PD Dr. Dr. Kai Spiegelhalder
Biosketch
Born in 1977, studies of Psychology and Medicine at the University of Freiburg.
2004 diploma in Psychology, 2008 PhD in Psychology, 2008 state examina and PhD in Medicine, 2008 medical license.
2008 research stay at the Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Glasgow.
Since 2008 lecturer at the Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Freiburg.
2006 Young Investigator Award IRLSSG (International Restless Legs Syndrome Study Group), 2008 Young Researchers Award of the DGSM (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Schlafforschung und Schlafmedizin), 2012 habilitation grant of the Walter und Sibylle Kalkhof-Rose-Stiftung (Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur, Mainz).
2013 Habilitation for Psychology at the Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg.
2015-2016 Temporary head of the Department of Medical Psychology and Medical Sociology at the Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg
Research focus: psychological and neurobiological bases of (primary) insomnia.
