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Head of Division "Metabolic Neuroimaging"

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Fields of Work and Expertise

fMRIImaging Artificial IntelligenceFetal programming Development functional Imaging

Investigation of the structural and functional changes of the brain in prediabetics
Insulin action in the brain
Investigation of functional brain development and the autonomic nervous system in human foetuses using a non-invasive method (fetal magnetoencephalography and cardiography)

Professional Background

Since 2015

Professor, Institute for Diabetes Research and Metabolic Diseases (IDM) of the Helmholtz Munich at the University of Tübingen

Since 2011

Research group leader "Metabolic Neuroimaging" at the Institute for Diabetes Research and Metabolic Diseases of the Helmholtz Munich at the University of Tübingen.

2000-2011

Project Director for fetal Magnetoencephalography at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, USA.

1997-2015

Researcher at the MEG Center, University of Tübingen.

1994-1997

Postdoctoral research at the Institute of Medical Psychology and Behavioral Neurobiology, University of Tübingen, under the supervision of Professor Niels Birbaumer.

1988 - 1994

Doctoral thesis (Physics) at the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics under the guidance of Professor Valentin Braitenberg.

1981-1988

Diploma in Physics, University of Regensburg and Tübingen

Seeking Grants for an Association, a Small Business or for Research

IDM partner in two new graduate programs

In a highly competitive procedure, 2 Research Training Groups in Tübingen were approved by the DFG for 5 years of funding.

German and Swedish scientists will investigate the relationship between hormonal transition phases and mental health in 12 projects. Prof. Hubert Preissl is leading one of the projects.

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Hubert Preissl as a guest at Scobel, 3sat
"Overweight: flaw or disease?"

What can successful prevention look like? Is the body mass index really the measure of all things, or are there other, more accurate methods to measure overweight?

The WHO declared obesity to be the second biggest health threat worldwide in 2019: up to four million people are expected to die each year as a result of being overweight.

What can successful prevention look like? Is the body mass index really the measure of all things, or are there other, more accurate methods of measuring obesity? And is everyone who is overweight really sick? Or is it possible to lead a healthy life even with a few kilos too many? What role do genes and - the psyche play?

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2023

Luis Mercado, Diana Escalona-Vargas, Sarah Blossom, Eric R Siegel, Julie R Whittington, Hubert Preissl, Kaitlyn Walden, Hari Eswaran

The effect of maternal pregestational diabetes on fetal autonomic nervous system

2023

Lore Wagner, Ralf Veit, Christian Kübler, Andreas Fritsche, Hans-Ulrich Häring, Andreas L Birkenfeld, Martin Heni, Hubert Preissl, Stephanie Kullmann

Brain insulin responsiveness is linked to age and peripheral insulin sensitivity

2023

Joel Frohlich, Tim Bayne, Julia S Crone, Alessandra DallaVecchia, Asger Kirkeby-Hinrup, Pedro A M Mediano, Julia Moser, Karolina Talar, Alireza Gharabaghi, Hubert Preissl

Not with a "zap" but with a "beep": Measuring the origins of perinatal experience

2023

Lorenzo Semeia, Ilena Bauer, Katrin Sippel, Julia Hartkopf, Nora K Schaal, Hubert Preissl

Impact of maternal emotional state during pregnancy on fetal heart rate variability

2022

Stephanie Kullmann, Julia Hummel, Robert Wagner, Corinna Dannecker, Andreas Vosseler, Louise Fritsche, Ralf Veit, Konstantinos Kantartzis, Jürgen Machann, Andreas L Birkenfeld, Norbert Stefan, Hans-Ulrich Häring, Andreas Peter, Hubert Preissl, Andreas Fritsche, Martin Heni

Empagliflozin Improves Insulin Sensitivity of the Hypothalamus in Humans With Prediabetes: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Phase 2 Trial

Prof. Hubert Preissl

Fields of Work and Expertise

Professional Background

Professor, Institute for Diabetes Research and Metabolic Diseases (IDM) of the Helmholtz Munich at the University of Tübingen

Research group leader "Metabolic Neuroimaging" at the Institute for Diabetes Research and Metabolic Diseases of the Helmholtz Munich at the University of Tübingen.

Project Director for fetal Magnetoencephalography at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, USA.

Researcher at the MEG Center, University of Tübingen.

Postdoctoral research at the Institute of Medical Psychology and Behavioral Neurobiology, University of Tübingen, under the supervision of Professor Niels Birbaumer.

Doctoral thesis (Physics) at the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics under the guidance of Professor Valentin Braitenberg.

Diploma in Physics, University of Regensburg and Tübingen

International Research Training Group "Mental Health of Women in the Reproductive Phase of Life"

IDM partner in two new graduate programs

Hubert Preissl as a guest at Scobel, 3sat
"Overweight: flaw or disease?"

What can successful prevention look like? Is the body mass index really the measure of all things, or are there other, more accurate methods to measure overweight?

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Networks and Affiliations

German Center for Diabetes Research

Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior (SSIB)

Uppsala University

Deutsche Adipositas-Gesellschaft e.V.

Organization for Human Brain Mapping

British Society for Neuroendocrinology

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