External funding
Research areas
Research projects
External funding
Measuring instruments and procedures
Scientific links
German Research Foundation (DFG)
Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF)
“Psychoneurobiological mechanisms in essential hypertension and coronary heart disease”
“The effects of alpha-adrenergic blockade on norepinephrine-induced changes in blood lipids, procoagulant activity, and inflammatory cytokines in essential hypertension”
Heart failure study
Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts Baden-Württemberg
Structure and Innovation Fund Baden-Württemberg (SI-BW)
German Scholars Organization
Hector Foundation
Swiss Foundation of the Cocoa and Chocolate Industry
“Can dark chocolate protect against stress? The effects of a single serving of dark chocolate on psychobiological stress reactivity in humans” (2009-2014)
Inselspital Bern
Additional funding in the context of the SNF project “Psychoneurobiological mechanisms in essential hypertension and coronary heart disease” (2011-2018)
Additional funding in the context of the SNF project “The effects of alpha-adrenergic blockade on norepinephrine-induced changes in blood lipids, procoagulant activity, and inflammatory cytokines in essential hypertension” (2009-2013)
Preliminary study for the project “The effects of alpha-adrenergic blockade on norepinephrine-induced changes in blood lipids, procoagulant activity, and inflammatory cytokines in essential hypertension” (2007-2008)
Foundation for Research in Science and the Humanities at the University of Zurich
“Psychophysiological factors of stress reactivity in hypertensive individuals” (2003-2005)
“Melatonin and psychobiological stress reactivity – can Melatonin protect against stress?” (2005-2008)