Professor Josef Priller
Chair of Brain Inflammation and Repair

- Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences
- UK Dementia Research Institute at the University of Edinburgh
Contact details
- Email: Josef.Priller@ed.ac.uk
Background
Josef Priller is the Professor of Neuropsychiatry at the Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin and the Chair of Brain Inflammation and Repair at the University of Edinburgh and UK DRI.
He graduated from the Technical University of Munich, and obtained his M.D. at the Max-Planck-Institute of Psychiatry. He performed his residencies in neurology, psychiatry and psychotherapy at the Charité in Berlin.
Qualifications
01/1998 Dr. med. (Max-Planck-Institute of Psychiatry and Technical University of Munich, Germany)
07/2002 Habilitation (Humboldt University Berlin, Germany)
03/2004 University Professor (Charite University Berlin, Germany)
12/2004 Board Certification in Neurology (Aerztekammer Berlin, Germany)
11/2009 Board Certification in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy (Aerztekammer Berlin, Germany)
Research summary
He combines basic research in neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration with clinical work on movement disorders and dementias. He is particularly interested in Huntington’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease and frontotemporal dementias.
Related links
Neurodegenerative conditions research at the Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences
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Arterial hypertension and β-amyloid accumulation have spatially overlapping effects on posterior white matter hyperintensity volume: a cross-sectional study
In:
Alzheimer's research & therapy, vol. 15, pp. 97
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13195-023-01243-4
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Cell-autonomous immune dysfunction driven by disrupted autophagy in C9orf72-ALS iPSC-derived microglia contributes to neurodegeneration
In:
Science Advances
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abq0651
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Altered limbic functional connectivity in individuals with subjective cognitive decline: Converging and diverging findings across Chinese and German cohorts
In:
Alzheimer's & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/alz.13068
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
Antipsychotic-induced akathisia in adults with acute schizophrenia: A systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis
(10 pages)
In:
European Neuropsychopharmacology, vol. 72, pp. 40-49
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroneuro.2023.03.015
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
A Residual Marker of Cognitive Reserve Is Associated with Resting-State Intrinsic Functional Connectivity Along the Alzheimer's Disease Continuum
(16 pages)
In:
Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, vol. 92, pp. 925-940
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3233/JAD-220464
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published)