Jens Wiltfang

Biography

Jens Wiltfang is a graduate from the Faculty of Medicine of Hannover where he obtained a PhD in Psychiatry. He is the Director of the Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy at the University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG). He is a neurologist and psychiatrist with wide experience in the field of neurodegenerative diseases. His activity includes the clinical characterization of patients with dementia and research on the biomarker discovery and validation. In particular his main expertise is on the field of cerebrospinal fluid and blood biomarkers for early diagnosis of neurodegenerative diseases, with special interest on Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease. Jens Wiltfang is a graduate from the Faculty of Medicine of Hannover where he obtained a PhD in Psychiatry. He is the Director of the Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy at the University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG). He is a neurologist and psychiatrist with wide experience in the field of neurodegenerative diseases. His activity includes the clinical characterization of patients with dementia and research on the biomarker discovery and validation. In particular his main expertise is on the field of cerebrospinal fluid and blood biomarkers for early diagnosis of neurodegenerative diseases, with special interest on Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease.

Research Interest

Nephrology