25th October 2024
The Psychotherapeutic University Outpatient Clinic of the Department of Medical Psychology and Medical Sociology has commenced its operations. The clinic offers psychotherpeutic support with the focus on the treatment of patients with chronic pain. The close connection to the research of our department and with the Collaborative Research Centers SFB 1280 and TRR 289 opens up new possibilities for translational research to optimize the psychotherapeutic treatment of chronic pain disorders. For more information, please click here.
21st October 2024
Dr. Julian Packheiser (Social Neurosciences) and Dr. Helena Hartmann from the University Medicine Essen have received the Pain Research Award at the German Pain Congress 2024. Congratulations!
28th August 2024
In our most recent publication, the authors deal with a teaching/learning concept that imparts knowledge on placebo and nocebo effects with regard to medical communication in a competence-oriented manner. More information soon.
13th August 2024
With contributions from Dr. Claudia Levenig and colleagues on the psychosocial factors of low back pain, the book titled "Rückenschmerz und Sport" ("Back pain and sport") has been published as part of the research project "Medicine in Spine Exercise (MiSpEx)". More informatione can be found here.
3rd July 2024
In our new article, published in the Journal of Pain, we assesses how positive treatment expectations were associated with better treatment outcomes. The publication is available here.
14th June 2024
The DFG has extended the SFB/TRR 289 for another four years. Professor Sigrid Elsenbruch is involved in leading two projects on the topics of visceral pain and postoperative pain. More information can be found here.
10th June 2024
With a contribution from Professor Sigrid Elsenbruch and Professor Adriane Icenhour on associative learning and memory processes, the second edition of the work "Psychosomatics - Neurobiologically Based and Evidence-Based" has been published. More informatione can be found here.
28th May 2024
In our new article in the Journal Molecular Psychiatry, we assessed the central fear network reactivity in patients with chronic inflammatory bowel disease compared to healthy controlls. The publication is available here.
2nd May 2024
In our new article in the journal Psychotherapy & Psychosomatics, we tested the effects of intranasal oxytocin to augment a group psychotherapy intervention against loneliness. The publictaion is available here.
1st March 2024
Our new review in the journal Neuroscientific & Biobehavioral Reviews focuses on how trauma may lead to changes in perception and evaluation of social touch. The publication is available here.
16th November 2023
Our colleague Hanna Öhlmann successfully defended her doctoral thesis on November 15th, 2023 and received his doctorate from the Faculty of Psychology of the Ruhr University Bochum. We warmly congratulate her!
29th September 2023
Our employee Adriane Icenhour is professor of affective neuroscience at the Ruhr University Bochum since September 2023. We would like to warmly congratulate you on this. You can find out more about this here.
04th August 2023
Our new publication in the Journal of Crohn's and Colitis compares pain processing between patients with ulcerative colitis and irritable bowel syndrome. The publication is available here.
27th June 2023
Our new publication in Brain, Behaviour and Immunity shows, that acute inflammation and depressed mood interact as vulnerability factors for pain. The publication is available here.
06th January 2023
Our new publication in Brain, Behaviour and Immunity shows, that acute inflammation impacts on neural circuitry during interoceptive fear extinction. Das publication is available here.
10th October 2022
As part of this year's Visceral Medicine conference, our colleague PD Dr. Adriane Icenhour was awarded the Foundation Prize for Neurogastroenterology by the German Society for Gastroenterology, Digestive and Metabolic Diseases (DGVS) for her research on the mechanisms of visceral pain. Congratulations!
27th September 2022
Our employee Robert Jan Pawlik successfully defended his doctoral thesis on November 27th, 2022 and received his doctorate from the psychological faculty of the Ruhr University Bochum. We would like to congratulate you on this!
23rd June 2022
At this year's conferences of the PsychoNeuroImmunology Research Society (PNIRS) and the German Endocrine Brain Immune Network (GEBIN), doctoral students Robert Jan Pawlik and Hanna Öhlmann were each honored for their work on extinction learning in the context of acute and chronic inflammation. We would like to congratulate you on this!
07th January 2022
New collaborative work was published. Have a look at two important publications on irritable bowel syndrom and on behavioural interventions for disorders of gut-brain intereaction.
10th December 2021
Our employee Dr. Adriane Icenhour received her habilitation from the Medical Faculty of the University of Duisburg-Essen on December 9th, 2021. We would like to congratulate you on this!
20th October 2021
Our new publication in Frontiers in Neurology shows partly distinct alterations in brain morphology in patients with chronic-inflammatory and functional bowel disorders. The project is available here.
04th June 2021
At the end of the course, the students of WS 20/21 got creative. You can see some of the great work here.
27th May 2021
How can genes be switched on and off? For the fifth episode of the podcast “Kannste vergessen?”, Rainer Holl welcomes Robert Kumsta, Professor of Genetic Psychology at the Ruhr University in Bochum. Look forward to a crash course in epigenetics! Available here.
26th May 2021
The DFG has extended the funding of the SFB1280 "Extinction Learning" for another 4 years. We are excited to contribute to this collaborative research with our projects A10 and A12.
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