PRESENTATIONS

2005,

1. “MOD score analysis”

Invited Lecture at Clinic for Neuropediatrics, Charite Berlin

2. “MOD score analysis using affected sip-pairs”

Conference Talk at the 6th Workshop "Biometric Aspects in Population genetics and Genome analysis II", Rauischholzhausen

2006,

3. "On the Distribution of MOD scores under the Null”

Invited Lecture at Institute for Medical Biometry and Epidemiology, University of Marburg

2009,

4. "On the Distribution of MOD scores under the Null”

Invited Lecture at Institute for Medical Biometry and Epidemiology, University of Marburg

2010,

5. “Genetic variation in AMBRA1/CHRM4 is associated with schizophrenia in large, homogeneous samples from Central Europe”

Conference talk (abstract, winner of travel award and selected as contender for early career award) at the XVIII World Congress on Psychiatric Genetics, Athens, Greece

2011,

6. “Complementary Strategies for GWAS: Multimarker-Analyses” and “Complementary Strategies for GWAS: Pathway Analysis - Making use of prior biological knowledge”

Invited Lecture at the 1st Meeting in Imaging and Cognition Genetics, Solstrand, Norway

7. “Complementary strategies for the analysis of GWA data sets in psychiatric disorders - making use of multi-marker information and prior biological knowledge”

Invited Lecture at Computational Biology Group (CBG), ETH Zurich, D-BSSE, Basel, Switzerland

8. “Integrating interaction and pathway association analysis in genome-wide association studies”

Invited presentation at the 12th International Congress of Human Genetics/61st American Society of Human Genetics Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada

2012,

9. “Comorbidities and cross-disorder analyses in psychiatric disorders”

Chair (and talk) for submitted symposium at the XXth World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics, Hamburg, Germany

10. “Integrating interaction and pathway association analysis in genome-wide association studies.”

Conference Talk at the 13th International Conference on Systems Biology, Toronto, Canada

2013,

11. "Network approaches and systems biology in psychiatric disorders"

Chair for submitted symposium at the XXIst World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics, Boston, MA, USA

2014,

12. “Polygenic profile risk scores, psychiatric family history and the risk of schizophrenia”

Conference talk (abstract) at the XXIInd World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics, Copenhagen, Denmark

2015,

13. "Common Genetic Variants indicate role of microRNAs in the etiology of schizophrenia"

Conference talk (abstract) at the XXIIIrd World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics, Toronto, Canada

2017,

14. “Emerging evidence for overlap of ADHD genetic risk factors with those of other psychiatric illnesses”

Conference talk (abstract) at the XXIVth World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics, Orlando, FL, USA

15. “Emerging evidence for overlap of ADHD genetic risk factors with those of other psychiatric illnesses”

Invited Lecture at PsychGEne Lab, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, USA

16. "Alternative Phenotypes for Genetic Studies of TS and Related Disorders”

Invited talk at 10th European Conference on Tourette Syndrome and Tic Disorders, Seville, Spain

17. “OCD genetics – An update”

Invited Presentation at the 1st WASAD Meeting, Würzburg, Germany

2018,

18. “An update on psychiatric genetics”

Invited presentation at Department of Psychiatry, Tübingen University, Tübingen, Germany

19. “Emerging evidence for overlap of ADHD genetic risk factors with those of other psychiatric illnesses”

Invited Lecture at Seaver Autism Center, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA

20. “DOTS and NORDiC – OCD research at a population scale”

Invited Symposium Talk at 25th Annual OCD Conference, Washington, DC, USA

21. “Emerging evidence for overlap of ADHD genetic risk factors with those of other psychiatric illnesses”

Invited Talk at Donders Center of Medical Neurosciences weekly seminar, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

22. “Initiative for Integrative Psychiatric Research (iPSYCH)”

Invited Symposium presentation at DGPPN 2018, Berlin, Germany

2019,

23. “What do OCRD's Share at the Genotype and Phenotype Level with Other Psychiatric Illnesses?”

Invited Symposium Talk at 26th Annual OCD Conference, Austin, TX, USA

24. “AI and maschine learning in psychiatry – from bench to bedside?”

Invited presentation at International Conference “The future of forecasting: what we can predict today and tomorrow”, Erlangen, Germany

25. “OCD genetics – An update”

Invited Presentation at the 2nd WASAD Meeting, Würzburg, Germany

26. “Large-Scale Consortia Efforts for PTSD: Moving Towards a Fuller Picture”

Invited Discussant for Symposium at the XXVIth World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics, Los Angeles, CA, USA

27. “The Würzburg 22q11 study”

Talk at 3rd European 22q11 DS conference, Barcelona, Spain

2020,

28. “An Update on OCD Genetics”

Invited Talk at 3rd Pathway to therapeutics meeting, London, GB (online)

29. “Cross disorder analyses and what they tell us about OCD?”

Invited Symposium Talk at Annual OCD Conference, Seattle, WA, USA (online)

2022,

30. “Updated Results from GWAS in the PGC Anxiety Disorders Working Group”

Invited Symposium Talk at 2022 World Congress for Psychiatric Genetics, Florence, Italy (due to illness my student Nora Strom presented)

31. “Progress in the Genome-Wide Analysis of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Discovery of 30 significantly associationed Loci”

Symposium Chair and Talk at 2022 World Congress for Psychiatric Genetics, Florence, Italy (due to illness my student Nora Strom presented and chaired)

32. “Identification and Characterization of Genome-Wide Associated Loci in OCD”

Invited Symposium Talk at 27th Annual OCD Conference, Denver, CO, USA

33. “Identification of Shared and Differentiating Genetic Risk for ASD, ADHD, and Case Subgroups”

Invited Symposium Talk at 2022 AACAP/CACAP annual meeting, Toronto, ON, Canada

34. “Identification and Characterization of Genome-Wide Associated Loci in OCD”

Invited Symposium Talk at 2022 AACAP/CACAP annual meeting, Toronto, ON, Canada

35. “Updated Results from GWAS in the PGC Anxiety Disorders Working Group”

Invited Symposium presentation at DGPPN 2022, Berlin, Germany

CONFERENCES

2011,

1. “Biostatistics in MooDS workshop”

1-day workshop for postdoctoral fellows and PhD students in the research network (University of Bonn, University of Heidelberg; Organizer and instructor)

2012,

2. “FBAT and PBAT short course”

1-day workshop for postdoctoral fellows and PhD Students
(Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, National Taiwan University; Organizer and instructor)

2014, 2015, 2017, 2021 (online),

3. “World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics”

In Copenhagen, Toronto, and Orlando. (Scandinavian and International program committees).

2016,

4. “Gene environment interactions in mental illnesses”

International symposium funded by the NovoNordisk Foundation, Hellerup, Denmark (290,000 DKK; Organizer and applicant)

2019,

5. “Research Day”.

Department of Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, Wuerzburg, Germany