Prof. Dr. med. Stefan Ehrlich, PhD
Research focus
- Eating disorders, Schizophrenia, Autism
- Neurobiology (neuroendocrinology, neuroimmunology, genetics & epigenetics)
- Neuroimaging (structural & functional MRI, connectomics, multi-site studies)
- Experimental psychology (e.g. emotion regulation) and online psychiatry (crowdsourcing)
- Ecological momentary assessment and mHealth
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Curriculum Vitae
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Ehrlich, Stefan, Prof. Dr. med. PhD |
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Official position |
Head of the Division of Psychological and Social Medicine and Developmental Neurosciences; Head of the Eating Disorder Research and Treatment Center at the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy |
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Institution |
University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus,Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany |
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Business address |
Fetscherstraße 74, 01307 Dresden |
Academic education and degrees
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2000-2004 |
Educational Science and Human Development, Humboldt University Berlin |
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2005 |
Doctor of Medicine, Charité -Universitätsmedizin Berlin |
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2006 |
Doctoral thesis (Dr. med.): Neurology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin |
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2011 |
Habilitation (Venia legendi): Experimental Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin |
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2019 |
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Dresden University of Technology, Faculty of Medicine C. G. Carus |
Professional career
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2005-2008 |
Charité University Hospital Berlin, Resident in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry & Resident in Psychiatry |
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2008-2010 |
Harvard Medical School, Department of Psychiatry, MGH, Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Boston: Clinical research fellow |
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2010-2012 |
TU Dresden, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry: Professor of Translational Developmental Neuroscience (W2 – tenured), Head of the Eating Disorder Treatment & Research Program |
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2012-2016 |
TU Dresden, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry: Professor of Translational Developmental Neuroscience, Deputy Consultant, Deputy Chief Consultant and subsequently Vice Director of the Department, Head of the Eating Disorder Research and Treatment Center |
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Since 2016 |
TU Dresden, Division of Psychological & Social Medicine and Developmental Neurosciences: Head of the Division (W3); Head of the Eating Disorder Research and Treatment Center at the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry |
Honors, awards and positions
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1999-2005 |
German National Academic Foundation - Exceptional Talent Fellow |
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2002-2004 |
Fellow of the International Academy of Life Science (IALS) |
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2009 |
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2010 |
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2011 |
NARSAD Young Investigator Award: "Intermediate phenotypes in schizophrenia" |
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2012 |
Hilde-Bruch-Research Award for Eating Disorders of the DGESS |
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2015 |
Christina Barz Research Award for Eating Disorder Research |
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2012-2020 |
Focus: listed as one of Germany's best physicians (Psychiatry, Eating Disorders) |
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Since 2018 |
Working Group Leader: ENIGMA Eating Disorders |
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Since 2020 |
German Society of Eating Disorders (DGESS): Vice President |
Current journal editorial positions
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Since 2014 |
Member of the editorial board/associate editor of: Journal of Eating and Weight Disorders – Studies on Anorexia, Bulimia and Obesity (2014); Frontiers in Genetics, Section Behavioral and Psychiatric Genetics (2015); Nature - Scientific Reports (2016); Journal of Psychiatry and Neurosciences (2018); Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (2020) |
10 most important peer-reviewed papers
(10 out of: 194 publications, SCOPUS h-index: 42)
Ehrlich S, Geisler D, Yendiki A, Panneck P, Roessner V et al. Associations of WM integrity and cortical thickness in patients with schizophrenia and healthy controls. Schizophr Bull. 2014;40(3):665-74.
King JA, Geisler D, Ritschel F, Schober I, Seidel M … Ehrlich S. Global cortical thinning in anorexia nervosa normalizes following long-term weight restoration. Biol Psychiatry. 2015;77(7):624-32.
Walton E, Geisler D, Lee PH, Hass J, Turner JA ... Ehrlich S. Prefrontal Inefficiency Is Associated With Polygenic Risk for Schizophrenia. Schizophr Bull. 2014; 40(6):1263-71.
Walton E, Hass J, Liu J, Roffman J, Bernardoni F … Ehrlich S. Correspondence of DNA methylation between blood and brain tissue and its application to schizophrenia research. Schizophr Bull. 2016;42(2):406-14.
King JA, Geisler D, Bernardoni F, Ritschel F, Böhm I … Ehrlich S. Altered Neural Efficiency of Decision Making During Temporal Reward Discounting in Anorexia Nervosa. J Am Acad Child Psy. 2016;55(11):972-979.
Tam FI, King JA, Geisler D, Korb FM, Sareng J … Ehrlich S. Altered behavioral and amygdala habituation in high-functioning adults with autism spectrum disorder: an fMRI study. Sci Rep. 2017;7(1):13611.
King JA, Frank GKW, Thompson PM, Ehrlich S. Structural Neuroimaging of Anorexia Nervosa: Future Directions in the Quest for Mechanisms Underlying Dynamic Alterations. Biol Psychiatry. 2018;83(3):224-234.
Bernardoni F, Geisler D, King JA, Javadi AH, Ritschel F … Ehrlich S. Altered Medial Frontal Feedback Learning Signals in Anorexia Nervosa. Biol Psychiatry. 2018;83(3):235-243.
Bernardoni F, King JA, Geisler D, Birkenstock J, Tam FI … Ehrlich S. Nutritional Status Affects Cortical Folding: Lessons Learned From Anorexia Nervosa. Biol Psychiatry. 2018;84(9):692-701.
King JA, Ehrlich S. The Elusive Nature of Delay Discounting as a Transdiagnostic Process in Psychiatric Disorders - The Devil Is in the Detail. JAMA Psychiatry. 2020;77(3):325-326.