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Prof. Hubert Preissl

Head of Division "Metabolic Neuroimaging"

Fields of Work and Expertise

fMRIImaging  Artificial IntelligenceFetal programming Development functional Imaging 

 

  • Investigation of the structural and functional changes of the brain in prediabetics
  • Insulin action in the brain
  • Investigation of functional brain development and the autonomic nervous system in human foetuses using a non-invasive method (fetal magnetoencephalography and cardiography)

Professional Background

Since 2015

Professor, Institute for Diabetes Research and Metabolic Diseases (IDM) of the Helmholtz Munich at the University of Tübingen

Since 2011

Research group leader "Metabolic Neuroimaging" at the Institute for Diabetes Research and Metabolic Diseases of the Helmholtz Munich at the University of Tübingen.

2000-2011

Project Director for fetal Magnetoencephalography at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, USA.

1997-2015

Researcher at the MEG Center, University of Tübingen.

1994-1997

Postdoctoral research at the Institute of Medical Psychology and Behavioral Neurobiology, University of Tübingen, under the supervision of Professor Niels Birbaumer.

1988 - 1994

Doctoral thesis (Physics) at the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics under the guidance of Professor Valentin Braitenberg.

1981-1988

Diploma in Physics, University of Regensburg and Tübingen

Hubert Preissl as a guest at Scobel, 3sat
"Overweight: flaw or disease?"

What can successful prevention look like? Is the body mass index really the measure of all things, or are there other, more accurate methods to measure overweight?

The WHO declared obesity to be the second biggest health threat worldwide in 2019: up to four million people are expected to die each year as a result of being overweight.

What can successful prevention look like? Is the body mass index really the measure of all things, or are there other, more accurate methods of measuring obesity? And is everyone who is overweight really sick? Or is it possible to lead a healthy life even with a few kilos too many? What role do genes and - the psyche play?

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