Univ. Prof. (i.R.) Dr. rer. soc. Dipl.-Psych. Dieter Riemann
Email: dieter.riemann@uniklinik-freiburg.de
- Curriculum Vitae (german)
- Forschungsbilanz / Work Report 2012
- Forschungsbilanz / Work Report 2013
- Forschungsbilanz / Work Report 2014
- Forschungsbilanz / Work Report 2015
- Forschungsbilanz / Work Report 2016
- Forschungsbilanz / Work Report 2017
- Forschungsbilanz / Work Report 2018
- Forschungsbilanz / Work Report 2019
- Forschungsbilanz / Work Report 2020
- Forschungsbilanz / Work Report 2021
- Forschungsbilanz / Work Report 2022
- Forschungsbilanz / Work Report 2023
Academic Training
| Habilitation: | 1992 - Habilitation for Clinical Psychology at the Faculty of Clinical Medicine in Mannheim of the Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg |
| Dissertation: | 1988 - PhD in Psychology at the Faculty of Psychology of the University of Konstanz |
| University education: | 1979 -1985 - Faculty of Psychology at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University in Munich; Diplom (equivalent to MA) in 1985 |
Employments/Positions/Appointments
| Since 04.2024 | Speaker of the German Sleep Society |
| Since 04.2024 | Professor Emeritus at Freiburg University |
| 12.2021 | Anniversary: 40 years of public service |
| since 01.2017 | Editor in Chief: Journal of Sleep Resesarch |
| since 10.2015 | Visiting Professor, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Oxford University |
| since 10.2013 | Department Head (Clinical Psychology and Psychophysiology) at the Centre for Mental Disorders, Medical Faculty, University of Freiburg |
| 10.2013-03.2024 | Speaker of the Centre for Sleep Medicine of Freiburg University Medical Centre |
| 01.2006-12.2008 | Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Rochester, Medical SchoolNY. |
| 03.2000-10.2013 | Head of the Section for Clinical Psychology and Psychophysiology/ Sleep Medicine at the Psychiatric Department of Freiburg University Medical Centre; Member of the Executive Board of the Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy |
| since 01.2000 | Member of the Executive Board of the Freiburg Behavior Therapy Institute (FAVT) |
| since 1995 | Adjunct member Faculty of Psychology, University of Freiburg |
| 1993-1995 | Temporary director of the Department of Medical Psychology, University of Freiburg |
| since 07.1993 | C-3 Professor (Full Professor - Tenure) for Clinical Psychophysiology at the Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy of Freiburg University Medical Center; Member of the Medical Faculty |
| 10.1986-06.1993 | PhD candidate/ Post-Doc in the Psychiatric Clinic of the Central Institute ofMental Health in Mannheim |
| 09.1985-09.1986 | PhD candidate at the Max-Planck-Institute for Psychiatry in Munich |
| 10.1979-07.1985 | Student researcher at the Max-Planck-Institute for Psychiatry in Munich |
| 12.1977-03.1979 | Civil service as assistant nurse (Schwabing General Hospital, Munich) |
Additional Qualifications
| 04.2015 | Certification as “principal study investigator” according to ICH-GCP |
| 09.2012 | European Somnologist (ESRS) |
| 12.2009 | Certification as “study doctor” according to ICH-GCP |
| 09.2004 | Supervisor for Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (FAVT) |
| 08.1999 | Certified behavioral therapist |
| 01.1999 | Approbation as psychological psychotherapist (Governmental Presidency Stuttgart) |
| 11.1997 | Certified somnologist (DGSM) |
| 07.1991 | Clinical psychologist/psychotherapist (BDP) |
Scientific Awards/Invited & Keynote Lectures (Selection)
| 01.2024 | STERN magazine: doctor´s list sleep medicine |
| 01.2023 | STERN magazine: doctor´s list sleep medicine |
| 01.2022 | STERN magazine: doctor´s list sleep medicine |
| 17.06.2021 | Pisa Sleep Award/ University of Pisa/ ESRS |
| 2020 | German TOP doctors (FOCUS doctor´s list) |
| 24.09.2019 | Sleep, insomnia and mental health – a chance for prevention? Worldsleep 2019, Vancouver |
| 02.07.2019 | Sleep, insomnia and mental health – a synthesis. ASSS meeting, Lugano |
| 16.11.2018 | European guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of insomnia. Keynote lecture, Danish sleep society, Kopenhagen |
| 17.10.2018 | Sleep, insomnia and mental disorders: a chance for prevention? Keynote lecture, IRC Symposium Decoding Sleep and Berner Schlaf-Wach Tage, Bern |
| 02.05.2017 | Sleep, insomnia and mental disorders. Invited lecture, Dept. of Psychiatry, UPenn Philadelphia. |
| 30.04.2017 | Insomnia – a transdiagnostic approach. Keynote lecture, Canadian Sleep SocietyConference, Calgary. |
| 07.05.2016 | Schlaf, Schlaflosigkeit und psychische Erkrankungen. Keynote Lecture, 34. Symposium der Fachgruppe Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie der DGPs, Bielefeld |
| 25.11.2015 | Insomnie, Schlaflosigkeit und psychische Erkrankungen. DGPPN Kongress, Berlin. |
| 19.11.2015 | Chronic insomnia and hyperarousal - relevance for mental disorders. Le Congres du Sommeil, Nantes. |
| 01.07.2015 | Physiology and pathophysiology of insomnia. 3rd. Alpine sleep summer school, Lugano. |
| 25.06.2014 | Evidence-based treatment of sleep disorders. Oxford sleep summer school, Oxford. |
| 21.05.2013 | Mood disorders and insomnia. Berkeley University, San Francisco. |
| 16.05.2013 | Chronic insomnia and hyperarousal. Stanford University, Palo Alto. |
| 04.05.2013 | Chronic insomnia and hyperarousal - state of the art. Scandinavian College of Neuropsychopharmacology, Kopenhagen. |
| 26.06.2012 | Insomnia as a biomarker of depression. INSERM Symposium on Sleep and Psychiatry, Paris. |
| 22.06.2012 | REM sleep instability - a new pathway for insomnia? 3rd Joint Sino-German Symposium of Sleep Research, Berlin. |
| 23.11.2011 | Insomnia - bi-directional relationships with mental health. Meeting of the Royal Society of Medicine, London. |
| 04.10.2011 | Hyperarousal in chronic insomnia - evidence and challenges. AIMS Kongress, Pavia. |
| 30.08.2011 | Chronic insomnia and the hyperarousal concept. University of Pisa. |
| 05.10.2010 | Schlafstörungen als Risikofaktor für psychische Erkrankungen. 10. DGPPN Hauptstadtsymposium "Die schlaflose Gesellschaft - Kritische Betrachtung einer Hypothese", Berlin. |
| 30.10.2010 | The hyperarousal concept of insomnia - challenges for the future. German Chinese Science Foundation, ChengDu. |
| 15.09.2010 | What is the European insomnia network, what are its aims within the ESRS/EU. 20th Congress of the European Sleep Research Society, Lissabon. |
| 07.04.2010 | Chronic insomnia and hyperarousal - state of the art and future perspectives. Universita La Sapienza, Rome. |
| Sept. 1988 | Organon-Award of the German Society for Biological Psychiatry. |
Memberships in Scientific Societies
| since 1997 | German Society for Psychology (DGPs) |
| since 1988 | German Sleep Society (DGSM = GSS) |
| since 1988 | ESRS (European Sleep Research Society) |
Activities as Executive in Scientific Societies
| 09.2022–12.2023 | Member and head: Revison of the European Insomnia guideline (ESRS) |
| Since 05.2022 | Member Panel TIMES - International Advisory Panel on Sleep in Cognitive Impairment and Dementia (UK) |
| Since 05.2022 | Member consensus recommendations on the clinical use of digital CBT for Insomnia (dCBT), SBSMC |
| Since 03.2022 | Delegate of DGPs AWMF-Guideline Insomnia, Revision |
| Since 01.2022 | Member Advisory board for the development of a new European Sleep Questionnaire. H2020 project Sleep revolution (since January 2022) |
| Since 2021 | International Society Reviewer ICSD-3 TR |
| Since 05.2020 | Member of the Faculty of the Academy of Sleep and Consciousness (ASC), Berne and Lugano |
| Since 02.2020 | Member Review Board: Light and Shift work (funded by DGUV) |
| Since 10.2018 | Member Scientific Advisory Board Interfaculty Research Cooperation (IRC) funding scheme: “Decoding Sleep: From Neurons to Health and Mind”, University of Berne, Switzerland |
| Since 2017 | Leader Initiative CBT-I dissemination/ CBT-I academy (ESRS) |
| 2016-2017 | Task force leader European Insomnia Guidelines (ESRS) |
| 2013-2018 | Member Advisory Board SCNi (Sleep and Circadian Neuroscience Institute, Oxford University) |
| 2013-2017 | Head of steering committee Guideline Insomnia Update of the GSS |
| 2013 | International society reviewer of the ICSD-3 |
| 2010-2015 | Head of the section Sleep Medicine of the German Society for Psychiatry (DGPPN) |
| 2009 | Founder of the European Insomnia Network (EIN) |
| 2008-2016 | Treasurer of the European Sleep Research Society |
| 2007-2009 | Member of the Steering Committee of the S3 guidelines of the GSS for sleep disorders |
| 2006-2013 | Member of a DSM-5 work group of the American Psychiatric Association (section on sleep disorders) |
| 2004-2008 | Member of the Scientific Committee of the ESRS |
| 2004-2005 | Member of the work group Insomnia of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine for "The International Classification of Sleep Disorders "ICSD" - second edition" |
| 2001-2002 | Member of the Steering Committee of the guidelines Non-Restorative Sleep of the GSS |
| 2000-2006 | Member of the executive board of the GSS |
| 1993-2006 | Head of the work group “Insomnia” of the GSS |
Memberships in Editoral Boards (Scientific Journals)
Somnology, Info Neurologie Psychiatrie, Verhaltenstherapie, Pharmacopsychiatry (Editor: 2010 - 2015), Sleep (Deputy Editor: 2010 – 2016), Journal of Sleep Research (Editor in Chief since 2017); L´Encephale (since 2018); Pharmacopsychiatry (Advisory Board, 2018 – 2021).
Ad-hoc Reviewer for more than 50 peer-reviewed Scientific Journals
Including Nature Neuroscience Rev., Arch. Gen. Psychiatry, Am J. Psychiatry, Lancet, Lancet Neurology, Lancet Psychiatry, Psychological Bulletin, and many more.
Referee for Funding Agencies
Academy of Finland; BMBF; DAAD; DFG; Institute for the Promotion of Innovation by Science and Technology in Flanders/Belgium; Österreichische Nationalbank; Schweizer Nationalfond; Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes; Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada; Sino-Swiss Science and Research Cooperation; German-Israel Science Foundation; Health and Medical Research Fund - Hongkong Government; Wellcome Trust; Universite de Lyon - Avenir Lyon Saint-Etienne program; University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine; Swiss National Science Foundation; Goldsmith University of London; Uni-versity of California San Diego, Medical Faculty; Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NOW, the Dutch research council); EU-Horizon 2020.UKL Münster - Innovationsfonds; MRC-UK; Flinders University, Australia; MRC Singapore.
Primary Research Interests
Insomnia, psychopathology, depression, cognitive-behavioral therapy, sleep & sleep regulation, sleep & learning, psychopharmacology of sleep
Publications & Presentations
More than 450 publications as first- , co-, or senior author in peer-reviewed journals; more than 400 other articles, book chapters; author and editor of more than 10 books; more than 700 presentations at national and international conferences. Hirsch-Index (Googlescholar) = 98 (April 2024).
Selected Publications
- Perlis, ML, Posner, D, Riemann, D, Bastien, C, Teel, J, Thase, M: Insomnia. The Lancet, 2022.https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(22)00879-0; published online September 14, 2022
- Benz, F, Knoop, T, Ballesio, A, Bacaro, V, Johann, AF, Rücker, G, Feige, B, Riemann; D, Baglioni, C: The efficacy of cognitive and behavior therapies for insomnia on daytime symptoms: A systematic re-view and network meta-analysis. Clinical Psychology Reviews, 2020 Aug;80:101873. doi: 10.1016/j.cpr.2020.101873.
- Riemann, D, Krone, L, Wulff, K, Nissen, C: Sleep, insomnia and depression. Neuropsychopharmacology, 2020, 45, 74-89
- Riemann, D., Arnardottir, E.S., Baglioni, C.,Bassetti, C., Bjorvatn, B., Dolenc Groselj, L., Ellis, J., Espie, C., Garcia-Borreguero, D., Gjerstad, M., Goncalvez, M., Hertenstein, E., Jansson-Frömark, M., Jen-num, P.J., Leger, D., Nissen, C., Parrino, L., Paunio, T., Pevernagie, D., Strazisar, B., Verbraecken, J., Weess, H.G., Wichniak, A., Zavalko, I., Zoetmueller, M., Spiegelhalder, K.: European guideline for the diagnosis and treatment of insomnia. Journal of Sleep Research, 2017, 26, 675-700.
- Kuhn M, Wolf E, Maier JG, Mainberger F, Feige B, Schmid H, Bürklin J, Maywald S, Mall V, Jung NH, Reis J, Spiegelhalder K, Klöppel S, Sterr A, Riemann D, Normann C, Nissen C.: Sleep recalibrates homeostatic and associative synaptic plasticity in the human cortex. Nature Communications, 2016. Aug 23;7:12455. doi: 10.1038/ncomms12455
- Baglioni C, Nanovska S, Regen W, Spiegelhalder K, Feige B, Nissen C, Reynolds CF, Riemann D: Sleep and mental disorders: a meta-analysis of the last 20 years of polysomnographic research. Psychological Bulletin, 2016, 142. 969-990./ DOI:10.1037/bul000053.
- Morin C, Drake C, Harvey A, Krystal AD, Manber R, Riemann D, Spiegelhalder K: Insomnia. Nature Reviews Disease Primers. 2015 epub first doi:10.1038/nrdp.2015.26
- Riemann D, Nissen C, Palagini L, Otte A, Perlis M, Spiegelhalder K.: Neurobiology of chronic insomnia. Lancet Neurology, 2015, 14, 547-558.
- Riemann, D, Spiegelhalder, K, Nissen, C, Hirscher, V., Baglioni, C, Feige, B. REM sleep instability – a new pathway for insomnia? Pharmacopsychiatry, 2012, 45, 167 – 176.
- Baglioni C, Battagliese G, Feige B, Spiegelhalder K, Nissen C, Voderholzer U, Lombardo C, Riemann D (2011). Insomnia as a predictor of depression: a meta-analytic evaluation of longitudinal epidemiologi-cal studies. Journal of Affective Disorders, 2011, 135, 10-19.
- Riemann D, Spiegelhalder K, Feige B, Voderholzer U, Berger M, Perlis M, Nissen C.: The hyperarousal model of insomnia: a review of the concept and its evidence. Sleep Medicine Reviews, 2010, 14, 19-31.
Involvment in the Organisation of Scientific Meetings (Selection)
| 2021 | Annual meeting of the German Sleep Society online, October 2021 |
| 2021 | European Insomnia network meeting, online, 11.06.2021 |
| 2016 | ESRS congress in Bologna, 12.09. – 16.09.2016 |
| 2015 | World Sleep Federation Meeting, Istanbul, 31.10. - 03.11.2015 |
| 2015 | 3rd European Insomnia Network Meeting, Freiburg, 17.09. - 19.09.2015 |
| 2014 | FFAP course for Behavioral Sleep Medicine, Freiburg, 02. - 04.10.2014 |
| 2014 | ESRS congress in Tallinn, 15. - 20.09.2014 |
| 2013 | 2nd Alpine sleep summer school, Ljubljana, 27.08.2013 |
| 2013 | Meeting of the European Insomnia Network. Freiburg, 10.7. - 12.7.2013 |
| 2012 | ESRS congress in Paris, 5.9. - 10.9.2012 |
| 2012 | 1st Meeting of the European Insomnia Network, Freiburg, 5.7. - 6.7. 2012 |
| 2011 | 1st Alpine Sleep Summer School, Lugano, 22.8. - 26.8.2011 |
| 2011 | International Conference on Sleep & Breathing, Prague, 1.4. - 3.4.2011 |
| 2010 | ESRS congress in Lissabon |
| 2004 | Annual Meeting of the German Sleep Society in Freiburg |
Scientific and Clinical Collaborations
Freiburg University - Department of Psychology; Freiburg Medical Faculty - Clinic for Pneumology; Neurocentre; University of Pisa (L. Palagini); University of Roma ( C. Lombardo); University of Berne (C. Bassetti; C. Nissen); University of Basel (C. Cajochen); University of Amsterdam (E. van Someren); University of Surrey (A. Sterr); University of Oxford (C. Espie; K. Wulff; R. Foster, S. Kyle); University of Northumbria (J. Ellis); University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (M. Perlis); University of Pittsburgh (C.F. Reynolds); ZISG-Mannheim (M. Schredl).
Mentoring
More than 120 MD dissertations and 25 PhD dissertations in the last 30 years; major support for young psy-chiatrists and psychologists in establishing their Habilitation (F. Hohagen, M. Hornyak, H. Gann, C. Nissen, K. Spiegelhalder)
Teaching
Since 30 years seminars and lectures in the Faculties of Medicine and Psychology of Freiburg University - focus on clinical and biological psychology, psychopathology, sleep research and sleep medicine; half- and full-day training seminars for psychiatrist/ psychotherapists in training on sleep medicine in Berlin, Hamburg, Freiburg, Bozen, Vienna, Salzburg, Klagenfurt, Mannheim, Münster; Lecturer at Hochschule Offenburg - sleep research and sleep medicine
Funding
Since 1988 Principal and/ or Co-investigator in more than 10 federally (DFG, BMBF) funded projects; since 1988 Principal and co-investigator in more than 20 projects funded by the pharmaceutical industry. EU funding: The neurobiological bases of emotion processing in primary insomnia (Marie-Curie IEF 2008, GAN no. 235321 - finished in spring 2011; OPTIMI- Online predictive tools for intervention in mental illness (FP7-ICT-2009; 5.1 Mental Health, GAN 248544). Land Baden-Württemberg: Kompetenzzentrum Prävention; Fresenius-Stiftung; Fazit-Stiftung; Studienstiftung des dt. Volkes; Innovationsfonds (GBA).
Media Activities
Regular contributions to radio and TV programs on the topic of sleep; frequent interviews with press organs like Süddeutsche Zeitung, Badische Zeitung, GEO, Stern, Focus, Bild der Wissenschaft etc.; participation in science and health fairs. Top Sleep Medicine Specialist (Focus (Top-Mediziner Deutschlands).
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1QJQyYUel8
Extracurricular activities
Swimming, biking, cooking, contemporary music, reading and photography