Bernd Löwe#
| Membership Number: | 7546 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | BASIC AND CLINICAL TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2026 |
| Main Country of Residence: | GERMANY |
| Homepage(s): | https://www.uke.de/kliniken-institute/kliniken/psychosomatische-medizin-und-psychotherapie/index.html |
| ORCID: | 0000-0003-4220-3378 |
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Present and Previous Positions
- Since 2018, W3 Full Professor and Head of the Department, Dept. of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany
- Since 2017, Executive Director, Institute for Psychotherapy (IfP), Universitätsklinikum Hamburg Eppendorf, Germany
- 2007 - 2018, Head Physician, Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Schön Klinik Hamburg-Eilbek, Germany
- 2007 - 2018, W3 Endowed Professor and Head of the Department, Dept. of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany
- 2007 Extraordinary Professor, Dept. of Psychosomatic and General Clinical Medicine, Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg, Germany
- 2004 - 2007, Chief Consultant and Head of Research, Dept. of Psychosomatic and General Clinical Medicine, Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg, Germany
- 2003 - 2004, Research Fellow (Max Kade Foundation Fellowship Programme of DFG), Regenstrief Institute, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, United States of America
- 1996 - 2003, Junior Physician and Research assistant, Dept. of Psychosomatic and General Clinical Medicine, Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg, Germany
Fields of Scholarship
- Functional somatic disorders
- Persistent somatic symptoms
- Biopsychosocial factors in chronic medical conditions
- Psychosomatic medicine
- Clinical research
- Somatic symptom and related disorders
- Depression
- Development and psychometric validation of self-report-questionnaires
- Psychotherapy
- Eating disorders
Honours and Awards
- 2025 Paul Christian Research Award for Psychosomatics in Internal Medicine, German College of Psychosomatic Medicine (DKPM)
- 2024 Alison Creed Award for extraordinary achievement in the field of Psychosomatic Medicine/Consultation Liaison Psychiatry, European Association of Psychosomatic Medicine (EAPM)
- 2020 Wayne Katon Research Award for work on the psychopathology in the medically ill, Acadamy of Consultation Liaison Psychiatry (ACLP), USA
- 2007 Research-Award, Drs. Graute und Graute-Oppermann Foundation of The Donor’s Association for German Science
- 2004 Hans-Roemer-Award, The German College for Psychosomatic Medicine (DKPM)
