Abteilung Psychologie
Dr. Sarah Wilker
Dr. rer. nat. (Ph.D.)
Postdoctoral Researcher
Room (Wed, Thu): U4 -109
E-Mail: sarah.wilker@uni-bielefeld.de
Hours: by appointment
- Werdegang
Career 2022 German licence to practice psychotherapy, CBT (Approbation zum Psychologischen Psychotherapeuten, Verhaltenstherapie)
2018- today Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Bielefeld University (Germany)
2015- 2018 Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Department of Clinical and Biological Psychology, Ulm University (Germany)
12/2014 Ph.D. (Dr. rer. nat) in Psychology (Prof. Dr. Iris Kolassa and Prof. Dr. Thomas Elbert) at Ulm University, Germany; Gen×Environment Interactions in the Etiology and Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
2011- 2014 Researcher and Lecturer at the Department of Clinical and Biological Psychology, Ulm University (Germany)
2005- 2011 Studies of Psychology at the University of Trier, Germany
Awards and Honors
2017 Ph.D. award of the Ulm University society
2017 Research bonus of the Ulm University society and Ulm University to acknowledge excellent postdoctoral research
2016 Young Academics Award including travel grant to attend the German-African research workshop on refugee mental health and mental health service systems, Nairobi, Kenia
2015 Young Academics Award of the German-Speaking Society for Psychotraumatology (Deutschsprachige Gesellschaft für Psychotraumatologie, DeGPT)
2014 Finalist of the Engagement Award of the German National Academic Foundation
2011- 2014 Ph.D scholarship awarded by the German National Academic Foundation
2008- 2011 Scholarship awarded by the German National Academic Foundation
- Publikationen
- Forschungsinteressen
- Global mental health: Mental health and psychotherapy in crisis regions and resource-poor settings
- Improving Acess to evidence-based treatments for refugees in Germany
- Treatment of trauma-related disorders
- Psychological and biological consequences of traumatic stress
- Genetic and epigenetic influences on the development and treatment of PTSD