CV Prof. Wittchen ECNP 2011

SHORT CURRICULUM VITAE
Professor Dr. Hans-Ulrich Wittchen
Director
Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy &
Center of Clinical Epidemiology and Longitudinal Studies
(CELOS)
Technische Universität Dresden, Germany
Tel.: +49/(0)351 463 36983
Fax: +49/(0)351 463 36984
E-mail: [email protected]
Professor Hans-Ulrich Wittchen is Chairman (since 2000) of the Institute of Clinical
Psychology and Psychotherapy and the Center of Clinical Epidemiology and Longitudinal
Studies (CELOS) at the Technische Universitaet Dresden, Germany, and Honorary
Professor at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University in Munich (since 1990). Trained in medicine
and psychology at the University of Vienna, Austria, he received his PhD in Clinical
Psychology in 1975.
Subsequently he carried out post-doctoral clinical research in anxiety, depressive and
substance use disorders at the Anton Proksch and Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Addiction
Research (Vienna, Austria), the Central Institute of Mental Health (Mannheim, Germany) and
the Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry in Munich, where he worked as Head of the Evaluation
and Clinical Epidemiology Unit (1980–1990) and Director (1990–2000) of the Clinical
Psychology and Epidemiology Department. From 1984–1989 he was Professor of Clinical
Psychology and Psychotherapy at the University of Mannheim (tenure).
Dr. Wittchen has been principal investigator of several national and international large-scale
clinical epidemiological and family genetic studies on the prevalence of risk factors, course
and outcomes of mental and substance use disorders, such as the 10-years Early
Developmental Stages of Psychopathology (EDSP) and the German National Health
Interview and Examination Survey. Internationally, he serves as consultant and investigator
of several major studies, such as the US National Comorbidity Survey (NCS), the World
Mental Health Survey, the Burden of Disease Project as well as several international studies
of the World Health Organization (WHO).
His research covers clinical and prospective-longitudinal epidemiological aspects, focusing
on the etiological and pathogenic pathways of mental disorders, with a particular interest in
symptom progression models of anxiety, depression and substance use disorders as well as
treatment and translational research with emphasis on cognitive-behavioral interventions as
well as long-term management strategies.
Professor Wittchen received several awards and honors such as the Medvantis Research
Award 2005. He serves as member of the Executive Committee and secretary of the
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European College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ECNP) since 2005, and is member of
several Advisory and Steering Committees (e.g. Europenqa Brain Council). Professor
Wittchen has published more than 450 peer review articles and ranks among the top 100
most highly cited researchers in Psychology/Psychiatry (ISIhighlycited.com). He is author
and co-author of several books and diagnostic instruments and has also been author of a
series of patients self-help book on mental and substance use disorders. He is editor, or on
the editorial board of several peer review journals, including International Journal of Methods
in Psychiatric Research, Psychological Medicine, Addiction, Drug and Alcohol Dependence,
Behavioral Psychotherapy and Diagnostika.
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