The role of hypoleptinemia for the adaptation to starvation: implications for anorexia nervosa

Bio

Johannes Hebebrand, MD, PhD, is the head of the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry of the University of Duisburg-Essen. His group has recently been involved in many international consortia to detect polygenes for complex disorders, including obesity, anorexia nervosa and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Johannes Hebebrand has been fascinated by research into the opposite ends of the body weight distribution and by assessing the implications of neuroendocrine and genetic research related to obesity for anorexia nervosa. In particular, his group figured prominently in analyzing the clinical implications of the hypoleptinemia characteristic of patients with anorexia nervosa. He also has a strong interest in early-onset obesity.

He has published over 600 scientific articles and holds a Google Scholar H-Index of 108. Additionally, he is the Editor-in-Chief of the journal European Child & Adolescent Psychiatr.

Hebebrand has received several awards throughout his career, including the Christina-Barz Award (1997) and the August-Homburger Award (2007). He remains a leading figure in the field of child and adolescent psychiatry, with ongoing interests in the genetic and neuroendocrine underpinnings of eating and weight disorders.

Host PI: Carlos Diéguez, Functional Obesomics Group, CiMUS  

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