About us - Coordinator: Muenster Site
We at the Muenster site are managing the processes of the entire project. This includes data collection coordination, data bank management and ethics application as well as the technical implementation. All the regular reports are written here. The team hosts the study meetings and manages the communication within the consortium.
In addition to this, Muenster site recruits Phase 2 patients and is mainly responsible for organizing, implementing and analysing the PROMPT surveys and focus groups.
PROMPT OFFICIAL TEAM DESCRIPTION
Prof. Bernhard Baune (PhD, MD, MPH, FRANZCP) is the Director of the University Hospital of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Münster, Germany.
He leads an extensive research program into personalised psychiatry, molecular psychiatry, prediction and biomarker research in psychiatry and treatment response prediction and in neuroimmunology. Key research achievements include an in-depth understanding of the interaction between the immune and nervous system, the development of a systems biology approach for response prediction and the establishment of innovative personalised clinical trials in major psychiatric disorders. He has a particular interest in cognitive function and psychosocial function in psychiatric disorders and in the severe course of mental illness, treatment response and recovery. Prof. Baune designs and conducts personalized randomized clinical trials that take clinical and biological information into account to inform treatments. He is developing novel pharmacological and psychological treatments for improving emotion processing, cognitive function and functional outcomes in mood disorders.
Prof. Baune’s translational work aims to make real-world differences to the lives of people with mental illness by integrating neurobiological and clinical information, by personalising treatments and by targeting the mechanisms of functional recovery.
Rosa Glaser (M.Sc. Psychology) is a research assistant at the University Hospital Münster, Department of Mental Health. Within PROMPT she is mainly involved in the implementation and analysis of the surveys and focus groups (WP 5).
Viktor Wahner (M.Sc. Psychology) is a Psychologist at the University Hospital Münster, Department of Mental Health. He is mainly responsible for the implementation of the PROMPT Phase 2 data acquisition (WP 3), where he acts as clinical rater and coordinator.
Inga Stonner (M.Sc. Psychology) is a Psychologist at the University Hospital Münster, Department of Mental Health. Within PROMPT, she is mainly responsible for the implementation of PROMPT Phase 2 data collection (WP 3), where she acts as clinical rater and coordinator.
Britta Kelch (M.Sc. Public Health) is Project Coordinator at the University Hospital Münster, Department of Mental Health. Within PROMPT, she is responsible for project administration as well as communication with PROMPT members and for organising and conducting meetings. With her experience in qualitative research, she supports WP 5 (focus group interviews). She also serves on the Dissemination and Communication Committee.
Dr. Christa Hohoff (Dr. rer. nat. Biology) is Head of the Laboratory for Molecular Psychiatry at the University Hospital Münster, Department of Mental Health. Within PROMPT, she is responsible for planning and supervising of biosample recruitment, pre-processing, biobanking, OMIC preparation and raw data curation and analysis.
Hildegard Stücker is a Study Nurse at the University Hospital Münster, Department of Mental Health. Within PROMPT, she is mainly responsible for the Phase 2 blood collection and also supports the recruitment of Phase 2 patients.
Korinna Teuber is a Study Nurse at the University Hospital Münster, Department of Mental Health. Within PROMPT, she is mainly responsible for the Phase 2 blood collection and also supports the recruitment of Phase 2 patients.
PROMPT COLLABORATORS DESCRIPTION
Kathrin Schwarte is research technician in the Laboratory for Systemneurobiology at the University Hospital Münster, Department of Mental Health. Within Prompt, she coordinates the processing of the biomaterials in the lab.
Johannes Zang (M.Sc. Psychology) is a former member of PROMPT and worked as a research assistant at the University Hospital Münster, Department of Mental Health. He led the planning and implementation of the online surveys and focus groups (WP 5), conducted the online surveys and focus groups at the Münster site, and also coordinated and supported these tasks at the other partner sites. As a PROMPT collaborator, he is involved in further data analysis and publications.
Jule Hermanns is a student in the clinical phase of human medicine at the University of Münster. Within PROMPT, she is responsible for Phase 2 patient recruitment, conducting of neuropsychological assessments and pre-processing of patients’ blood samples.
Saskia Schillinger (B.Sc. Psychology) is a master programme student of Psychology at the University of Münster. Within PROMPT, she is responsible for Phase 2 patient recruitment, conducting of neuropsychological assessments and pre-processing of patients’ blood samples.