertation-based doctoral degree (Dr. med.) conferred by the University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
06/1997	Graduation from Medical School

Scholarships Scholarships

07/2007-06/2010	Scholar, Junior Academy for Young Scholars and Scientists (WIN-Kolleg), Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities
04/2006	ESHG-fellowship, XI International Congress of Human Genetics, Brisbane, Australia
08/2000	ISPG-fellowship, VIII World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics, Versailles, France
08/1999	WPA-fellowship, XI World Congress of Psychiatry, Hamburg
01/1998-12/1999	Graduate School (Graduiertenkolleg 246) "Pathogenesis of CNS disorders", University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
09/1994-10/1995	ERASMUS-scholarship granted by the European Union (exchange student at the University of Barcelona, Spain)
11/1990-06/1997	Elite Network of the State of Bavaria (Bayerische Hochbegabtenförderung)

Funding Funding

since 07/2008	Principle Investigator/Supervisor: "The impact of psychiatric susceptibility genes on personality traits in the general population" within the Graduate School (Graduiertenkolleg 793) "Epidemiology of communicable and chronic non-communicable diseases and their interrelationships" (funding for 1 PhD student over a period of 3 years)
since 07/2008	Principle Investigator: "The MooDS Phenome Database and Reverse Phenotyping" (National German Genome Research Network Part III; 714,850 Euros; through 12/2012)
since 01/2008	Principle Investigator: "Experimental induction of prefrontal cortical plasticity in the human: functional correlates, neurochemical mechanisms, and genomic variation" (Collaborative Research Grant/Sonderforschungsbereich SFB 636 of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft; 474,200 Euros through 12/2011)
since 07/2007	Principle Investigator: "Changes of memory performance in the ageing brain - functional, biochemical, and genetic aspects" (WIN-Kolleg of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities; 300,000 Euros; through 6/2010; may be extended until 6/2012 upon evaluation)
since 07/2007	Principal Investigator: "The impact of genetic variation at the G72 locus on personality traits in the general population" (NARSAD Young Investigator Award; US $ 60,000; through 6/2009)
09/2004-06/2008	Co-Investigator: "Phenotype refinement in bipolar affective disorder as a prerequisite for the identification of disease genes" (National German Genome Research Network Part II; 215,824 Euros; through 6/2008)
01/2003-12/2004	Principal Investigator: "The genome-wide relationship between clinical features and genetic linkage in bipolar disorder" (NARSAD Young Investigator Award; US $ 60,000)

Awards Awards

11/2009	Hans-Jörg-Weitbrecht-Award for Clinical Neuroscience (Germany)
09/2007	Future Award of the German Society of Bipolar Disorders (DGBS)
03/2007	NARSAD Young Investigator Award (see below)
10/2006	Theodore-Reich-Award of the International Society of Psychiatric Genetics (ISPG)
02/2006	Robins-Guze-Award of the American Psychopathological Association (APPA)
01/2003	NARSAD Young Investigator Award (see above)

Reviewing Activities Reviewing Activities

• Ad-hoc reviewer for leading psychiatric and genetic journals

• Ad-hoc reviewer for the FWF-Austrian Science Fund

• Ad-hoc reviewer for the NIHR Biomedical Research Centre for Mental Health
  at the South London and Maudsley Foundation NHS Trust and the Institute of Psychiatry,
  King's College, London

• Ad-hoc reviewer for the Medical Research Council (MRC) of the United Kingdom

Board Memberships Board Memberships

since 08/2010	Member of the Editorial Board of European Neuropsychopharmacology
since 06/2007	Member of the Editorial Advisory Board of The Open Psychiatry Journal
since 10/2006	Member of the Editorial Board of Psychiatric Genetics
since 01/2006	Member of the Young Psychiatrists Council of the German Society of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy (DGPPN)
01/2003-12/2004	Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Heinz C. Prechter Fund for Manic Depression, Dearborn, MI, USA

Memberships in Research Societies Memberships in Research Societies

• American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ACNP) (Associate Member)

• American Psychopathological Association (APPA)

• American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG)

• Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychiatrie, Psychotherapie und Nervenheilkunde (DGPPN)

• Deutsche Gesellschaft für Bipolare Störungen (DGBS)

• European College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ECNP)

• International Society for Bipolar Disorders (ISBD)

• International Group for the Study of Lithium Treated Patients (IGSLI)

• International Society of Psychiatric Genetics (ISPG)

Congress Organization Congress Organization

since 11/2009	Co-Chair, XIX. World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics, Washington, DC, 2011
since 05/2009	Program Committee Member, XVIII. World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics, Athens, Greece, 2010
10/2008	Young Science Track Committee Member, XVI. World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics, Osaka, Japan, 2008
since 10/2007	Program Committee Member, XVII. World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics, San Diego, CA, 2009
10/2000	Congress Co-Chair, Meeting of the European Federation of Psychiatric Trainees

Scientific Impact Scientific Impact

• h-index = 26 (Hirsch 2005; as of 07/2010 according to ISI Web of Science)

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18.12.2013