Lutz Froelich, M.D., M.D. Ph.D.

JAD profile

Affiliation(s): 

Central Institut of Mental Health; Medical Faculty Mannheim/Heidelberg University

Lab URL: 

http://www.zi-mannheim.de

Areas of Interest: 

clinica dementia research, biomarkers, treatment, clinical trials, cognitive assessment

Biography & Research: 

Lutz Froelich is Professor of Geriatric Psychiatry at the University of Heidelberg, Germany, and Head of the Department of Geriatric Psychiatry at the Central Institute for Mental Health, Mannheim, Germany. After graduation from Medical School, University of Heidelberg, he worked at the Dept. of Psychoanalytic Basic Studies and Family Therapy, University of Heidelberg and was a Research Fellow on animal models of Alzheimer’s disease with Professor Siegfried Hoyer at the University of Heidelberg. He received clinical training in psychiatry and psychotherapy at the Depts. of Psychiatry and Neurology and did laboratory work on post mortem brain research in dementias with Prof. Peter Riederer, Neurochemistry Lab University of Wurzburg, Germany. As attending physician at the Dept. of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Frankfurt, Germany, he received his habilitation in psychiatry (eq. to Ph.D.) in 1996 with experimental work on Insulin and insulin receptors in the brain in Alzheimer’s disease. His current major research interest is on clinical dementia research, biomarkers and the development and evaluation of innovative therapies in Alzheimer’s disease. He is a member of the executive committee of the European Alzheimer’s disease consortium and is Chief Organizing Officer and Co-leader of the therapeutic trials program of the German Competence Network on Dementias.