Johannes Petzold
Psychiatrist
NameDr. med. univ. Dr. rer. medic. Johannes Petzold
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Research Interests
My research has focused on studying 1) addiction and 2) impulsive decision-making, which is a characteristic feature and promising target for interventions across mental disorders. The major challenge in the treatment of addiction and mental illness in general is that effective therapies are available, but we often cannot anticipate which patients will benefit from which therapy. One approach to improve treatment matching may be to investigate common behavioral phenotypes, such as impulsive decision-making, and associated neural correlates across neuropsychiatric diseases, offering opportunities to elucidate neural substrates of mental disorders and to identify potential targets for treatment intervention and evaluation.
Main Project
Collaborative Research Center TRR 265: Losing and Regaining Control over Drug Intake
Employment
| 11/2021–Present | Clinical and Research Fellow, Department of Psychiatry, TU Dresden, Germany |
| 03/2020–09/2021 | Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, USA |
| 07/2014–02/2020 | Resident and Research Associate, Department of Psychiatry, TU Dresden, Germany |
| 2013 |
Research Assistant, Translational Medical Research Laboratory, Institute of Pathology, Medical University of Graz, Austria |
Degrees
| 2021 | Ph.D. (Dr. rer. medic.), TU Dresden, Germany |
| 2014 | M.D. (Dr. med. univ.), Medical University of Graz, Austria |
Honors
| 2018 | ECNP Travel Award, 31st ECNP Congress, Barcelona, Spain |
| 2017 | Best Poster Award, 11th Mitteldeutsche Psychiatrietage, Halle, Germany |
| 2014 | Graduation with Honors, Among the Top 10 Students, Medical University of Graz, Austria |
| 2013 | Merit Scholarship, Medical University of Graz, Austria |