CV Science

Fabrice Berna (MD, PhD) -- Professor of psychiatry

Course and current status

Since Sept 2017: Professor of Psychiatry at the Department of Psychiatry (Prof. Jean-Marie Danion) of the University Hospital of Strasbourg and University of Strasbourg, France. Research at Inserm U1114 "Physiology and Cognitive Psychopathology of Schizophrenia", Strasbourg.

Dec. 2015 - Aug. 2017: Psychiatrist at Department of Psychiatry (Prof. Jean-Marie Danion) of the University Hospital of Strasbourg, France. Research at Inserm U1114 "Physiology and Cognitive Psychopathology of Schizophrenia", Strasbourg.

June 2015 - Nov. 2015: Visiting Researcher at the University Hospital of Hamburg (UKE), Germany (Prof. Steffen Moritz - Prof. Jürgen Gallinat).

Aug. 2011 - May 2015 : Psychiatrist at Department of Psychiatry (Prof. Jean-Marie Danion) of the University Hospital of Strasbourg, France. Research at Inserm U1114 "Physiology and Cognitive Psychopathology of Schizophrenia", Strasbourg.

Nov. 2006 – Dec. 2010: Ph.D. “Autobiographical memory and the self in schizophrenia” from the University of Strasbourg, France

Aug. 2010 – Aug. 2011: Research Assistant (post-doctoral position) at the Section of Geriatric Psychiatry (Prof. Johannes Schröder) of the University Hospital of Heidelberg, Germany

Nov. 2006 – Aug. 2010: Assistant psychiatrist at Department of Psychiatry (Prof. Jean-Marie Danion) of the University Hospital of Strasbourg, France

Sept. 2006: Medical thesis “Autobiographical memory and its impairments in schizophrenia” from the Faculty of Medicine of Nancy, France

1996 - 2006: Medical studies and Residency in Psychiatry in Nancy, France

Scientific summary

My main research topic is about autobiographical memory and the self in schizophrenia.

More specifically, with Jean-Marie Danion and his coworkers we are interested in exploring the autobiographical memory deficits underlying the disorders of the self which are observed in patients with schizophrenia.

We are also developing cognitive remediation methods in order to improve patients' autobiographical memory.