Prof. Dr. phil. Anja Mehnert-Theuerkauf
Research focus
- Epidemiology of mental disorders in patients with severe medical conditions
- Psychotherapy research in patients with severe medical conditions
- mHealth, digital health literacy and patient-reported outcomes
- Health services and survivorship research
- Employment, work and mental health
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Curriculum Vitae
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Mehnert-Theuerkauf, Anja, PhD, Professor of Medical Psychology |
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Official position |
Chair, Department of Medical Psychology and Medical Sociology |
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Institution |
University Medical Center Leipzig, Medical Faculty |
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Business address |
Philipp-Rosenthal-Strasse 55, 04103 Leipzig |
Academic education and degrees
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2013 |
Licence („Approbation“) as psychological psychotherapist (behavioral therapy) |
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2010 |
Habilitation in Medical Psychology and Clinical Psychology, and Venia Legendi, Medical Faculty, University of Hamburg |
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2005 |
PhD, University of Hamburg („summa cum laude“) |
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2000 |
Postgraduate study and certificate in Health Economics, European Business School (ebs) International University Schloss Reichartshausen, Oestrich- Winkel |
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1993-1999 |
Study and graduation in Psychology (Diploma), University of Hamburg |
Professional career
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2014 |
Appointment as professor Medical Psychology and Medical Sociology, University Medical Center Leipzig |
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2013-2014 |
Interim chair, Department of Medical Psychology and Medical Sociology, University Medical Center Leipzig |
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2012-2015 |
Chair, Division of Psychosocial Oncology, University Medical Center Leipzig |
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2012 |
Appointment as professor for psychosocial oncology, University Medical Center Leipzig |
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2008-2012 |
Senior Lecturer in medical psychology and head of the psycho-oncology and palliative health services research group, Department of Medical Psychology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf |
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2010-2011 |
Interim chair, Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Hamburg |
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2007-2008 |
Postdoctoral Research and Clinical Fellowship, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC), New York City, NY, USA |
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1999-2007 |
Postgraduate and postdoctoral research staff, Department of Medical Psychology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf |
Honors, awards and positions
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Since 2020 |
Board member German Cancer Society (DKG) |
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Since 2019 |
Advisory board German Cancer Aid Foundation (DKH) |
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Since 2019 |
Member of the expert committee "Healthcare Measures and Research with Health / Structural Policy Orientation" of the German Cancer Aid Foundation (Deputy Spokeswoman since 10/2019) (DKH) |
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Since 2018 |
Supervisory board member, University Medical Center Düsseldorf |
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Since 2018 |
Member of the working group of the Federal Ministry of Health (BMG) "Long-term survival after cancer" (AG LONKO) within the National Cancer Plan (NKP) (spokeswoman U-AG 1) |
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2018 |
Congress President of the joint annual conference of the German Society for Medical Psychology (DGMP) and the German Society for Medical Sociology (DGMS): "From global challenges in health care to community-based and individual psychosocial intervention strategies", Leipzig |
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2017 |
Congress President: 19th International Psycho-Oncology (IPOS) Society Congress „Cancer throughout the lifespan – Meeting the psychosocial needs of different cancer populations“ Berlin |
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Since 2017 |
Board member, University Center of Health Services Research (UZVF) University of Leipzig |
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2016 |
German Cancer Award (Clinical Research) from the German Cancer Society (DKG) |
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2016 |
1st Research and Innovation Award of the Society for Rehabilitation Sciences |
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Since 2015 |
Board member German College of Psychosomatic Medicine (DKPM) |
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Since 2015 |
Invited member International Faculty: Global Institute of Psychosocial, Palliative and End-of-Life Care (GIPPEC) |
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2015-2020 |
Member of the senate of the University of Leipzig |
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Since 2013 |
Member of the management and steering committee of the University Cancer Center Leipzig (UCCL) |
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2012-2020 |
Board member and chair (2014 – 2018) of the Psycho-Oncology workgroup (PSO) within the German Cancer Society (DKG) |
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2012-2019 |
Board member International Psycho-Oncology Society (IPOS) |
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2010 |
Hans Roemer Award 2009 of the German College for Psychosomatic Medicine (DKPM) |
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2009 |
International Psycho-Oncology Society (IPOS) Hiroomi Kawano New Investigator Award |
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2008 |
Rehabilitation Science Promotional Award 2007, Karlsruhe Sanatorium AG (KASANAG) |
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2006 |
Young Scientist Award from the German Society for Medical Psychology (DGMP) |
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2004 |
PhD award bio-psycho-social medicine 2004 of the German College for Psychosomatic Medicine (DKPM) |
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2004 |
International Society for Quality of Life Research (ISOQOL) New Investigator Award |
Current journal editorial positions
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Since 2020 |
Specialty Chief Editor, Frontiers in Psycho-Oncology (Frontiers) |
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Since 2014 |
Associate Editor, Journal of Cancer Survivorship (Springer) |
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Since 2014 |
Associate Editor, Psychotherapie Psychosomatik Medizinische Psychologie (Thieme) |
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Since 2019 |
Editorial board, Zeitschrift für Palliativmedizin (Thieme) |
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Since 2018 |
Editorial board, Oncology Research and Treatment (Karger) |
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Since 2012 |
Editorial board, Psycho-Oncology (Wiley) |
10 most important peer-reviewed papers
(10 out of 254, Scopus h-index: 38)
Mehnert A, Koranyi S, Philipp R, Scheffold K, Kriston L et al. Efficacy of the Managing Cancer and Living Meaningfully (CALM) individual psychotherapy for patients with advanced cancer: A single-blind randomized controlled trial. Psychooncology. 2020; doi: 10.1002/pon.5521.
Esser P, Glaesmer H, Faller H, Koch U … Mehnert A. Posttraumatic stress disorder among cancer patients-Findings from a large and representative interview-based study in Germany. Psychooncology. 2019;28(6):1278-1285.
Mehnert A, Hartung TJ, Friedrich M, Vehling S, Brähler E et al. One in two cancer patients is significantly distressed: Prevalence and indicators of distress. Psychooncology. 2018;27(1):75-82.
Hartung TJ, Brähler E, Faller H, Härter M, Hinz A … Mehnert A. The risk of being depressed is significantly higher in cancer patients than in the general population: Prevalence and severity of depressive symptoms across major cancer types. Eur J Cancer. 2017;72:46-53.
Vehling S, Kissane DW, Lo C, Glaesmer H, Hartung TJ, Rodin G, Mehnert A. The association of demoralization with mental disorders and suicidal ideation in patients with cancer. Cancer. 2017;123(17):3394-3401.
Kuhnt S, Brähler E, Faller H, Härter M, Keller M … Mehnert A. Twelve-Month and Lifetime Prevalence of Mental Disorders in Cancer Patients. Psychother Psychosom. 2016;85(5):289-96.
Mehnert A, Brähler E, Faller H, Härter M, Keller M et al. Four-week prevalence of mental disorders in patients with cancer across major tumor entities. J Clin Oncol. 2014;32(31):3540-6.
Mehnert A, de Boer A, Feuerstein M. Employment challenges for cancer survivors. Cancer. 2013;119(11):2151-9.
Mehnert A. Employment and work-related issues in cancer survivors. Crit Rev Oncol Hematol. 2011;77(2):109-30.
Mehnert A, Koch U. Psychological comorbidity and health-related quality of life and its association with awareness, utilization, and need for psychosocial support in a cancer register-based sample of long-term breast cancer survivors. J Psychosom Res. 2008;64(4):383-91.