Prof. Dr. med. Dr. rer. nat. Michael Bauer

Research Focus

Bipolar and depressive disorders

Prediction and outcome research
Neurobiology (functional neuroimaging, neuroendocrinology & genetics)
Treatment strategies and tactics
Development of new technologies and digital applications

Curriculum Vitae

	Bauer, Michael, MD, PhD, Professor of Psychiatry
Official Position	Executive Chair, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy Director and Physician-in-Chief, Psychiatric Hospital and Outpatient Clinics Spokesperson, Centre of Mental Health transCampus® Professor
Institution	University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus,Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany transCampus® Technische Universität Dresden – King’s College London
Business address	Fetscherstraße 74, 01307 Dresden

Academic education and degrees

1977-1982	Diploma in Biology, University of Constance, Germany
1987	PhD in Molecular Biology & Biochemistry, Freie Universität Berlin (FU Berlin)
1983-1989	MD in Medicine, School of Medicine, FU Berlin
1990-1994	Residency in Psychiatry & Neurology, FU Berlin
2001	Postdoctoral lecture qualification (venia legendi) in Psychiatry, FU Berlin

Professional career

1983-1987	Research Fellow, Institute of Molecular Biology & Biochemistry, FU Berlin
1994-1998	Associate Director, Berlin Lithium Clinic and Research Group of Clinical Psychopharmacology, Department of Psychiatry, FU Berlin
1997-1998	Assistant Clinical Professor, Supervising Psychiatrist, Department of Psychiatry, Benjamin Franklin Medical Center, FU Berlin
1998-2002	Visiting Professor of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), USA
2002-2006	Deputy Department Head, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Camus Mitte (CCM)
since 2007	Director, Executive Chair and Physician-in-Chief, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden
since 2019	Transcampus Professor, King’s College London, UK

Honors, Awards and Positions (selected)

1999-2001	National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression (NARSAD) Young Investigator Award
2000-2002	Judson Braun Research Scholarship, University of California Los Angeles, Neuropsychiatric Institute & Hospital, Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences
Since 2002	President, International Group for the Study of Lithium-Treated Patients (IGSLI)
2005	National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression(NARSAD) Independent Investigator Award
Since 2006	Chairman, Task Force, Treatment of Unipolar Depressive Disorders, World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry (WFSBP)
Since 2007	Project leader, national S3 Treatment Guidelines for Bipolar Disorders
2009	The Mitchell Balter Award, Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology
Since 2013	Honorary International Advisor for Society for Advancement of Bipolar Affective Disorder in Hong Kong
Since 2013	International Bipolar Foundation (IBPF), Scientific Advisory Board
2014-2020	Chair/Co-chair, European College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ECNP) Bipolar Disorders Network
Since 2015	Coordinator, national research consortium “BIPOLIFE: Improving Recognition and Care in Critical Areas of Bipolar Disorders”
2016	Deutsche Gesellschaft für Bipolare Störungen e.V. (DGBS e.V.) ARETÄUS Price for exeptional dedication in the field of bipolar disorder
Since 2016	Chair, Task Force “Role of Lithium in Bipolar Disorders”, International Society for Bipolar Disorder (ISBD)/International Group for the Study of Lithium-Treated Patients (IGSLI) International Society for Bipolar Disorders (ISBD)
2017	AGNP-Prize for Research in Psychopharmacology, Achievements in the Field of Treatment of Mood Disorders with Thyroid Hormones
2017	Anna-Monika-Prize, for research in neurobiology and treatment of depressive disorders by the Anna-Monika-Foundation

Current Journal Editorial Positions

Since 2010	Associate Editor, Der Nervenarzt
Since 2012	Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of Bipolar Disorders
Since 2016	Editor-in-Chief, Pharmacopsychiatry
Editorial board	Molecular Psychiatry, Translational Psychiatry, World Journal of Biological Psychiatry, The Journal of Psychiatry and Neurological Sciences

10 most important peer-reviewed papers

(10 out of 472, h-index [Scopus]: 71)

Bauer M, Glenn T, Geddes J, Gitlin M, Grof P et al. Smartphones in mental health: a critical review of background issues, current status and future concerns. Int J Bipolar Disord. 2020;8:2

Bauer M, Monteith S, Geddes J, Gitlin MJ, Grof P et al. Automation to optimise physician treatment of individual patients: examples in psychiatry. Lancet Psychiatry. 2019;6(4):338-349

Bauer M, Andreassen OA, Geddes JR, Vedel Kessing L, Lewitzka U et al. Areas of uncertainties and unmet needs in bipolar disorders: clinical and research perspectives. Lancet Psychiatry. 2018;5(11):930-939

Bauer M, Glenn T, Alda M, Aleksandrovich MA, Andreassen OA et al. Solar insolation in springtime influences age of onset of bipolar I disorder. Acta Psychiatr Scand. 2017;136(6):571-582

Bauer M, Berman S, Stamm T, Plotkin M, Adli M et al. Levothyroxine effects on depressive symptoms and limbic glucose metabolism in bipolar disorder: a randomized, placebo-controlled positron emission tomography study. Mol Psychiatr. 2016;21(2):229-236

Bauer M, Pfennig A, Linden M, Smolka MN, Neu P, Adli M. Efficacy of an algorithm-guided treatment compared to treatment as usual: a randomized controlled study of inpatients with depression. J Clin Psychopharm. 2009;29(4):327-333

Bauer M, Silverman DHS, Schlagenhauf F, London ED, Geist CL et al. Brain glucose metabolism in hypothyroidism: a positron emission tomography study before and after thyroid hormone replacement therapy. J Clin Endocr Metab. 2009;94:2922-2929

Bauer M, Grof P, Gyulai L, Rasgon N, Glenn T, Whybrow PC. Using technology to improve longitudinal studies: self-reporting with ChronoRecord in bipolar disorder. Bipolar Disord. 2004;6:67-74

Bauer M, Heinz A, Whybrow PC. Thyroid hormones, serotonin and mood: of synergy and significance in the adult brain. Mol Psychiatr. 2002;7:140-156

Bauer M, Bschor T, Kunz D, Berghöfer A, Ströhle S et al. Double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of the use of lithium to augment antidepressant medication in continuation treatment of unipolar major depression. Am J Psychiat. 2000;157:1429-1435