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Prof. Dr. Miriam Schiele
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TU Dresden
Fakultät für Psychologie
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01187 Dresden
Prof. Dr. Miriam Schiele has been Professor of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy at the TUD Dresden University of Technology since April 2026.
Her research is dedicated to the investigation and modeling of mechanisms of mental disorders and their change in the context of psychotherapeutic interventions, integrating clinical, psychological and biological levels. One focus is on the identification of biomarkers, in particular with regard to epigenetic processes, which map changes in the course of psychotherapeutic interventions and can contribute to the prediction of individual therapy response and the development of personalized treatment approaches.
In addition, she investigates experimental and digital interventions, in particular virtual reality-based exposure procedures, in order to better understand the mechanisms of action of psychotherapeutic processes and to optimize them in a targeted manner.
Her work combines basic research with clinical application and contributes to the development of mechanistically informed and personalized psychotherapeutic treatment approaches.
Academic career
| since 2026 |
Full Professor and Chair of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy |
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| 2024-2026 |
Head of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy |
| 2020-2026 | Head of Outpatient Clinic for Anxiety Disorders Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Freiburg University Medical Center |
| 2017-2018 | Postdoctoral Fellow University of Pisa |
| 2017-2026 |
Research associate and research group leader |
| 2016 | Research Associate Department of Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Würzburg |
| 2012-2016 |
Research Associate |
Education
| 2022 |
License as psychological psychotherapist |
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| 2021 |
Habilitation and Venia legendi "Experimental Psychiatry and Psychotherapy" |
| 2017 | Doctorate (Dr. rer. nat.) (summa cum laude) University of Würzburg |
| 2012 | Diploma in Psychology University of Würzburg |
Prizes, scholarships and awards
| 2022 |
DGPPN Prize for research into mental illness, German Society for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Psychosomatics and Neurology (DGPPN) |
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| 2022 | Eugen Graetz Prize, University of Freiburg |
| 2022 | Sabine-von-Kleist Habilitation Prize, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg |
| 2022 | Excellence Award, European College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ECNP) |
| 2022 | Young Researcher Award, German Society for Biological Psychiatry (DGBP) |
| 2022 | MEDEP Fellow Award, DFG CRC992 "Medical Epigenetics" |
| 2022 | Rafaelsen Young Investigator Award, International College of Neuropsychopharmacology (CINP) |
| 2021 | Young Investigator Award, World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry (WFSBP) |
| 2020-2021 | Fellow of the EQUIP Medical Scientist Funding Program of the Medical Faculty of the University of Freiburg |
| 2019 | Presentation Award, German Society for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Psychosomatics and Neurology (DGPPN) |
| 2017-2018 | Research fellowship from the University of Pisa, Italy |
| 2016 | Poster prize, German Society for Biological Psychiatry (DGBP) |
| 2016 | Travel Fellowship, Graduate School of Life Sciences, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg |
| 2015 | 1st Poster Award, Society for Anxiety Research (GAF) |
| 2015 | Neuroscience Research Award, Graduate School of Life Sciences, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg |
| 2015 | Travel Fellowship, Graduate School of Life Sciences, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg |
Membership in professional societies
- European College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ECNP)
- German Society for Psychology (DGPs)
- German Society for Behavioral Therapy (DGVT)
- German Society for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Psychosomatics and Neurology (DGPPN)
- German Society for Biological Psychiatry (DGBP)
- German Society for Anxiety Research (GAF)
- German Society for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders (DGZ)