Kira Flinkenflügel, M.Sc.
PhD student
flinkenf@uni-muenster.de 
+49 (0)251 83-51850

Projects: FOR2107

  • CV

    Research Profiles

    Twitter @kflinkenflue
    Open Science Framework osf.io/xpmeb
    ORCID id 0000-0001-7738-5429
    Research Gate www.researchgate.net/profile/Kira-Flinkenfluegel

    Academic Career

    05/2022 present PhD-student in psychology at the Institute for Translational Psychiatry, University of Münster, Germany, under the direction of Prof. Dr. Dr. Udo Dannlowski
    10/2020 04/2022 Master of science psychology (Ø 1.0) at the University of Osnabrück, Germany (Focus on Clinical Psychology)
    10/2018 09/2020 Bachelor of science psychology (Ø 1.2) at the University of Osnabrück, Germany
    08/2007 06/2015 A-levels (Ø 1.2) at the Gymasium Remigianum, Borken, Germany

    Clinical Work and Training

    01/2023 present Training in psychotherapy, specialty cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) at the Institute for Psychological Psychotherapy Training (IPP), University of Münster, Germany
    01/2023 present In-patient psychotherapy (PT1) at the University Hospital Münster, Germany, day clinic, under the direction of Prof. Dr. Dr. Udo Dannlowski

    Awards, scholarships, and competitive funds

    2023 Invited speaker at the „New findings“ symposium at the ECNP congress 2023; 6 of 100 participants of the ECNP Workshop for Early Career Scientists were chosen based on the evaluation of submitted abstracts
    2023 Congress travel scholarship, ECNP Workshop for Early Career Scientists in Europe, 2023, financing of the travel and accommodation costs for 100 participants based on submitted abstracts for the ECNP Workshop in Nice, France

  • Research

    Research Interests

    • Neural correlates of risk and protective factors associated with psychiatric disorders, especially Major Depressive Disorder
    • Cognition
    • Diffusion Tensor Imaging
    • Connectomics
    • Genetics

     

    Research projects:

    • FOR2107

  • Publications

    Notable publications

    • Flinkenflügel, K., Meinert, S., Thiel, K., Winter, A., Goltermann, J., Strathausen, L., ... & Dannlowski, U. (2023). Negative Stressful Life Events and Social Support Are Associated With White Matter Integrity in Depressed Patients and Healthy Control Participants: A Diffusion Tensor Imaging Study. Biological Psychiatry.