Welcome
to the Institute of Medical Psychology and Behavioral Immunobiology at the Essen University Hospital. The Institute of Medical Psychology was founded in 1978 and is one of the pre-clinical Departments at the Essen University Hospital. Since October 1997, Prof. Dr. Manfred Schedlowski is the Director of the Institute.
Research projects:
FENS 2026 in Barcelona
July 2026
Participation in the FENS Forum 2026
The Institute of Medical Psychology and Behavioral Immunobiology was represented by a total of six participants at the Federation of European Neurosc…
Guest lecture Prof. Dr. Pacheco-López
01.06.2026
On June 1st, we had the pleasure of welcoming Professor Dr. Gustavo Pacheco-López, Rector of the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (UAM) in Mexico City, to our institute. In an engaging…
1280 'Extinction Learning' third funding period
21.11.2025
The German Research Foundation (DFG) has renewed the Collaborative Research Center (SFB) 1280 “Extinction Learning” for a third and final funding period. The Institute of Medical Psycholo…
SFB/TRR 289 – approval of 2nd funding period
17.06.2024.
The German Research Foundation (DFG) has approved the extension of the Collaborative Research Center (CRC)/Transregio (TRR) 289 "Treatment Expectation" for another four years. The Instit…
