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Univ.-Prof. Dr. Dr. Eva Schulte

Management Functions

  • Since 2023-W2 Professor & Division Head Psychiatric Genomics, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
  • Since 2020-Group leader, Institute of Psychiatric Phenomics and Genomics, University of Munich, Munich, Germany

Clinical Career

  • Since 2022-Board certification Psychiatry & Psychotherapy
  • Since 2019-Board certification Neurology
  • 2016 to 2023-Resident, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Munich, Munich, Germany
  • 2009 to 2014-Resident, Department of Neurology, Klinkum rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich and Institute of Human Genetics, Helmholtz Munich, Munich, Germany

 Scientific Career

  • 2022-2023-Visiting Research Fellow, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Hinxton, UK
  • 2022-Habilitation, University of Munich, Munich, Germany
  • 2014-Visiting Postdoctoral Fellow, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, USA
  • 2013-PhD, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
  • 2012-2013-Visiting PhD Student, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
  • 2010-Medical Doctorate, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
  • 2006-Visiting Undergraduate Student, Brigham & Women's Hospital & Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

Scientific Focus

  • Psychiatric genetics (association studies, polygenic risk)
  • Functional annotation using high-throughput screens
  • Lipidomics & other “-omics” modalities

Clinical Focus

  • Genetic diagnostics in psychiatry
  • Bipolar & Depressive Disorder
  • Psychoses & Schizophrenia

 Additional Qualifications

  • Genetic counseling in neuropsychiatric disorders

Awards

  • Graduate Student Award, Helmholtz Munich 2014 (for best PhD thesis 2013/2014)
  • American Society for Human Genetics/Charles J. Epstein Trainee Award for Excellence 2013 (semifinalist, pre-doctoral)

Reviewer Activities

  • for numerous national and international journals such as JAMA Psychiatry and Molecular Psychiatry

Memberships & Offices

  • International Society for Psychiatric Genetics (ISPG; Genetic Testing Committee 2017 to 2020)
  • American Society for Human Genetics (ASHG)
  • National Pandemic Cohort Network (NAPKON) & Network University Medicine (NUM) (FOSA Human Genetics, co-spokesperson)
  • German Society for Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Neurology (DGPPN; section "Genetic, Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience")

 Research Funding

  • by the German Research Foundation (DFG), the State of Bavaria and various foundations as well as intramural funds (1.2 million Euros own share of the total third-party funding volume)

 Selected Publications

  • Tkachev A*, Stekolshchikova E*, Vanyushkina A, ..., Schulte EC*, Khaitovich P*. Lipid Alteration Signature in the Blood Plasma of Individuals With Schizophrenia, Depression, and Bipolar Disorder. JAMA Psychiatry 2023, 80(3):250-259.
  • Kalman JL, Burkhardt G, Adorjan K, ..., Schulte EC. Biobanking in everyday clinical practice in psychiatry-The Munich Mental Health Biobank. Front Psychiatry. 2022, 13:934640. PMID: 35935431 (IF 2021: 5.4).
  • Niemi MEK, Karjalainen J, Liao RG, ..., Schulte EC, et al. Mapping the human genetic architecture of COVID-19. Nature 2021, 600(7889):472-477.
  • Mullins N, Forstner AJ, O'Connell KS ..., Schulte EC, et al. Genome-wide association study of over 40,000 bipolar disorder cases provides new insights into the underlying biology. Nat Genet 2021, 53(6):817-829.
  • Wray NR, Ripke S, Mattheisen M, ..., Schulte EC, et al. Genome-wide association analyses identify 44 risk variants and refine the genetic architecture of major depression. Nat Genet 2018, 50, 668-681.
  • Schulte EC*, Kousi M*, Tan PL, et al. Targeted resequencing and systematic in vivo functional testing identifies rare variants in MEIS1 as significant contributors to restless legs syndrome. Am J Hum Genet 2014, 95:85-95.
  • Schulte EC, Knauf F, Kemlink D, et al. Variant screening of the coding regions of MEIS1 in patients with restless legs syndrome. Neurology 2011,76:1106-1108.
 
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