Dr. Christopher Milde
Office hours
by agreement
Address
3.1.13 (3rd floor)
Ostbahnstraße 10
76829 Landau
About the person
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. I also teach statistics and methodology for bachelor's and master's 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.
Publications
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 06/2018 | Member of the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) (https://www.iasp-pain.org) |
| since 06/2018 | Member of the German Society of Psychophysiology and its Application (DGPA) (https://www.dgpa.de/) |
| since 01/2018 | Reviewer at the local ethics committee of the Institute of Psychology of the University of Koblenz-Landau |
| 05/2016 - 03/2018 | Organisator 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 03/2012 | Alumni 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)
for Bluesky
- Psychobiology of Chronic Pain
- Psychopharmacology & Placebomechanisms
- Statistics & Machine Learning
- Peripheral Physiology