Curriculum Vitae - Anne Uhlmann, PhD, Dipl.-Biol.

Awards and Fellwoships

• 2018 - Young Scientist Award in Addiction Research, NSF e.V.
• 2017 - OHBM Merit Abstract Travel Stipend
• 2016 - Stellenbosch University Scientific Travel Fund
• 2016 - UCT Departmental Conference Travel Grant
• 2014 - R&D Systems Conference Travel Grant
• 2013 - ECNP Congress Travel Award
• 2013 - SAAWG International Fellowship Award
• 2012 - UCT International Scholarship for Postgraduate Students
• 2012 - UCT Conference Travel Grant
• 2011 - UCT International Scholarship for Postgraduate Students
• 2008 - Charité Research Fellowship for Master Students

Research Interests

• Structural brain changes in substance dependence and mental disorders

• Comorbid affective or psychotic pathology

• Emotion regulation and social cognition

Selected Publications

• Uhlmann A, Dias A, Taljaard L, Stein DJ, Brooks SJ, Lochner C: White matter volume alterations in hair-pulling disorder (trichotillomania). Brain Imaging Behav, in press,2019. doi:10.1007/s11682-019-00170-z

• Uhlmann A, Bandelow B, Stein DJ, Bloch S, Engel KR, Havemann-Reinecke U, & Wedekind D: Structural brain differences in alcohol-dependent subjects with and without comorbid depression/anxiety - an MRI study. European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience, 269(3):285-94, 2019. doi:10.1007/s00406-018-0870-x

• Ipser JC, Uhlmann A, Taylor, P., Harvey, B., Wilson D, Stein DJ: Distinct patterns of brain network connectivity in methamphetamine dependent subjects with and without a history of psychosis. Addiction Biology, 23(1), 347-358., 2018. doi:10.1111/adb.12478

• Waltereit R, Uhlmann A, Roessner V: Adolescent psychiatry-form the viewpoint of a child and adolescent psychiatrist. Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry, 27(11):1383-85, 2018.

• Heany SJ, Groenewold NA, Dalvie S, Uhlmann A, Stein DJ, & Brooks SJ: The neural activation correlates of childhood trauma questionnaire scores in adults: a meta-analysis of fMRI studies. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 30 (4), 1475-1485, 2017. doi:10.1017/S0954579417001717

• Uhlmann A, Ipser JC, Wilson D, Stein DJ: Social cognition and aggression in methamphetamine dependence with and without a history of psychosis. Metabolic Brain Disease, 33(2), 559-568, 2017. doi:10.1007/s11011-017-0157-3

• Breen MS*, Uhlmann A*, Ozcan S, Chan M, Bahn S, Stein DJ: Parallel changes in serum proteins and diffusion tensor imaging biomarkers in methamphetamine-associated psychosis. Scientific Reports, 7:43777, 2017. doi:10.1038/srep43777

• Uhlmann A, Fouche JP, Lederer K, Meintjes EM, Wilson D, Stein DJ: White matter microstructure and impulsivity in methamphetamine dependence with and without a history of psychosis. Human Brain Mapping, 37(6), 2055-67, 2016. doi:10.1002/hbm.23159

• Uhlmann A, Fouche JP, Koen, N., Meintjes EM, Wilson D, Stein DJ: Fronto-temporal alterations and affect regulation in methamphetamine abuse with and without a history of psychosis. Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging, 248, 30-38 2016.. doi:10.1016/j.pscychresns.2016.01.010

• Breen MS, Uhlmann A, Nday CM, Glatt SJ, Mitt M, Metsalpu A, Stein DJ, Illing N: Candidate gene networks and blood biomarkers of methamphetamine-associated psychosis: an integrative RNA-sequencing report. Translational Psychiatry, 10;6:e802, 2016. doi:10.1038/tp.2016.67.

• Shelly J, Uhlmann A, Sinclair H, Howells F, Sibeko G, Wilson D, Stein DJ, Temmingh H: First-rank symptoms in methamphetamine psychosis and schizophrenia. Psychopathology, 49(6), 429-435, 2016. doi:10.1159/000452476

• Lederer K, Fouche JP, Wilson D, Stein DJ, Uhlmann A: Frontal white matter changes and aggression in methamphetamine dependence. Metabolic Brain Disease, 31(1), 53-62, 2016. doi:10.1007/s11011-015-9775-9

• Howells FM, Uhlmann A, Temmingh H, Sinclair H, Meintjes EM, Wilson D, Stein DJ: 1H-MRS in methamphetamine dependence and methamphetamine induced psychosis. Schizophrenia Research, 153, 122-128, 2014. doi:10.1016/j.schres.2014.01.029

• Meintjes EM, Uhlmann A & Carey: Brain Imaging and Neural Circuitry in Methamphetamine Users. In G.F.R. Ellis, D.J. Stein, K.G.F. Thomas, & E.M. Meintjes (Eds.), Substance Use and Abuse in South Africa - Insights from brain and behavioural sciences (pp. 129–141), 2014. South Africa: University of Cape Town Press.

• Malcolm-Smith S, Uhlmann A, Hodge A, & Ipser J: Affective Neuroscience of Methamphetamine Abuse. In G.F.R. Ellis, D.J. Stein, K.G.F. Thomas, & E.M. Meintjes (Eds.), Substance Use and Abuse in South Africa - Insights from brain and behavioural sciences (pp. 143–155), 2012. South Africa: University of Cape Town Press.

Conference Presentations

• Uhlmann A, Mackey S, Conrod P, Garavan H, Stein DJ, Jahanshad N, Stein EA, Caparelli E, London E, Morales A, Veltman D, Luijten M, Li R, Zhang S, Zhao M, Zhong N and the ENIGMA Addition Working Group. (2017, June). White Matter Microstructure in Stimulant Dependence: Meta-analytic findings from ENIGMA-Addiction. Poster presented at the 23rd OHBM Annual Meeting, Vancouver, Canada.

• Uhlmann A, Brooks SJ, du Plessis S, Wilson D, & Stein DJ (2016, June). Emotion regulation in methamphetamine dependence with and without psychosis - an fMRI study. Poster presented at the 22nd OHBM Annual Meeting, Geneva, Switzerland.

  Uhlmann A, Wilson D, Meintjes E, & Stein DJ (2014, July). Deficits in social cognition in methamphetamine dependants with and without a history of psychosis. Poster presented at the 9th FENS Forum of Neuroscience, Milan, Italy.

• Uhlmann A, Mauff K, Koen N, Ipser J, Wilson D, & Stein DJ (2014, June). Cortical thickness and affect perception in methamphetamine abuse with and without a history of psychosis. Poster presented at the 20th OHBM Annual Meeting, Hamburg, Germany.

• Uhlmann A, Koen N, Sinclair H, Temmingh H, Meintjes EM, & Stein DJ (2013, October). Cortical thickness differences in methamphetamine dependent individuals with and without a history of psychosis. Poster presented at the 26th ECNP Congress, Barcelona, Spain.

• Uhlmann A, Bandelow B, Stein DJ, Havemann-Reinecke U, Bloch S, Engel KR, & Wedekind D (2013, February). Structural brain differences in alcohol dependent subjects with and without comorbid affective pathology – a retrospective MRI study. Poster presented at the International Anxiety Disorder Symposium, Stellenbosch, South Africa.

• Uhlmann A, Koen, N., Sinclair H, Temmingh H, Spottiswoode, B., Wilson D, & Stein DJ (2012, July). Cortical thickness changes in fronto-temporal regions in methamphetamine-induced psychosis. Poster presented at the 8th FENS Forum of Neuroscience, Barcelona, Spain.

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