Consultant Psychiatrist, NSW Health, SLHD - Professor Marie Bashir Centre
Research Associate, Brain and Mind Centre, The University of Sydney
Lecturer, Central Institute of Mental Health Mannheim, Heidelberg University
Scientific interests:
Translational Clinical Trials
Role of (Endo-)Cannabinoids in psychiatric disorders
Publications:
PubMed-search: Koethe D [Auth]
Academic education:
1992-2000 Study of Medicine, University of Cologne and Medical College of Bangalore, India
Dissertation:
01/2002 "Apoptose in kolorektalen Karzinomen: Untersuchungen zur klinisch-pathologischen Relevanz“, University of Cologne, Institute of Pathology, Cologne, Germany
Board certificates:
02/2006 Psychiatry and Psychotherapy (Medical Board Nordrhein)
12/2019 Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists
Habilitation:
01/2014 "Adaptive and protective aspects of the endocannabinoid system in schizophrenic psychosis" Venia legendi, Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg, Germany
Professional experience:
2000–2001 Resident, Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Munich
2002–2004 Registrar, Dept. of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Cologne
2004 Research Fellow, Laboratory of Neuropathology, Stanley Medical Research Institute, Bethesda
2004–2005 Registrar, Dept. of Neurology, University of Cologne
2005–2006 Registrar, Dept. of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Cologne
2006–2009 Senior Psychiatrist, Dept. of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Cologne
2009–2011 Medical Head, Centre of Excellence of Research in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental Health, Mannheim - Maternal leave 2010-2011 -
2011–2014 Senior Psychiatrist and Staff specialist, Dept. of General Psychiatry, Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg (Medical Faculty Heidelberg)
2014–2015 Associate Professor and Senior Psychiatrist, Dept. of Psychosomatics and Psychotherapeutic Medicine, Central Institute of Mental Health, Mannheim
2015–2017 Associate Professor and Deputy Medical Director (acting), Head Research Group Neurobiology of Stress and Trauma (NeST), Dept. of Psychosomatics and Psychotherapeutic Medicine, Central Institute of Mental Health, Mannheim
2017 to 2019 Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Brain and Mind Centre, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia and
2017 to current Visiting Scientist and Lecturer, Dept. of Psychosomatics and Psychotherapeutic Medicine, Central Institute of Mental Health, Mannheim
2018 to current Consultant Psychiatrist, Professor Marie Bashir Centre, Royal Prince Alfried University Hospital Sydney, Australia
Awards:
2004 Project award der Theodore and Vada Stanley Foundation, Bethesda, USA
2006 Travel Award of the Schizophrenia International Research Society to the “Biennale Winter Workshop on Schizophrenia Research”, Davos