Area of research
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine · General Health Professions
Research interest
Research interests include Cardiac Health and Mental Health, Workplace Health and Well-being, Suicide and Self-Harm Studies, and Stress Responses and Cortisol.
Cortisol Awakening Reaction and Anxiety in Depressed Coronary Artery Disease Patients
Similarities and Differences of Mental Health in Women and Men: A Systematic Review of Findings in Three Large German Cohorts
Acute mental stress drives vascular inflammation and promotes plaque destabilization in mouse atherosclerosis
Psychological aspects of atrial fibrillation: A systematic narrative review
A systematic review of educational interventions aiming to reduce prehospital delay in patients with acute coronary syndrome
Evaluation of antenatal risk factors for postpartum depression: a secondary cohort analysis of the cluster-randomised GeliS trial.
Anxiety boosts progression of prediabetes to type 2 diabetes: findings from the prospective Cooperative Health Research in the Region of Augsburg F4 and FF4 studies.
Length Polymorphisms in the Angiotensin I-Converting Enzyme Gene and the Serotonin-Transporter-Linked Polymorphic Region Constitute a Risk Haplotype for Depression in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease
A multi-cohort consortium for GEnder-Sensitive Analyses of mental health trajectories and implications for prevention (GESA) in the general population in Germany.
Epigenetic upregulation of FKBP5 by aging and stress contributes to NF-κB–driven inflammation and cardiovascular risk
DNA Methylation Signatures of Depressive Symptoms in Middle-aged and Elderly Persons
Associations of NT-proBNP and parameters of mental health in depressed coronary artery disease patients
Anxiety Associated Increased CpG Methylation in the Promoter of Asb1: A Translational Approach Evidenced by Epidemiological and Clinical Studies and a Murine Model
Prevalence of mental disorders among depressed coronary patients with and without Type D personality. Results of the multi-center SPIRR-CAD trial
Genome-wide meta-analysis uncovers novel loci influencing circulating leptin levels
A Stepwise Psychotherapy Intervention for Reducing Risk in Coronary Artery Disease (SPIRR-CAD): Results of an Observer-Blinded, Multicenter, Randomized Trial in Depressed Patients With Coronary Artery Disease
Genome-wide association study in essential tremor identifies three new loci
Long working hours and alcohol use: systematic review and meta-analysis of published studies and unpublished individual participant data
The association of air pollution and depressed mood in 70,928 individuals from four European cohorts
Association of adiponectin and leptin with relative telomere length in seven independent cohorts including 11,448 participants
Job Strain and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors: Meta-Analysis of Individual-Participant Data from 47,000 Men and Women
A Genome-Wide Association Study of Depressive Symptoms
Effects of smoking and smoking cessation on human serum metabolite profile: results from the KORA cohort study
Total somatic symptom score as a predictor of health outcome in somatic symptom disorders
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Not Depression Is Associated with Shorter Leukocyte Telomere Length: Findings from 3,000 Participants in the Population-Based KORA F4 Study
Metabolomic profiles in individuals with negative affectivity and social inhibition: A population-based study of Type D personality