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Dr Sabine Hoja

Curriculum Vitae


Career history

  • Since December 2024: Academic Councillor at the Chair of Sports Science, University of Regensburg
  • February 2017 – November 2024: Research Assistant at the Chair of Sports Science, University of Regensburg
  • September 2011 – December 2016: Research Assistant in the Department of Neuropathology, Regensburg University Hospital
  • November 2010 – August 2011: Research Assistant at the Institute of Pathology, Erlangen University Hospital


Educational Background

  • 2011 – 2016 Regensburg University Hospital, PhD (Dr. rer. physiol.)
  • 2006 – 2011 FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg, Diploma in Molecular Medicine
     

Teaching


Courses

  • Lecture “Introduction to Sports Psychology”
  • Lecture “Fundamentals of Neuroscience”
  • Seminar “Physical Exercise for Internal Medicine Diseases”
  • Seminar “Physical Exercise for Oncological Diseases”
  • Practical course “Athletics”
     

Publications


Journal articles

  • Jansen, P., Hoja, S., Cassar, L., & Neu, T.-M. (2026). The effect of online mindfulness training on connectedness to oneself, to others and to nature in students. Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being, 18(2), 1758-0854. https://doi.org/10.1111/aphw.70137
  • Hoja, S., & Jansen, P. (2026). Explicit and implicit attitudes towards sustainability in outdoor athletes. Frontiers in Psychology, 16, 1708079. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1708079
  • Jansen, P., Rahe, M., & Hoja, S. (2025). The relation between character strengths and sustainable consumption behaviour. Global Environmental Psychology, 3, e12843. https://doi.org/10.5964/gep.12843
  • Jansen, P., Rahe, M., Hoja, S. & Jost, L. (2024). Are Character Strengths and Attitudes towards Vegetarian Food Related? International Journal of Applied Positive Psychology, 9, 1–25. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41042-023-00104-7
  • Jansen, P., Hoja, S., & Rahe, M. (2024). Connectedness and sustainable attitudes and behaviour in athletes. German Journal of Exercise and Sport Research, 54, 55–63. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12662-023-00899-2
  • Jansen, P., Hoja, S., & Rahe, M. (2024). The relationship between the aspects of connectedness and sustainable consumption. Frontiers in Psychology: Positive Psychology, 14, 1216944. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1216944
  • Rothhammer-Hampl, T., Liesenberg, F., Hansen, N., Hoja, S., Delic, S., Reifenberger, G., & Riemenschneider, M.J. (2021). Frequent epigenetic inactivation of DIRAS-1 and DIRAS-2 contributes to chemo-resistance in gliomas. Cancers, 13, 5113. https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers13205113
  • Jansen, P., Hoja, S., & Jost, L. (2021). Are there gender differences in executive functions in musicians and non-musicians? Journal of Individual Differences, 43, 20–27. https://doi.org/10.1027/1614-0001/a000350
  • Jansen, P., Hoja, S., & Meneghetti, C. (2021). Does repetitive thinking mediate the relationship between self-compassion and competition anxiety in athletes? Cogent Psychology, 8(1), 1909243. https://doi.org/10.1080/23311908.2021.1909243
  • Hoja, S., & Jansen, P. (2019). Mindfulness-based intervention for tennis players: a quasi-experimental pilot study. BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine, 5(1), e000584. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjsem-2019-000584
  • Jansen, P., Paes, F., Hoja, S., & Machado, S. (2019). Mental rotation test performance in Brazilian and German adolescents: The role of sex, processing speed and physical activity in two different cultures. Frontiers in Psychology, 10, 945. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00945
  • Kittsteiner, J., Hoja, S., & Jansen, P. (2019). MBSR interventions in teacher training programmes: A pilot study among German physical education students. Journal of Martial Arts Research, 2, 1–9. https://doi.org/10.15495/ojs_25678221_21_60
  • Schulze, M., Hutterer, M., Sabo, A., Hoja, S., Lorenz, J., Rothhammer-Hampl, T., … Riemenschneider, M. J. (2018). Chronophin regulates active vitamin B6 levels and transcriptomic features of glioblastoma cell lines cultured under non-adherent, serum-free conditions. BMC Cancer, 18(1), 524. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12885-018-4440-4
  • Hoja, S., Zirkelbach, J., & Jansen, P. (2018). Mindfulness – also a megatrend in competitive sport? Sports Orthopaedics and Traumatology, 34(1), 38–44. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orthtr.2017.11.001
  • Jansen, P., & Hoja, S. (2018). Does sport really make you happy? Journal of Sport Psychology, 25(1), 21–32. https://doi.org/10.1026/1612-5010/a000211
  • Schulze, M., Violonchi, C., Swoboda, S., Welz, T., Kerkhoff, E., Hoja, S., … Riemenschneider, M. J. (2017). RELN signalling modulates glioblastoma growth and substrate-dependent migration. Brain Pathology, 28(5), 695–709. https://doi.org/10.1111/bpa.12584
  • Hoja, S., Schulze, M., Rehli, M., Proescholdt, M., Herold-Mende, C., Hau, P., & Riemenschneider, M. J. (2016). Molecular analysis of the effects of valproic acid on glioma cells. Oncotarget, 7(39), 62989–63002. https://doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.11379
  • Schulze, M., Hoja, S., Winner, B., Winkler, J., Edenhofer, F., & Riemenschneider, M. J. (2016). Model testing of PluriTest using next-generation sequencing data. Stem Cells and Development, 25(7), 569–571. https://doi.org/10.1089/scd.2015.0266
  • Rogler, A., Hoja, S., Giedl, J., Ekici, A. B., Wach, S., Taubert, H., … Stoehr, R. (2014). Loss of MTUS1/ATIP expression is associated with adverse outcome in advanced bladder carcinomas: Data from a retrospective study. BMC Cancer, 14, 214. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2407-14-214
  • Rogler, A., Hoja, S., Socher, E., Nolte, E., Wach, S., Wieland, W., … Stoehr, R. (2013). Role of two single nucleotide polymorphisms in secreted frizzled-related protein 1 and bladder cancer risk. International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Pathology, 6(10), 1984–1998.


Book

  • Jansen, P., & Hoja, S. (Eds.) (2020). Happy through sport? A scientific perspective. Hogrefe


Conference contributions

  • Hoja, S. & Jansen, P. (2025). Explicit and implicit attitudes towards sustainability among outdoor sportspeople. (Poster presentation at the 57th Annual Conference of the German Society for Sport Psychology (asp), Bochum.)
  • Hoja, S., Jansen, P., & Rahe, M. (2024). Connectedness and sustainable behaviour among athletes. (Presentation at the 56th Annual Conference of the German Society for Sport Psychology (asp), Berlin.)
  • Hoja, S., Rahe, M., & Jansen, P. (2023). The relationship between character strengths and sustainable behaviour. (Poster presentation at the 1st International Conference on Environmental Mindfulness (ICEM), Rome (Italy).)
  • Hoja, S., Jansen, P., & Rahe, M. (2023). Connectedness and sustainable behaviour in athletes. (Poster presentation at the 35th Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science (APS), Washington, D.C. (USA).)
  • Hoja, S., & Jansen, P. (2019). Mindfulness intervention for tennis players: a pilot study. (Poster presentation at the 51st Annual Conference of the German Society for Sport Psychology (asp), Halle an der Saale.)
  • Hoja, S., Zirkelbach, J., & Jansen, P. (2018). Mindfulness – a new trend in competitive sports? (Poster presentation at the 29th World Summit on Positive Psychology, Mindfulness and Psychotherapy, New York (USA).)
  • Hoja, S., Schulze, M., Rehli, M., Proescholdt, M., Herold-Mende, C., Hau, P. & Riemenschneider, M. J. (2016). Molecular dissection of the effects of valproic acid on glioma cells. (Poster presentation at the 18th NOA Annual Conference, Regensburg.)
     
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