Maria Geisler, Dr.

Research Associate - After studying psychology in Jena, Maria started her PhD that was founded by German Academic Scholarship Foundation. During this period, she was able to work as a research trainee at the Harvard Medical School in Boston for 3 months. Maria graduated summa cum laude with her doctorate in 2021. As ambitious hobby sportswomen, Maria is fascinated in unravelling the structure and function of the athletes’ brain​

Education:

January 2016 to December 2021: Doctorate (degree: summa cum laude), Friedrich Schiller University Jena

October 2013 to December 2015: Master of Science Psychology, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena

October 2010 to September 2013: Bachelor of Science Psychology, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena

June 2010: High school diploma, Diesterweg-Gymnasium Plauen

 

Positions:

Since April 2019: Research Associate, Department of Clinical Psychology, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany

March 2019 to June 2019: Research Trainee, Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Psychiatry Neuroimaging Laboratory, Boston, USA

September 2017 to March 2019: Research Assistant, Department of Methodology and Evaluation Research, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany

January 2016 to September 2017: Research Assistant, Department of Clinical Psychology, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany

August 2014 to September 2014: Intern, Interdisciplinary Pain Therapy Day Clinic, Jena University Hospital.

May 2012 to July 2015: Student/Scientific Assistant, Department of Clinical Psychology, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany

October 2012 to March 2015: Tutor, Department of Methodology and Evaluation Research, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany

 

Teaching Activities:

2020 to 2021: Seminars "Clinical Psychology", Department of Clinical Psychology, Friedrich Schiller University Jena

2017 to 2019: Exercises and tutorials in "Item Response Theory" and "Test Theory", Department of Methodology and Evaluation Research, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany

2016 to 2017: Seminars in biological and clinical psychology, Department of Clinical Psychology, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena Germany

2012 to 2015: Tutorials in "Regression Analysis", "Test Theory" and "Multivariate Statistics", Department of Methodology and Evaluation Research, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany

 

Publications:

Peer-reviewed Journals:

  • Geisler, M., Weiß, T. (2022). Schmerzmodulation durch Ausdauersport. Manuelle Medizin doi: 10.1007/s00337-022-00866-2
  • Geisler, M., Ritter, A., Herbsleb, M., Bär, K.-J., & Weiss, T. (2021) Neural mechanisms of pain processing differ between endurance athletes and non-athletes: A functional connectivity magnetic resonance imaging study. Hum. Brain Mapp., doi: 10.1002/hbm.25659External link
  • Geisler, M., Rizzoni, E., Makris, N., Pasternak, O., Rathi, Y., Bouix, S., . . . Kikinis, Z. (2021). Microstructural alterations in medial forebrain bundle are associated with interindividual pain sensitivity. Hum. Brain Mapp., 42(4), 1130-1137. doi: 10.1002/hbm.25281External link
  • Geisler, M., Herbsleb, M., Bär, K.-J., Weiss, T. (2020). Dissociation of Endogenous Pain Inhibition Due to Conditioned Pain Modulation and Placebo in Male Athletes Versus Nonathletes. Front. Psychol. 11:553530. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.553530
  • Geisler, M., Eichelkraut, L. Miltner, W. H. R., Weiss, T. (2019) An fMRI study on runner’s high and exercise-induced hypoalgesia after a 2-h-run in trained non-elite male athletes. Sport Sciences for Health, doi:10.1007/s11332-019-00592-8
  • Geisler, M., Eichelkraut, L. Miltner, W. H. R., Weiss, T. (2018) Expectation of exercise in trained athletes results in a reduction of central processing to nociceptive stimulation. Behav. Brain Res., doi:10.1016/j.bbr.2018.08.036
  • Dietrich, C., Blume, K. R., Franz, M., Huonker, R., Carl, M., Preissler, S., . . . Weiss, T. (2017). Dermatomal Organization of SI Leg Representation in Humans: Revising the Somatosensory Homunculus. Cereb Cortex, 27(9), 4564-4569. doi:10.1093/cercor/bhx007

Posters:

  • Geisler, M., Herbsleb, M., Bär, K.-J., Weiss, T. (2019) Double dissociation of endogenous pain inhibition due to conditioned pain modulatio and placebo in humans. Europäischer Schmerzkongress, Valencia, Spanien 2019
  • Carl, M., Eichelkraut, L., Miltner, W. H. R., Weiss, T. (2017) Beeinflusst die Trainingshäufigkeit die reduzierte zentrale Verarbeitung nozizeptiver Stimulation in Antizipation eines 2-h-Ausdauerlaufes? Deutscher Schmerzkongress, Mannheim 2017
  • Carl, M., Eichelkraut, L., Miltner, W. H. R., Weiss, T. (2016) Antizipation vs. Realisierung eines 2-h-Ausdauerlaufes: Was wirkt schmerzhemmender? Deutscher Schmerzkongress, Mannheim, 2016
  • Carl, M., Eichelkraut, L., Miltner, W. H. R., Weiss, T. (2016) Anticipation versus realization of a 2-hours-run: What inhibits pain most? International Mind and Pain in Motion Symposium, Bochum 2016

Presentations:

  • Geisler, M. (2021) Grundlagen der (funktionellen) Magnetresonanztomographie,
  •  Winter School 2021 der Deutschen Schmerzgesellschaft e.V
  • Geisler,M. (2019) Neuronale Mechanismen der Schmerzverarbeitung bei Ausdauersportlern, Deutscher Schmerzkongress, Mannheim 2019
  • Geisler, M.(2019) Neuronal mechanisms of endogenous pain inhibition in endurance athletes, Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Psychiatry Neuroimaging Laboratory, Boston, USA
  • Carl, M. (2018) Biopsychologische Mechanismen der körpereigenen Schmerzinhibition – Einfluss von Sport auf die körpereigene Schmerzinhibition, Psychologie und Gehirn Tagung, Gießen 2018

Scholarships and Awards:

  • September 2019: Scholarship for participation in the European Pain Congress (705,- €), ProChance Frauenförderung der Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
  • May 2019: Research fellowship (1000,- €), G.A.-Lienert-Foundation
  • June 2018: scholarship to attend the conference Psychology and the Brain in Giessen (355,- €), ProChance Frauenförderung of the Friedrich Schiller University Jena
  • April 2018 to December 2021: PhD scholarship, Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes.
  • October 2018: poster award (500,- €), German Pain Congress, Mannheim, Germany
  • May 2017: Young Scientist Award (Master thesis, 700,- €), German Society for Psychological Pain Therapy and Research (DGPSF)