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Prof. Dr. Lena Jelinek
Curriculum Vitae
| 2016 - present | Head of Clinical Neuropsychology Working Group, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany |
| 2004 - present | Research psychologist, Clinical Neuropsychology Working Group, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany |
| 2012 | Inaugural Lecture, University of Hamburg, Department of Medicine, Germany |
| 2012 | Habilitation in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy (German qualification to apply for tenureship) and Venia legend (German licence to lecture), University of Hamburg, Department of Medicine, Germany |
| 2004 - 2009 | Postgraduate psychotherapy training in cognitive behavioral therapy, Hamburg, Germany |
| 2004 - 2007 | Ph.D. dissertation on memory fragmentation in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), University of Hamburg, Germany |
| 2006 | Visiting researcher, Australian Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health (ACPMH), University of Melbourne, Australia |
| 1999 - 2004 | Diploma in psychology, University of Hamburg, Germany |
| 2002 | Research assistant, Conflict Management Research Group, University of South Australia, Australia |
Research interests
- (meta)cognitive interventions
- cognitive biases
- information processing and memory functioning in PTSD, OCD, and schizophrenia
Selected independent research funding
| 2017 - 2019 | Funding for a project entitled "Development and evaluation of a cultural adapted Metacognitive Training for Depression (D-MCT) for refugees" from Asklepios proresearch |
| 2017 - 2019 | Funding for a study on implicit assessment of suicidality from the Federal Ministry of Health (Bundesministerium für Gesundheit) |
| 2017 - 2019 | Funding for a randomized-controlled trial on the evaluation of metacognitive training for Depression (D-MCT) in outpatient psychiatric-psychotherapeutic care from Asklepios proresearch |
| 2016 - 2017 | Funding for an intervention study entitled “Metacognitive Training for Depression-Development and Evaluation of Treatment Modules to Reduce Suicidality” from the Stiftung Deutsche Depressionshilfe |
| 2015 - 2017 | Funding for an intervention study on the long-term effects of metacognitive training for depression (D-MCT) from the Society to Promote Research on Rehabilitation in Hamburg, Mecklenburg-West Pomerania and Schleswig-Holstein |
| 2012 - 2014 | Funding for an intervention study entitled "Metacognitive Training for Depression" from the Society to Promote Research on Rehabilitation in Hamburg, Mecklenburg-West Pomerania and Schleswig-Holstein |
| 2009 | Young Scientist Award from the German Psychological Society (DGPs) |
| 2009 | Young Scientist Award from the German-Speaking Society for Traumatic Stress (GePT) |
| 2009 - 2010 | Funding for an intervention study entitled “Association Splitting - A Novel Method to Reduce Craving” from the Werner Otto Foundation (WOI) |
| 2009 - 2011 | Funding for a study entitled “Association Splitting: Mechanisms of Change and Evaluation of a Novel Therapeutic Intervention to Reduce Obsessive Thoughts” by the German Research Foundation (DFG) |
| 2006 | Scholarship for a research stay in Australia from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) |
| 2004 - 2006 | Ph.D. scholarship from the University of Hamburg, Germany |
Selected Publications
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