Curriculum Vitae
Name:
Rief, Winfried
Profession:
Psychologist, Prof. Dr. rer. soc. (PH.D.)
Education:
1966-1969 Grundschule Rainau-Buch, Germany
1969-1978 Kopernikus-Gymnasium Aalen-Wasseralfingen
Studies and Universities:
1978-1979 Physics, University of Karlsruhe, Germany
1979-1984 Psychology, University of Trier, Germany
Degree : Diploma in Psychologie (Dipl.-Psych.)
Dissertation (Ph.D.):
1987 University of Konstanz; Dr.rer.soc; Supervisor: Prof. Dr. R. Cohen
Title of Ph.D. thesis: Visual Information Processing in Chronic Schizophrenics ( a EEG-based study)
Habilitation (German Qualification for Professorship):
1994 University of Salzburg (Prof. Dr. Urs Baumann); Title: Somatoform Disorders: Multiple somatoform symptoms and hypochondriasis
Licensure
- 1988 for Cognitive-Behavioral Psychotherapy
- 1992 Supervisor for Cognitive-Behavior Psychotherapy
- 1999 Approbation Psychological Psychotherapist
Academic appointments
| 01.07.1981 - 30.06.1982
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Student Assistant in the team of Prof. Dr. Bartussek, University of Trier, Personality Psychology |
| 01.07.1982 - 31.10.1984
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Student Assistant in the team of Prof. Dr. R. Ferstl, University of Trier, Clinical Psychology and Psychophysiology |
| 01.11.1984 - 31.12.1985 | Assistant in the team of Prof. Dr. R. Cohen, University of Konstanz / Psychiatric Hospital Reichenau, Topics: Clinical Psychology, Psychophysiology; Schizophrenia Research |
| 1991/1992 –
2000
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Lecturer at the University of Salzburg |
| 01.01.2001 - present |
Professor of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy (Chair); University of Marburg |
Clinical Appointments
| 01.01.1986 -
30.09.1987
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Psychologist, Psychiatric Hospital, Krankenhaus
Rottenmünster, Rottweil |
| 01.10.1987 - 31.01.1989
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Psychologist, Psychosomatic Hospital Roseneck. Topics: Eating Disorders, Anxiety Disorders, Somatoform Disorders |
| 01.02.1989 -
31.21.2000
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Head of the Psychology Department Roseneck Hospital (affiliated with the Medical Faculty of the University of Munich) |
| 2001 –
present |
Head of the Outpatient Clinic for Psychological Interventions, University of Marburg, Germany; Head of the postgraduate training program in cognitive-behavior therapy |
Grants from the german ministry and/or german research society dfg a.o.
Principal Investigator:
- Ri 574/3-2: Psychophysiology of somatoform disorders (German Research Society DFG) 200,000,-- DM, 1994-1996
- Ri 574/3-3: Psychological and biological aspects of somatoform disorders (German Research Society DFG) 140,000,-- DM 1996-1998
- Evaluation of a group-based inpatient treatment program for somatization syndrome (scientific research network in rehabilitation; supported by The German Ministry of Education, Research etc. BMBF / DLR and VdR) 400,000,-- DM 1998-2001
- Prevention of persistence of somatoform disorders: A minimal-intervention program. (The German Ministry of Education, Research etc. BMBF / DLR) 160,000,- EUR 2001-2003
- Training general practitioners to manage patients with unexplained physical symptoms. (consortium project of health insurance companies and BMBF) 260,000,-- EUR 2001-2003
- Counseling of obese patients including molecular findings (BMBF) 461,000,-- EUR 2002-2005
- Young Researchers Group on “Psychosocial, legal, and ethical aspects of genetic and molecular obesity research” (BMBF) 630,000,-- EUR plus additional grant from University, 2005-2012
- Ri 574/12 (DFG): Psychophysiological aspects and treatment of chronic tinnitus. 215,000,-- EUR 2005-2008
- Evaluation of behavioral medical interventions in orthopedic hospitals, BfA, 206,400,-- EUR
- Ri 574/13 (DFG): Psychoneuroimmunological aspects of functional somatic syndromes (somatoform disorders) and depression. 300,000,-- EUR; 2007-2010
- Ri 574/14 (DFG): Course and classification of medically-unexplained physical complaints. 320,000,-- EUR. 2007-2010.
Co-Investigator:
- Decision and Attribution in Patients with Dellusions (DFG LI 1298/3-1; Lincoln, Exner & Rief) 107.000,-- EUR). 2007-2009.
- Probabilistic information in patients with obessessiv-compulsive disorders (DFG EX 17/3-1; Exner, Rief & Baudewig). 125.000,-- EUR. 2007-2009.
Awards / Honours
- Invited Guest Professor, Harvard Medical School, Institute of Psychiatry, Boston (Research Visit, 09/2004 – 01/2005)
- Auckland, New Zealand: ASB Visiting Professor of the Medical School, University of Auckland, NZ (20.09.2002 - 10.10.2002)
- Winterthur, 2004: Award of excellent scientific contribution; Biofeedback Foundation of Europe
- Invited Expert; Expert Conference on „Somatic Presentations of Mental Disorders“ (Task: Preparation of classification criteria for ICD-11 and DSM-V); under the auspices of the American Psychiatric Association APA, the National Institute of Health NIH, and the World Health Organization WHO 04/2006
- Reviewer of NIHR Biomedical Research Center for Mental Health; Institute of Psychiatry/King’s College London, German Research Foundation DFG, Swiss National Fonds SNF and others
- Invited Keynote speaker at several international meetings (e.g., World Congress of Cognitive and Behavioral Therapy, Boston 2010)
Nominations for professorships
- Professor of Clinical Psychology, University of Mainz 1997 (not accepted)
- Professor of Clinical Psychology, University of Greifswald 1997 (not accepted)
- Professor of Clinical Psychology, University of Marburg 2000 (accepted)
- Professor of Clinical Psychology, University of Heidelberg 2005 (not accepted)
- Professor of Medical Psychology, Universities of Berlin / Charité University Hospital, Berlin 2008 (not accepted)
Reviewer / Board member of journals
- Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica
- Annals of Internal Medicine
- Archives of General Psychiatry
- Archives of Internal Medicine
- Anxiety, Stress and Coping
- Behaviour Research and Therapy
- Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy (Editor of the German Part)
- Biological Psychology
- Biological Psychiatry
- BMC Health Services
- Brain, Behavior, and Immunology
- British Journal of Health Psychology (Editorial Board)
- British Journal of Medical Psychology
- British Medical Journal
- Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy
- Depression and Anxiety
- European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences
- Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology
- F1000 Medicine Reports (Advisory Board)
- General Hospital Psychiatry
- Indian Journal of Medical Science
- International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research
- Journal of Abnormal Psychology
- Journal of Affective Disorders
- Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences
- Journal of Personality
- Journal of Psychiatric Research
- Journal of Psychophysiology
- Journal of Psychosomatic Research (Advisory Boards)
- Journal of the American Medical Association JAMA
- NeuroImage
- Perceptual and Motor Skills – Psychological Reports
- PLoS Medicine (Academic editor)
- PLoS One
- Psychiatry Research
- Psychological Medicine
- Psychological Reports
- Psychology and Health (Mitglied des Editorial Boards)
- Psychoneuroendocrinology
- Psycho-Oncology
- Psychosomatics
- Psychosomatic Medicine
- Psycho-Social-Medicine P-S-M (Scientific Committee)
- Diagnostica
- Psychologische Rundschau
- Psychosomatik und Konsiliarpsychiatrie (Mitherausgeber)
- Psychotherapie in Psychiatrie, Psychosomatik und Klinischer Psychologie (Fachredaktion)
- Psychotherapeut
- Verhaltensmodifikation und Verhaltensmedizin
- Verhaltenstherapie (Hauptschriftleitung)
- Zeitschrift für Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie
- Zeitschrift für Klinische Psychologie, Psychopathologie und Psychotherapie
- Zeitschrift für Medizinische Psychologie
- Zeitschrift für Psychiatrie, Psychologie und Psychotherapie ZPPP (Gründungs-Schriftführer)
Services to profession
| 05/1996 – 05/1998
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Member of the speaker group Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy in the German Society of Clinical Psychology (Fachgruppe Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie in der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie DGPs) |
| 02/1997 |
Organization of the “International Symposion on Somatoform Disorders” (Co-sponsored by the Division of Mental Health of the World Health Organization WHO), Prien am Chiemsee, Germany |
| 03/1999 | Co-organizer of the Congress of the German Society of Behavioral Medicine in Prien am Chiemsee, Germany (Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Verhaltensmedizin) |
| 1999 – 2001 | Board Director of the German Society of Behavioral Medicine and Behavior Modification DGVM |
| 2001 – 2005 | President of the German Society of Behavioral Medicine and Behavior Modification DGVM |
| 02/2002 |
Organization of the International Congresses „Somatoform Disorders“, Philipps University of Marburg |
| 11/2000 – 09/2004 | President of the German Society of Biofeedback |
| 02/2005 - present | Speaker of the Professional Group Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy in the German Society of Clinical Psychology (Fachgruppe Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie in der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie DGPs) |
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Member of multiple finding commissions for professors in the psychology and medical school, University of Marburg and other universities |
