Dr. Laurenz Lammer

Medical doctoral researcher (in cooperation with Leipzig University)

Main Focus

  • I am interested in the application of concepts from social epidemiology to the study of neurological diseases.
  • My research focuses on social isolation as a potentially modifiable risk factor for cognitive decline and dementia.
  • I am intrigued by the challenges and opportunities of the use of Bayesian statistics for Neuroscience and Epidemiology.
  • Moreover, I am interested in the practical implementation of concepts from philosophy of science and medicine to improve research practices.
  • Current projects:
    • Discerning appropriate public health strategies for tackling loneliness and social isolation to protect mental and cognitive health using GAMMs (generalized additive mixed models)
    • Implementing a structured assessment of loneliness and social isolation in the Day Clinic for Cognitive Neurology at the University of Leipzig Medical Center

Curriculum Vitae

  • 2025 - PhD candidate in the Max Planck School of Cognition, clinician scientist programme
  • 2025 guest researcher at Dept. of Psychiatry, University of Oxford
  • 2020-2025 doctoral student (Dr. med.) at Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences
  • 2019-2022 Studies in Philosophy at University of Leipzig
  • 2017-2025 scholarship-holder of the German Academic Scholarship Foundation
  • 2017-2024 medical student at University of Leipzig & MedUni Wien
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