Prof. Dr. med. Andrea Pfennig

Research focus

Prevention, early detection and early intervention in psychiatric disorders
Development of diagnostic instruments for risk assessment and early intervention strategies
Epidemiology and illness course research
Development of clinical guidelines (incl. data-based therapy recommender systems)
Evaluation of state-of-the-art models of integrated, patient-centered psychiatric care

Curriculum Vitae

	Pfennig, Andrea, MD, MSc Epidemiology, Adjunct Professor
Official position	Head of Early Detection and Intervention Centre for psychiatric disorders, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical Faculty, Carl Gustav Carus University Hospital, Technische Universität Dresden Senior physician, Day Clinic for Young People at the Centre for Mental Health, Carl Gustav Carus University Hospital, Medical Faculty, Technische Universität Dresden
Institution	University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
Business address	Fetscherstraße 74, 01307 Dresden

Academic education and degrees

1990-1993	Vocational education, State-qualified Nurse, University of Magdeburg
1993-2000	MD in Medicine, Medical School, University of Magdeburg
2002	Doctoral thesis, Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatic Medicine, University of Magdebur
2006	MSc Epidemiology, TU Berlin and University of Bielefeld
2008	Board exams and specialization in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
2009-2015	Assistant Professor for Psychiatric Epidemiology and Illness Course Research, Medical Faculty, Technische Universität Dresden
2015-present	Adjunct Professor, Medical Faculty, Technische Universität Dresden

Professional career

2000-2001	Research Physician, Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatic Medicine, University Hospital, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg
2001	Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Behavioral Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard University Boston, USA.
2002-2003	Research Physician, Max-Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Munich
2003-2006	Research Physician, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Charité-University Medicine Berlin, Campus Mitte (CCM)
2003-2007	Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute of Social Medicine, Epidemiology and Health Economics, Charité - University Medicine Berlin, Campus Mitte
2007	Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Technische Universität Dresden
2008-present	Head of Early Detection and Intervention Centre for psychiatric disorders, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical Faculty, Carl Gustav Carus University Hospital, Technische Universität Dresden
2019-present	Senior physician, Day Clinic for Young People at the Centre for Mental Health, Carl Gustav Carus University Hospital, Medical Faculty, Technische Universität Dresden

Honors, awards and positions

2002	Travel Stipend, Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Neuropsychopharmakologie und Pharmakopsychiatrie (AGNP)
2005	GlaxoSmithKline Stipend for Research on Affective Disorders
2009	The Mitchell Balter Award, Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology
Since 2009	Executive Committee, Dresdner Bündnis gegen Depression e.V.
Since 2011	Executive Committee, Sächsische Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft für Nervenheilkunde e.V. (SWGN)
Since 2011	Head of Devision on Prevention of Mental Disorders, German Association for Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics(DGPPN)

Current journal editorial positions

Since 2012	Chief Editor, In Balance, official journal of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Bipolare Störungen e.V. (DGBS e.V.)
Since 2012	Editorial Board, International Journal of Bipolar Disorders

10 most important peer-reviewed papers

(10 out of 254, SCOPUS h-index: 35)

Leopold K, Bauer M, Bechdolf A, Correll CU, Holtmann M … Pfennig A. Efficacy of cognitive-behavioral group therapy in patients at risk for serious mental illness presenting with subthreshold bipolar symptoms: Results from a prespecified interim analysis of a multicenter, randomized, controlled study. Bipolar Disord. 2020 Feb 28. Online ahead of print.

Pfennig A, Ritter PS, Höfler M, Lieb R, Bauer M et al. Symptom characteristics of depressive episodes prior to the onset of mania or hypomania. Acta Psychiatr Scand. 2016;133(3):196-204.

Ritter PS, Höfler M, Wittchen HU, Lieb R, Bauer M … Pfennig A et al. Disturbed sleep as risk factor for the subsequent onset of bipolar disorder - data from a 10-year prospective-longitudinal study among adolescents and young adults. J Psychiatr Res. 2015;68:76-82.

Pfennig A, Alda M, Young T, MacQueen G, J Rybakowski et al. Prophylactic lithium treatment and cognitive performance in patients with a long history of bipolar illness: no simple answers in complex disease-treatment interplay. Int J Bipolar Disord. 2014;2:1.

Leopold K, Ratzer S, Correll CU, Rottmann-Wolf M, Pfeiffer S … Pfennig A. Characteristics, symptomatology and naturalistic treatment in individuals at-risk for bipolar disorders: baseline results in the first 180 help-seeking individuals assessed at the Dresden high-risk project. J Affect Disord. 2014;152-154:427-33.

Leopold K, Ritter P, Correll CU, Marx C, Özgürdal S … Pfennig A. Risk constellations prior to the development of bipolar disorders: rationale of a new risk assessment tool. J Affect Disord. 2012;136(3):1000-1010.

Pfennig A, Schlattmann P, Alda M, Grof P, Glenn T et al. Influence of atypical features on the quality of prophylactic effectiveness of long-term lithium treatment in bipolar disorders. Bipolar Disord. 2010;12(4):390-6.

Beesdo K, Höfler M, Leibenluft E, Lieb R, Bauer M, Pfennig A. Mood episodes and mood disorders: patterns of incidence and conversion in the first three decades of life. Bipolar Disord. 2009;11(6):637-49.

Pfennig A, Kunzel HE, Kern N, Ising M, Majer M et al. Hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal system regulation and suicidal behavior in depression. Biol Psychiatry. 2005;57(4):336-42.

Binder EB, Salyakina D, Lichtner P, Wochnik GM, Ising M … Pfennig A et al. Polymorphisms in FKBP5 are associated with increased recurrence of depressive episodes and rapid response to antidepressant treatment. Nat Genet. 2004;36(12):1319-25.