Prof. Dr. med. Christoph Nissen professor (Ordinarius) and chief physician, Division of psychiatric specialties, University of Geneva Phone +41 22 305 45 22 (Francine Gendre, office) E-Mail Christoph.Nissen@hcuge.ch E-Mail2 Francine.Gendre@hcuge.ch Postal Address Département de psychiatrie Service des spécialités psychiatriques HUG, Rue de Lausanne 20, 1201 Genève, Switzerland Consultation Hour Please contact Francine Gendre (office)
Positions Since 2022 professor (Ordinarius) and chief physician, Division of psychiatric specialties, University of Geneva 2017 to 2021 chief physician (clinic) and vice director, University Hospital of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy Medical head, competence center for psychotherapy Member of the board of directors, University Sleep-Wake-Epilepsy-Center Research group leader 'Sleep research in psychiatry'
Clinical specialization Clinical psychiatry and psychotherapy in the entire spectrum of psychiatric disorders, with an emphasis on affective disorders Neuropsychiatric sleep medicine
Education Medical school at the Universities of Freiburg i.Br., Paris and Berlin 2001 Dissertation (MD), University of Freiburg i.Br. 2006 – 2007 Postdoc at the University of Pittsburgh 2009 Medical license, psychiatry and psychotherapy, University of Freiburg i.Br. 2011 Habilitation, University of Freiburg i.Br. 2014 Ausserplanmäßiger Professor, University of Freiburg i.Br. 2022 Full professor (Ordinarius), University of Geneva
Research and Teaching Research group leader ‚Sleep research in psychiatry‘, University Hospital of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy Bern Head, sleep section of the German Association for Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics (DGPPN); head, research committee of the European Sleep Research Society (ESRS); board member, sleep section of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA); associate editor of the Journal of Sleep Research (European Sleep Research Society) 2011 – 2017 representative of teaching, University Hospital of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Freiburg i.Br. 2020 award for outstanding engagement in medical training of the Institut Suisse pour la Formation Médicale (ISFM)
