Herta Flor#
| Membership Number: | 2272 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHYSIOLOGY & NEUROSCIENCE |
| Elected: | 2004 |
| Main Country of Residence: | GERMANY |
Present and Previous Positions
- since 2000 Scientific Director of Department of Cognitive and Clinical Neuroscience, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University
- 1995 - 2000 Full Professor of Clinical Psychology and Behavioral Neuroscience, Humboldt-University, Berlin, Germany
- 1993 - 1995 Associate professor of Somatic Psychology, Humboldt-University, Berlin, Germany
- since 1993 Offers for professor positions from Leipzig, Marburg, Magdeburg, Geneva, Bonn, Berlin Charité (all declined)
- 1991 - 1993 Heisenberg Fellowship, German Research Foundation, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
- 1990 - 1991 Visiting Professor, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany
- 1987 - 1989 Habiliation Fellowship, German Research Foundation, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
- 1985 - 1987 Visiting Professor, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA
- 1984 - 1985 Assistant Professor, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
- 1983 - 1984 Postdoctoral Fellow, Yale University, New Haven, USA
Fields of Scholarship
- Learning and memory processes and related plastic changes of the brain in the development and maintenance of chronic pain
- Development and evaluation of new interdisciplinary behaviorally oriented treatments for chronic pain
- Interaction of body image, implicit body-related learning and brain changes in chronic pain
- Uses of virtual reality applications and body-related illusions
Honours and Awards
- 2016 Research Award of the German Society for the Study of Pain (for the working group)
- 2015 Research Award of the German Society for the Study of Pain (for the working group)
- 2015 Honorary doctorate by Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
- 2014 Lifetime Achievement Award by the German Psychological Association
- 2010 Research Award of the German Society for the Study of Pain (for the working group)
- 2009 Hamburg Award Personality Disorders
- 2007 Research Award of the German Society for the Study of Pain (for the working group)
- 2004 Award for Basic Research of the State of Baden-Württemberg, Germany
- 2003 Research Award of the German Society for Neurotraumatology and Clinical Neuropsychology
- 2002 German Psychology Award
- 2001 Muscle Pain Research Award
- 2001 Max-Planck-Award for International Cooperation
- 2000 Award for Pain Research of the German Association of Study of Pain
- 1999 Sertürner Award for Pain Research
- 1996 Award for Clinical Research of the SmithKline Beecham-Foundation
- 1992 Award for Pain Research of the German Association of Study of Pain
- 1990 Medtronic Award of the German Association of Study of Pain
