Core Areas of Research

At the Department of Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, various working groups are conducting research on a wide range of topics. All of our research activities aim at either a better understanding of the background and development of a certain mental disorder, or the improvement and advancement of treatment options.

Our core areas of research

Molecular Psychiatry
Prof. Dr. med. Klaus-Peter Lesch
Phone: +49 931 201 77600
E-Mail: kplesch@ mail.uni-wuerzburg.de

Translational Social Neuroscience
Prof. Dr. Grit Hein
Phone: +49 931 201 77411
E-Mail: Hein_G@ ukw.de

Developmental Psychiatry
Prof. Dr. Sarah Kittel-Schneider
Phone: +49 931 201 77100
E-Mail: Kittel_S@ ukw.de

Clinical Anxiety Research
Prof. Dr. med. Angelika Erhardt-Lehmann
Phone: +49 931 201 77130
E-Mail: Erhardt_A@ ukw.de

Functional Genomics
Dr. biol. hum. Heike Weber
Phone: +49 931 201 76403
E-Mail: Weber_H2@ ukw.de

Functional Imaging and non-invasive Brain Stimulation
Prof. Dr. Martin Herrmann
Phone: +49 931 201 76650
E-Mail: Herrmann_M@ ukw.de

Functional Neuroanatomy
Prof. Dr. Angelika Schmitt-Böhrer
Phone: +49 931 201 76402
E-Mail: Schmitt_A3@ ukw.de

Addiction Medicine
PD Dr. med. Thomas Polak
Phone: +49 931 201 77870
E-Mail: Polak_T@ ukw.de

Geriatric Psychiatry
PD Dr. med. Martin Lauer, PD Dr. med. Thomas Polak
Phone: +49 931 201 76560, +49 931 201 77870
E-Mail: Lauer_M@ ukw.de, Polak_T@ ukw.de

Schizophrenic Psychoses
Dr. med. Micha Gawlik
Phone: +49 931 201 77890
E-Mail: Gawlik_M@ ukw.de