Dr. Claudia Irmgard Buss PhD

I am engaged in prospective longitudinal studies on the effects of prenatal maternal stress and other adverse conditions during pregnancy (e.g. infection) on birth outcomes and the offspring's health and cognitive development employing MRI, neuroendocrine and neuropsychological testing.

07/2003-06/2006:  Doctoral fellowship by the “Deutsches Cusanuswerk”

10/2003-09/2005:  Travel stipends for a collaborative research project by the Douglas Hospital Research Center

07/2004:  Travel stipend by the German Volkswagen Foundations for participation in the Third Trier Summerschool

07/2004:  Young Investigator Award by the International Society for Psychoneuroendocrinology (ISPNE) for participation in the annual society’s Conference held in Glasgow, UK

09/2005:  Travel Award by the German Research foundation (DFG) for participation in the Conference of the International Society for Psychoneuroendocrinology (ISPNE) in Montreal, Canada

07-09/2006:  Doctoral Fellowship by the University of Trier

09/2006:  Stipend to attend the Lille Summerschool on Neuroplasticity over the Lifespan from the local organizing committee and the German Research Foundation,

09/2006:  Award for the poster presentation of “Maternal care modulates the relationship between birth weight and hippocampal volume” at the the Lille Summerschool on Neuroplasticity over the Lifespan

Since 05/2007:  Postdoctoral research fellowship by the German Research Foundation

02/2009:  Young Investigator Travel Award to attend the Winterneuropeptide Conference in Breckenridge, USA

03/2009:  Young Investigator Award by the American Psychosomatic Society for participation in the annual society’s Conference held in Chicago, USA

Buss C., Wolf O.T., Witt J., Hellhammer D.H. Autobiographic memory impairment following acute cortisol administration. Psychoneuroendocrinology 2004;29(8):1093-6.

Buss, C., Lord, C., Wadiwalla, M., Hellhammer, D.H., Meaney, S.J., Lupien, S.J., Pruessner J.C. Maternal care modulates the relationship between prenatal risk and hippocampal volume in women but not in men, Journal of Neuroscience 2007; 27(10): 2592-5.

Lord C., Buss C., Lupien S.J., Pruessner J.C. Hippocampal volumes are larger in postmenopausal women using estrogen therapy compared to past users, never users and men: A possible window of opportunity effect, Neurobiology of Aging 2008; 29(1): 1-152.

Pruessner J. C., Dedovic K., Khalili-Mahani N., Engert V., Pruessner M., Buss C., Renwick R., Dagher A., Meaney M. J., Lupien S. Deactivation of the Limbic System during Acute Psychosocial Stress: Evidence from Positron Emission Tomography and Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Studies. Biol Psychiatry 2008; 63(2): 234-40.

Class, Q.A., Buss, C., Davis, E.P., Gierczak, M., Pattillo, C., Chicz-DeMet, A., Sandman, C.A. Low Levels Of Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone During Early Pregnancy Are Associated With Precocious Maturation Of The Human Fetus. Dev Neurosci, 2008; 30: 419-26.