Developmental Psychiatry
Aims and research areas
We investigate molecular pathomechanisms to define biomarkers to identify persons-at-risk and thus improving prevention or at least early detection to facilitate early treatment to improve the prognosis of the patients and/or their children. To reach this goal we use genetic and epigenetic data as well as gene expression and protein profiles. Those data will be combined with behavioural and imaging data from collaboration partners.
A technique we apply in our lab is the generation of neuronal cell models via induced-pluripotent stem cells, which we reprogram from skin punches from our patients. Thereby, we will model gene-environment-development interaction in the cell culture dish to gain insight for novel prevention- and therapy options.
Team
Head
Prof. Dr. med. Sarah Kittel-Schneider
E-Mail: Kittel_S@ukw.de
Phone: +49 931 201-77110
Team cell culture lab
- Dr. rer. nat. Rhiannon McNeill
- Dr. med. Matthias Nieberler
- Dr. med. Franziska Radtke (KJP)
Technician
- Nicole Döring
Team Peripartal Psychiatry
- Dr. med. Bodo Warrings
- Dr. med. Andrea Gehrmann
- Dr. rer. nat. Dipl.-Psych. Agnes Gajewska
- Jasmin Schuster
- Dr. Anna-Linda Leutritz
- Amely Bauch
- Freya Lanczik M.Sc Psych
Team Transitional Psychiatrie
- Dr. Barbara Hütz
- Maria Matentzoglu
Study Assistant
- Christiane Rieß
Publications
Publications of the working group can be found on pubmed or in the list of publications of our hospital.