Professor and Chair in Youth Depression Studies, University of Sydney
Work Group Leader, Central Institute of Mental Health
Scientific interests:
Trajectories for diagnosis and course of psychiatric disorders
Role of the endogenous cannabinoid system in psychiatric disorders
New psychopharmakological strategies for the treatment of neuropsychiatric disorders
Publications:
PubMed-search: Leweke FM [Auth] OR Leweke M [Auth] OR Leweke MF [Auth]
Academic Education and Medical License:
1984-1991
Study of Medicine, University of Cologne (Germany) and University of New South Wales, Sydney (Australia)
1991 License as Medical Doctor, Cologne (Germany)
1993 Full License as Medical Doctor, Cologne (Germany)
2018 Limited Registration as Psychiatric Specialist, New South Wales (Australia)
2019 Full Registration as Psychiatric Specialist, New South Wales (Australia)
2013-2016
Master program "Health Business Management and Health Economics", Fresenius University of Applied Sciences, Cologne (Germany)
2016 Master of Arts (M.A.)
Doctoral thesis:
1993 Doctor of Medicine, University of Cologne, "Effects of pentylenetrazole and baclofen in rat hippocampus in vitro."
Habilitation:
2004 Lecturer and venia legendi in "Psychiatry and Psychotherapy", University of Cologne, "Endogenous and exogenous cannabinoids in schizophrenia"
Board certificates and training authorizations:
1996 Psychiatry (Medical Board Lower-Saxonia)
1999 Specialty Psychotherapy (Medical Board Northrhine)
2000 Neurology (Medical Board Northrhine)
2003 Psychiatry and Psychotherapy (Medical Board Northrhine)
2009-2017 Full training authorisation for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy (Medical Board North Baden)
2019 Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists
Professional activity:
1991–1992
Resident, Institute of Neurophysiology, University of Cologne (Prof. Dr. U. Heinemann)
1992–1993
Resident, Dept. of Neurology, Alfried-Krupp-Hospital, Essen (Directors: Prof. Dr. J. Noth and Prof. Dr. P. Berlit)
1993
Post doc, Institute of Neurophysiology, University of Cologne (Prof. Dr. U. Heinemann)
1993–1996
Registrar in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Dept. of Clinical Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover (Director: Prof. Dr. Dr. H. M. Emrich)
1996–1997
Registrar in Neurology, Dept. of Epileptology, University of Bonn (Director: Prof. Dr. C. E. Elger, FRCP)
1997–1999
Senior Psychiatrist and Deputy Head, Dept of General Psychiatry – Addiction Medicine (Head: Dr. W. Burtscheidt), Psychiatric Hospital, Heinrich-Heine-University, LVR-Kliniken Duesseldorf (Director: Prof. Dr. W. Gaebel)
1998
Research visit at the Neuroscience Institute, San Diego, California (Prof. D. Piomelli, Ph.D.)
1999-2008
Senior Psychiatrist and Lecturer, Dept. of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Cologne (Director: Prof. Dr. J. Klosterkötter), Head of the RG Experimental and Clinical Neuropsychopharmacology
2008-2009
Deputy Director, ibid.
2009–2017
W3 Full Professor of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg,
Associate Medical Director, Dept. of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental Health, Mannheim (Director: Prof. Dr. A. Meyer-Lindenberg, MD PhD),
Head Center of Excellence of Research in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
2017 to 2021
Work Group Leader, Central Institute of Mental Health, Mannheim, Germany
2017 to current
Professor and Chair in Youth Depression Studies, Brain and Mind Centre, University of Sydney, Australia
2018 to current
Consultant Psychiatrist, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney Local Health District, NSW Health, Sydney, Australia