Dr. Carmen Schiweck

Werdegang:

  • 2010–2013: B.Sc. (Psychologie), University Paris X Nanterre, France
  • 2013–2015: M.Sc. (Clinical and Cognitive Neurosciences), University Maastricht, The Netherlands
  • 2015–2020: Ph.D. (Biomedical Sciences), KU Leuven, Belgium
  • 2020-ongoing: Undergraduate Certificate in Immunology (60CATS), University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
  • Seit 2020: Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany

Wissenschaftliche Schwerpunkte:

  • Chronischer Stress und Risikofaktoren Psychischer Störungen
  • Immunopsychiatrie und Gut-Brain Axis

Qualifikationen:

  • GCP certificate (KU Leuve-2016 und 2020)

Ausgewählte Publikationen:

  • Schiweck C, Edwin Thanarajah S, Aichholzer M, Matura S, Reif A, Vrieze E, Weigert A, Visekruna A. (2022). Regulation of CD4+ and CD8+ T Cell Biology by Short-Chain Fatty Acids and Its Relevance for Autoimmune Pathology. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2022; 23(15):8272

  • Schiweck, C., Gholamrezaei, A., Hellyn, M., Vaessen, T., Vrieze, E., Claes, S. (2022): Exhausted Heart Rate Responses to Repeated Psychological Stress in Women With Major Depressive Disorder. Frontiers in Psychiatry 13. 

  • Schiweck, C., Lutin, E., De Raedt, W., Cools, O., Coppens, V., Morrens, M., ... & Claes, S. (2021).
    24-Hour Heart Rate is a Trait-but Not State-Marker for Depression in a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial with Ketamine. Frontiers in Psychiatry12, 1170.

  •  Simon, M. S., Schiweck, C., Arteaga-Henríquez, G., Poletti, S., Haarman, B. C., Dik, W. A., ... & Drexhage, H. A. (2021).
    Monocyte mitochondrial dysfunction, inflammaging, and inflammatory pyroptosis in major depression. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry, 110391.

  •  Schiweck, C., Arteaga-Henriquez, G., Aichholzer, M., Thanarajah, S. E., Vargas-Cáceres, S., Matura, S., ... & Reif, A. (2021).
    Comorbidity of ADHD and adult bipolar disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews.

  • Schiweck,C., Claes,S., Van Oudenhove, L., Lafit,G., Vaessen,T., Müller,N., Arolt,V., Drexhage,HA. Vrieze, E. (2020). Childhood trauma, suicide risk and inflammatory phenotypes of depression: Insights from monocyte gene expression. TRANSLATIONAL PSYCHIATRY 10, 296 doi: 10.1038/s41398-020-00979-z
  • Schiweck, C., Valles-Colomer, M., Arolt, V., Müller, N., Raes, J., Wijkhuijs, A., ... & Vrieze, E. (2020). Depression and suicidality: a link to premature T helper cell aging and increased Th17 cells. BRAIN BEHAVIOUR AND IMMUNITY. 87:603-609. doi: 10.1016/j.bbi.2020.02.005

  • Valles-Colomer M., Falony G., Darzi Y., Tigchelaar EF., Wang J., Tito RY., Schiweck C., Kurilshikov A., Joossens M., Wijmenga C., Claes S., Van Oudenhove L., Zhernakova A., Vieira-Silva S., Raes J. (2019). The neuroactive potential of the human gut microbiota in quality of life and depression. NATURE MICROBIOLOGY, 4 (4), 623-632. doi: 10.1038/s41564-018-0337-x.

  • Schiweck C., Piette D., Berckmans D., Claes S., Vrieze E. (2019). Heart rate and high frequency heart rate variability during stress as biomarker for clinical depression. A systematic review. PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE, 49 (2), 200-211. doi: 10.1017/S0033291718001988.

  • (shared first author) Vergaelen E., Schiweck C., Van Steeland K., Counotte J., Veling W., Swillen A., Drexhage H., Claes S. (2018). A pilot study on immuno-psychiatry in the 22q11.2 deletion syndrome: a role for Th17 cells in psychosis? BRAIN, BEHAVIOR AND IMMUNITY, 70, Art.No. S08891591(18)30075-8, 88-95. doi: 10.1016/j.bbi.2018.03.022.

  • (shared first author) Snijders G., Schiweck C., Mesman E., Grosse L., De Wit H., Nolen WA., Drexhage HA., Hillegers MH J. A dynamic course of T cell defects in individuals at risk for mood disorders. BRAIN BEHAVIOR AND IMMUNITY, 58, 11-17. doi: 10.1016/j.bbi.2016.05.007.

Buchbeiträge:

  • B Haarman, C Schiweck, V Dalm, Drexhage H (2020): Immunsysteem. In: Odile van den Heuvel, Ysbrand van der Werf, Schmand B, Sabbe B, editors. Leerboek neurowetenschappen voor de klinische psychiatrie: De Tijdstroom/Boom uitgevers Amsterdam.

Awards:

  • Projektförderung der Frankfurter Forschungs Förderung: Nachwuchswissenschaftler Programm
  • Award Förderprogramm „Nachwuchswissenschaftler/innen im Fokus“ 2020
  • FWO Travel Award 2019 for World Psychiatry conference in Vancouver
  • ECNP Travel Award for best abstracts 2019. ECNP Congress of Applied and Translational Neurosciences
  • KU Leuven Travel Award 2017 for Summer School Affective Neurosciences in Florence