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Funke, Robin

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Dr. med. Robin Funke MHBA

Research Associate

Education

  
01/2020-09/2022 Master’s Degree Program in Health Management
Master of Health Business Administration (MHBA)
School of Business, Economics and Society, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU)

07/2017

 

Board Certification in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
10/2012FELASA Category B Certification for Laboratory Animal Science
2008-2012

Doctorate in Medicine (Dr. med.)
Department of Internal Medicine 3 – Rheumatology and Immunology, University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU)

Doctoral thesis: “Epigenetic Silencing of Endogenous Inhibitors of the WNT Signaling Pathway through Promoter Methylation in Systemic Sclerosis”

04/2005-03/2012Studies in Human Medicine
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and Universidad de Murcia, Spain

Professional Activity

  
since 02/2026

Senior Attending Physician at the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry,

Psychosomatics & Psychotherapy, University of Regensburg at medbo Bezirksklinikum Regensburg

04/2023-01/2026Site Director and Senior Attending Physician, Psychosomatics Division, South Campus, in the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics, and Psychotherapy, Nuremberg Hospital
07/2021-03/2023Medical Expert for the Bavarian Medical Service, Hospital Psychiatric Specialties Division
08/2018-06/2021 Senior Attending Physician at the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics, and Psychotherapy, Nuremberg Hospital
07/2017-08/2018 

Attending Physician at the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics, and

Psychotherapy, Nuremberg Hospital

07/2017 Certification as a Specialist in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
01/2016-06/2017

Resident in the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics, and

Psychotherapy, Nuremberg University Hospital

01/2015-12/2015 Resident in the Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Nuremberg University Hospital
06/2012-12/2014 Resident in the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Department, Erlangen University Hospital, and research associate in the Stress and Epigenetics Research Group

Teaching

  
since 11/2024Lecturer at the Center for Training and Continuing Education in Psychological Psychotherapy (ZAP), Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU), Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy (KliPs), Erlangen

Research Interests

Stress, anxiety disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder, suicidal tendencies, school absenteeism

Publications

Funke, R., Eichler, A., Distler, J., Golub, Y., Kratz, O., & Moll, G. H. (2017). Stress system dysregulation in pediatric generalized anxiety disorder associated with comorbid depression. Stress and Health, 33(5), 518–529. https://doi.org/10.1002/smi.2736 (external link, opens in a new window)

 

Golub, Y., Canneva, F., Funke, R., Frey, S., Distler, J., von Hörsten, S., Freitag, C. M., Kratz, O., Moll, G. H., & Solati, J. (2016). Effects of in utero environment and maternal behavior on neuroendocrine and behavioral alterations in a mouse model of prenatal trauma. Developmental Neurobiology, 76(11), 1254–1265. https://doi.org/10.1002/dneu.22387 (external link, opens in a new window)
Dees, C., Schlottmann, I., Funke, R., Distler, A., Palumbo-Zerr, K., Zerr, P., Lin, N.-Y., Beyer, C., Distler, O., Schett, G., & Distler, J. H. W. (2014). The Wnt antagonists DKK1 and SFRP1 are downregulated by promoter hypermethylation in systemic sclerosis. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 73(6), 1232–1239. https://doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2012-203194 (external link, opens in a new window)
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