Klinische Psychologie des Erwachsenenalters

Dr. Christopher Milde

Office hours

by agreement

Contact

+49 6341 280-35647

christopher.milde[at]rptu.de

 

Address

3.1.13 (3rd floor)

Ostbahnstraße 10

76829 Landau

I’m convinced of the fruitfulness of taking a holistic perspective that acknowledges the tight interrelations between physiological and psychosocial processes involved in the development and maintenance of troublesome conditions such as chronic pain or psychosomatic disorders.

As a postdoctoral research fellow in Prof. Dr. Glombiewski’s Pain & Psychotherapy Research Lab I’m investigating neuro-behavioral mechanisms of placebo and nocebo responses. Furthermore, I do teaching in biological psychology and psychopharmacology and give lab trainings for Bachelor and Master students in Psychology.

I did my PhD thesis (March 2018) in the lab of Prof. Dr. Dr. Dr. h. c. Herta Flor (Institute of Cognitive and Clinical Neuroscience) investigating predisposing and maintaining factors of phantom limb pain following amputation. I hold a Masters’ degree in Biology with a main emphasis on neurobiology and behaviour.

Work experience 

Nov 2019 - now

Postdoctoral Researcher
University of Koblenz-Landau (Landau, Germany) Department of Psychology
Pain and Psychotherapy Research Lab (Prof. Dr. Julia A. Glombiewski)

Oct 2017 - Oct 2019

Research Associate
University of Koblenz-Landau (Landau, Germany) Department of Psychology
Biological Psychology

Jan 2018 - now

Guest Scientist
Central Institute of Mental Health (Mannheim, Germany)
Institute of Cognitive and Clinical Neuroscience (Prof. Dr. Dr. Dr. h. c. Herta Flor)

Jul 2012 - Mar 2017

Doctoral student
University of Heidelberg
Medical Faculty, Mannheim
Institute of Cognitive and Clinical Neuroscience (Prof. Dr. Dr. Dr. h. c. Herta Flor)

 

Academic education

Oct 2012 - Mar 2018

PhD (Dr. sc. hum.)
University of Heidelberg
Medical Faculty, Mannheim
Institute of Cognitive and Clinical Neuroscience Supervision: Prof. Dr. Dr. Dr. h. c. Herta Flor
Thesis: “Cortical representation of illusory body perception in healthy persons and amputees: Implications for the understanding and treatment of phantom limb pain”

Mar 2009 - Mar 2012

Master of Science (M. Sc.) in Biology
Carl von Ossietzky University (Oldenburg, Germany) Supervision: Prof. Dr. Christiane M. Thiel
Thesis: “Remember me: Is the retrieval performance for emotional faces especially prone to acute psychosocial stress?”

Oct 2006 - Dec 2009

Bachelor of Science (B. Sc.) in Biology
Carl von Ossietzky University (Oldenburg, Germany)

 

Scholarships, certificates & awards

  • Starting Fund (4.500 €) for a German Research Foundation (DFG) Grant Application (Project Title: „Interoception as a predictor of placebo hypoalgesia“ (02/2021)
  • Teaching award (600 €): University of Koblenz-Landau, Department of Psychology (fall: 2018/2019)
  • Travel scholarship (450 €): University of Koblenz-Landau, Campus Landau: participation at the 7th International Conference on Spatial Cognition (09/2018)
  • Certificate: „Quantitative Sensory Testing" according to the German Research Network on Neuropathic Pain (DFNS), Department of Neurophysiology, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University (Germany) (02/2016)
  • Open Access Publishing Fund (1.200 €) of the University of Heidelberg (05/2015) for the publication: Milde et al. (2015): Do mirror glasses have the same effect on brain activity as a mirror box? Evidence from a functional magnetic resonance imaging study with healthy subjects. PLoS One. 27: 10(5). doi: 10.1371/journal.pone0127697.
  • PhD Scholarship of the German Research Foundation (DFG – Collaborative Research Center: 636: „Learning, memory and brain plasticity“) (07/2012)
  • Student Scholarship of the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes e. V. (10/2008) 

 

Memberships 

since 06/2018Member of the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) (https://www.iasp-pain.org)
since 06/2018Member of the German Society of Psychophysiology and its Application (DGPA) (https://www.dgpa.de/)
since 01/2018Reviewer at the local ethics committee of the Institute of Psychology of the University of Koblenz-Landau
05/2016 - 03/2018Organisator of the Young Scientist Committee of the German Research Foundation (DFG) Collaborative Research Center 1158: „From nociception to chronic pain” (https://www.sfb1158.de)
since 03/2012Alumni of the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes. e. V.

 

Selected conferences

  • European Pain School (2018): „Pain: from Fetus to Old Age”; Siena, Italy (https://eps2018.azuleon.org/)
  • 7th International Conference on Spatial Cognition (2018); Rome, Italy (https://www.icsc- rome.org/)
  • International Pain Summer School (2016): „Neural Circuits of Pain and their Reorganisation in Chronic Pain”; Prien at the Chiemsee, Germany (presentation and debate) (http://www.internationalpainschool.de/2016.html)
  • Marsilius Summer Academy: „Anthropology of Perception”: Natural sciences and humanities in conversation (2005); Heidelberg, Germany (book chapter and presentation)
  • German Pain Congress (2015): „Schmerz im Leben – Schmerz (Er)Leben“; Mannheim, Germany (presentation and scientific poster)
  • European Pain Congress EFIC (2013): „Pain in Europe VIII“; Florence, Italy (presentation and scientific poster)

Scientific Publications (peer-reviewed)

Schemer, L., Milde, C., Lischetzke, T., in-Albon, T., Karbach, J., Könen, T., & Glombiewski, J. A. (2022). Feeling lonely during the pandemic: Towards personality-tailored risk profiles. Psychology, Health & Medicine, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1080/13548506.2022.2058030

Fuchs, X., Diers, M., Trojan, J., Kirsch, P., Milde, C., Bekrater-Bodmann, R., Rance, M., Foell, J., Andoh, J., Becker, S., & Flor, H. (2022). Phantom limb pain after unilateral arm amputation is associated with decreased heat pain thresholds in the face. European Journal of Pain, 26(1), 114–132. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejp.1842

Thøgersen, M., Andoh, J., Milde, C., Graven-Nielsen, T., Flor, H., & Petrini, L. (2020). Individualized augmented reality training reduces phantom pain and cortical reorganization in amputees: A proof of concept study. The Journal of Pain.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpain.2020.06.002

Andoh, J., Milde, C., Diers, M., Bekrater-Bodmann, R., Trojan, J., Fuchs, X., Becker, S., Desch, S., & Flor, H. (2020). Assessment of cortical reorganization and preserved function in phantom limb pain: A methodological perspective. Scientific Reports, 10(1), 11504. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-68206-9

Liu, H., Andoh, J., Lyu, Y., Milde, C., Desch, S., Zidda, F., Schmelz, M., Curio, G., & Flor, H. (2020). Peripheral input and phantom limb pain: A somatosensory event-related potential study. European Journal of Pain, n/a(n/a). https://doi.org/10.1002/ejp.1579

Andoh, J., Milde, C., Tsao, J. W., & Flor, H. (2018). Cortical plasticity as a basis of phantom limb pain: Fact or fiction? Neuroscience, 387, 85–91. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroscience.2017.11.015

Andoh, J., Diers, M., Milde, C., Frobel, C., Kleinböhl, D., & Flor, H. (2017). Neural correlates of evoked phantom limb sensations. Biological Psychology, 126, 89–97. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsycho.2017.04.009

Andoh, J., Diers, M., Milde, C., Frobel, C., Kleinböhl, D., & Flor, H. (2017). Neural correlates of evoked phantom limb sensations. Biological Psychology, 126, 89–97. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsycho.2017.04.009

Milde, C., Rance, M., Kirsch, P., Trojan, J., Fuchs, X., Foell, J., Bekrater-Bodmann, R., Flor, H., & Diers, M. (2015). Do Mirror Glasses Have the Same Effect on Brain Activity as a Mirror Box? Evidence from a Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study with Healthy Subjects. PLOS ONE, 10(5), e0127694. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0127694

Li, S., Weerda, R., Milde, C., Wolf, O. T., & Thiel, C. M. (2015). ADRA2B genotype differentially modulates stress-induced neural activity in the amygdala and hippocampus during emotional memory retrieval. Psychopharmacology, 232(4), 755–764. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00213-014-3710-3

Li, S., Weerda, R., Milde, C., Wolf, O. T., & Thiel, C. M. (2014). Effects of acute psychosocial stress on neural activity to emotional and neutral faces in a face recognition memory paradigm. Brain Imaging and Behavior, 8(4), 598–610. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11682- 013-9287-3

 

Book Chapters

Diers, M., & Milde, C. (2017). Neuroimaging of chronic pain. In Saba, L. (Ed.) Neuroimaging of Pain (pp. 171-214). New York, USA. Springer Business & Science Media.

Milde, C., & Schneider, P. (2017). Das Potenzial empirischer Befunde zur aberranten Körperwahrnehmungen und -kognitionen für die philosophische Theorienbildung. In Schlette, M., Fuchs, T., & Kirchner A. M. (Eds.). Anthropologie der Wahrnehmung (Vol. 16, pp. 423-452). Heidelberg, Germany. Universitätsverlag Winter.

  • Psychobiology of Chronic Pain
  • Psychopharmacology & Placebomechanisms
  • Statistics & Machine Learning
  • Peripheral Physiology
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