Prof. Dr. rer. nat. habil. Katja Beesdo-Baum

Research focus

Descriptive, analytic, and experimental epidemiology of mental and behavioral disorders
Developmentally sensitive models of mental health and disease
Etiologic and pathogenic mechanisms (cognitive-affective, behavioral, environmental, neurobiologic, genetic) of anxiety and depressive disorders
Novel strategies for early identification and targeted intervention
Development and application of novel diagnostic and real life monitoring tools

Curriculum Vitae

	Beesdo-Baum, Katja, PhD, Professor of Behavioral Epidemiology
Official position	Chair, Behavioral Epidemiology
Institution	Faculty of Psychology, Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
Business address	Chemnitzer Str. 46, 01187 Dresden

Academic education and degrees

1995-2000	Diploma in Psychology, Technische Universität Dresden (TUD), Germany
2000-2005	Postgraduate Studies Psychotherapy, TUDIAS/IAP GmbH, Germany
2005	Board exam Cognitive Behavioral Psychotherapy, Germany
2006	PhD in Psychology, TUD, Germany
2008-2010	Postgraduate Training in Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy, IPT Leipzig / DGVT Dresden, Germany
2010	Habilitation (Venia legendi) in Psychology, TUD, Germany

Professional career

2000-2006	Research and Teaching assistant (Doctorate), Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Department of Psychology, TUD, Germany
2004-2005	Research Assistant & Clinical Internship, Clinic of Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, Carl Gustav Carus University Hospital, TUD, Germany
2006-2010	Postdoctoral Researcher, Head of Research Group: Early Developmental Stages of Psychopathology, Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, TUD, Germany
2007	Visiting Researcher, Mood and Anxiety Program, Section on Emotional Development and Affective Neuroscience, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
2010-2011	Career Break (Parental leave, twins)
2011-2014	Associate Professor, Head of Independent Research Group: Clinical Developmental Psychopathology, Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, TUD, Germany
Since 2014	Full Professor and Chair of Behavioral Epidemiology, Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, TUD, Germany

Honors, awards and positions

Since 2004	Several Career Development, Travel, and Poster Awards (Anxiety Disorder Association of America, European College of Neuropsychopharmacology, American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, American Psychopathological Association, Society of Biological Psychiatry)
2006	Dr.-Walter-Seipp-Dissertation-Award (Commerzbank-Stiftung)
Since 2007	Scientific Advisory Panel on Anxiety Disorders, European College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ECNP)
2008-2013	Appointment as Advisor to the DSM-5 Task Force, Anxiety Disorder Study Group, American Psychiatric Association (APA)
2012	ECNP Fellowship Award, European College of Neuropsychopharmacology
Since 2019	Appointment as F1000 Prime Faculty Member - Psychology
Since 2019	Appointment as Contributor to the DSM-5 Text Revision Task Force, Anxiety Disorder Group, American Psychiatric Association (APA)
Since 2020	Member of the Anxiety Disorder Research Network, European College of Neuropsychopharmacology

Current Journal Editorial positions

Since 2014	Editorial board Journal of Child Psychiatry & Human Development
Since 2018	Editorial board Depression and Anxiety (The official Journal of the Anxiety and Depression Association of America, ADAA)

10 most important peer-reviewed papers

(10 out of 142, Scopus h-index: 42)

Beesdo-Baum K, Voss C, Venz J, Hoyer J, Berwanger J et al. The Behavior and Mind Health (BeMIND) study: Methods, design and baseline sample characteristics of a cohort study among adolescents and young adults. Int J Meth Psychiatr Res. 2020;29(1):e1804.

Hoyer J, Voss C, Strehle J, Venz J, Pieper L … Beesdo-Baum K. Test-retest reliability of the computer-assisted DIA-X-5 interview for mental disorders. BMC Psychiatr. 2020;20(1):280.

Voss C, Ollmann TM, Miche M, Venz J, Hoyer J … Beesdo-Baum K. Prevalence, Onset, and Course of Suicidal Behavior Among Adolescents and Young Adults in Germany. JAMA network open. 2019;2(10):e1914386.

Beesdo-Baum K, Knappe S, Einsle F, Knothe L, Wieder G et al. How frequently are depressive disorders recognized in primary care patients? A cross-sectional epidemiological study in Germany. Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz. 2018;61(1):52-64.

Asselmann E, Wittchen HU, Lieb R, Beesdo-Baum K. A 10-year prospective-longitudinal study of daily hassles and incident psychopathology among adolescents and young adults: interactions with gender, perceived coping efficacy, and negative life events. Soc Psych Psychiatr Epidemiol. 2017;52(11):1353-62.

Beesdo-Baum K, Knappe S, Asselmann E, Zimmermann P, Brückl T et al. The ‘Early Developmental Stages of Psychopathology (EDSP) study’: A 20 year review of methods and findings. Soc Psych Psychiatr Epidemiol. 2015;50(6):851-66.

Beesdo K, Pine DS, Lieb R, Wittchen HU. Incidence and risk patterns of anxiety and depressive disorders and categorization of Generalized Anxiety Disorder. Arch Gen Psychiatr. 2010;67(1):47-57.

Beesdo K, Lau JYF, Guyer AE, McClure-Tone EB, Monk CS et al. Common and distinct amygdala-function perturbations in depressed vs anxious adolescents. Arch Gen Psychiatr. 2009;66(3):275-85.

Beesdo K, Knappe S, Pine DS. Anxiety and anxiety disorders in children and adolescents: Developmental issues and implications for DSM-V. Psychiatr Clin North America. 2009;32(3):483-524.

Beesdo K, Bittner A, Pine DS, Stein MB, Hofler M et al. Incidence of social anxiety disorder and the consistent risk for secondary depression in the first three decades of life. Arch Gen Psychiatr. 2007;64(8):903-12.