Nuray Alaca | Motor İmagery | Best Researcher Award Posted on 07/02/202507/02/2025 by sciencefather Prof Dr. Nuray Alaca | Motor İmagery | Best Researcher Award Profile Orcid Scopus Web Education She completed her Doctorate in Physiology at Marmara University, Institute of Health Sciences, Turkey, from 2011 to 2015. Prior to that, she earned her Postgraduate degree in Orthopedic Rehabilitation from the same institute between 1999 and 2002. Her academic journey began with an Undergraduate degree in Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation from Istanbul University, School of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation, where she studied from 1995 to 1999. Research Her research focuses on physiotherapy and rehabilitation, with a strong academic background in the field. She has been serving as an Associate Professor at Acibadem Mehmet Ali Aydinlar University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, since 2021. Prior to this, she worked as an Assistant Professor from 2016 to 2021 and as a Lecturer from 2011 to 2015 at the same institution. She has been actively involved in various research projects in physiotherapy and rehabilitation, supervising both postgraduate and doctoral students. Her ongoing research includes a randomized controlled trial on graded motor imagery as an adjunct to physiotherapy in chronic rotator cuff-related pain and an investigation into the sensorimotor representation of body schema in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis compared to healthy individuals. In 2024, she supervised a postgraduate study on the effect of manual lymph drainage in treating breast edema in patients undergoing breast-conserving surgery and adjuvant radiotherapy. Additionally, she is leading a doctoral study examining the effects of tactile stimulation, swimming exercise, or their combination on oxidative stress, inflammation, amyloid beta, neurogenesis, neurotrophic factors, and molecular signaling in an Alzheimer’s model. Her recent research includes a 2023 retrospective study on the effects of tumor type and treatments on lymphedema levels in breast cancer patients undergoing complex decongestive lymphedema therapy. She also supervised a 2021 postgraduate study exploring the effects of swimming exercise, low-level laser, or their combination on degeneration, inflammation, oxidative stress, utrophin protein, and irisin peptide in Duchenne muscular dystrophy (MDX) mice. Publication Comparison of Pressure Feedback Biofeedback Training with Conventional Lumbar Dynamic Strength Exercises for Chronic Low Back Pain: A Prospective Randomized Trial. Alternative therapies in health and medicine 2024-11-18 | Journal article PMID: 39565706 CONTRIBUTORS: Öztürk Ü; Çörekçi AA; Alaca N; Subaşı F Comparison of static balance and pressure distribution in individuals with unilateral lower limb amputation: The role of barefoot, heel support, and vision. Prosthetics and orthotics international 2024-11-08 | Journal article | Author DOI: 10.1097/pxr.0000000000000403 PMID: 39514704 CONTRIBUTORS: Tatar Y; Nilüfer Kablan; Nejla Gercek; Nuray Alaca Kinesiophobia, physical activity levels and barriers in breast cancer patients, survivors, and healthy controls: A case-control analysis. JPMA. The Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association 2024-08-01 | Journal article DOI: 10.47391/jpma.10558 PMID: 39160708 CONTRIBUTORS: Alaca N; Karayazi KT; Arslan DC; Karakus MB; Uras C The immediate effect of thoracolumbar fascia taping on biomechanical properties, low back pain and balance in individuals with transfemoral amputation. Journal of back and musculoskeletal rehabilitation 2024-01 | Journal article DOI: 10.3233/bmr-230314 PMID: 38517772 CONTRIBUTORS: Çalışkan Z; Alaca N; Kablan N
Prof Dr. Nuray Alaca | Motor İmagery | Best Researcher Award Profile Orcid Scopus Web Education She completed her Doctorate in Physiology at Marmara University, Institute of Health Sciences, Turkey, from 2011 to 2015. Prior to that, she earned her Postgraduate degree in Orthopedic Rehabilitation from the same institute between 1999 and 2002. Her academic journey began with an Undergraduate degree in Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation from Istanbul University, School of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation, where she studied from 1995 to 1999. Research Her research focuses on physiotherapy and rehabilitation, with a strong academic background in the field. She has been serving as an Associate Professor at Acibadem Mehmet Ali Aydinlar University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, since 2021. Prior to this, she worked as an Assistant Professor from 2016 to 2021 and as a Lecturer from 2011 to 2015 at the same institution. She has been actively involved in various research projects in physiotherapy and rehabilitation, supervising both postgraduate and doctoral students. Her ongoing research includes a randomized controlled trial on graded motor imagery as an adjunct to physiotherapy in chronic rotator cuff-related pain and an investigation into the sensorimotor representation of body schema in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis compared to healthy individuals. In 2024, she supervised a postgraduate study on the effect of manual lymph drainage in treating breast edema in patients undergoing breast-conserving surgery and adjuvant radiotherapy. Additionally, she is leading a doctoral study examining the effects of tactile stimulation, swimming exercise, or their combination on oxidative stress, inflammation, amyloid beta, neurogenesis, neurotrophic factors, and molecular signaling in an Alzheimer’s model. Her recent research includes a 2023 retrospective study on the effects of tumor type and treatments on lymphedema levels in breast cancer patients undergoing complex decongestive lymphedema therapy. She also supervised a 2021 postgraduate study exploring the effects of swimming exercise, low-level laser, or their combination on degeneration, inflammation, oxidative stress, utrophin protein, and irisin peptide in Duchenne muscular dystrophy (MDX) mice. Publication Comparison of Pressure Feedback Biofeedback Training with Conventional Lumbar Dynamic Strength Exercises for Chronic Low Back Pain: A Prospective Randomized Trial. Alternative therapies in health and medicine 2024-11-18 | Journal article PMID: 39565706 CONTRIBUTORS: Öztürk Ü; Çörekçi AA; Alaca N; Subaşı F Comparison of static balance and pressure distribution in individuals with unilateral lower limb amputation: The role of barefoot, heel support, and vision. Prosthetics and orthotics international 2024-11-08 | Journal article | Author DOI: 10.1097/pxr.0000000000000403 PMID: 39514704 CONTRIBUTORS: Tatar Y; Nilüfer Kablan; Nejla Gercek; Nuray Alaca Kinesiophobia, physical activity levels and barriers in breast cancer patients, survivors, and healthy controls: A case-control analysis. JPMA. The Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association 2024-08-01 | Journal article DOI: 10.47391/jpma.10558 PMID: 39160708 CONTRIBUTORS: Alaca N; Karayazi KT; Arslan DC; Karakus MB; Uras C The immediate effect of thoracolumbar fascia taping on biomechanical properties, low back pain and balance in individuals with transfemoral amputation. Journal of back and musculoskeletal rehabilitation 2024-01 | Journal article DOI: 10.3233/bmr-230314 PMID: 38517772 CONTRIBUTORS: Çalışkan Z; Alaca N; Kablan N
Grit Hein | Social Neuroscience | Best Paper Award Posted on 30/01/202530/01/2025 by sciencefather prof. Grit Hein | Social Neuroscience | Best Paper Award Universität Würzburg, Germany Profile scopus orcid Education She studied Psychology at Humboldt-University in Berlin, Germany, and City College in New York, USA, completing her diploma in 1999 with a grade of “very good.” She earned her doctorate in 2002 at the Max-Planck-Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences in Leipzig and Humboldt-University in Berlin. Her academic and professional career progressed through various prestigious positions. In 2002, she began as a research associate at MRC Cambridge, UK, and the University Hospital Frankfurt/M. She then received a DFG-Research Stipend in 2006, conducting research at the Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, University of Berkeley, USA. In 2008, she was awarded the Society-in-Science Stipend and became a Principal Investigator in an independent research project at the University of Zürich, Switzerland. She completed her habilitation and obtained her Venia Legendi in Psychology at Goethe-University Frankfurt/M. in 2014. She later served as a Senior Lecturer at the University of Bern, Switzerland, in 2015. In 2017, she was appointed as a Heisenberg Professor at JMU Würzburg, where she continued to advance her research. In 2021, she became a Professor of Translational Social Neuroscience at JMU Würzburg and a Steering Committee Member of the Research Training Group RTG 2660, working alongside Professor Dr. Matthias Gamer in Psychology. Work experience Since 2024, she has served as the President of the European Social and Affective Neuroscience Association (ESCAN) – Special Interest Group Social Neuroscience and as the spokesperson for the Neuroscience section at the Graduate School of Life Sciences (GSLS), JMU. Previously, from 2021 to 2024, she held the position of Vice President of ESCAN. Since 2022, she has been a board member of the China-Competence Center at JMU, and since 2021, she has been an Executive Board and Steering Committee Member of the Research Training Group RTG 2660. Her engagement in the research system extends further, as she has been a board member of ESCAN since 2019 and a member of the mentoring program for young female scientists at UKW, JMU. Additionally, she holds a double affiliation with both the Medical Faculty and the Faculty of Human Science at JMU. Since 2018, she has contributed as a panel member of the Hillary Green Research Fund at the University of Birmingham, a standing member of the dissertation committee at UKW, JMU, and a member of the Degree Subject Committee of the Elite Graduate Program in Translational Neuroscience at JMU. She has also supervised numerous early-career researchers, including Anne Saulin, who completed her PhD in 2023 with magna cum laude and is now a DFG postdoctoral fellow at the University of Birmingham, UK; Marthe Gründahl, who also earned her PhD in 2023 with magna cum laude and is now a consultant at Bain & Company; and Dorothee Bruch, who obtained her MD in 2022 with magna cum laude and is currently practicing as a gynecologist. Academic Distinctions She has received several prestigious academic distinctions throughout her career. In 2023, she was honored with an award for her extraordinary contribution to teaching by the Medical Faculty and the President of JMU. In 2015, she was awarded the Heisenberg Fellowship by the German Research Foundation, recognizing her outstanding research achievements. Earlier in her career, she received the Branco-Weiss Fellowship from ETH Zürich in 2008 and the Emmy-Noether Fellowship from the German Research Foundation in 2005, both of which supported her innovative research endeavors. Publication Neural dynamics of personality trait perception and interaction preferences Weiß, M., Paelecke, M., Mussel, P., Hein, G. Scientific ReportsThis link is disabled., 2024, 14(1), 30455 A social information processing perspective on social connectedness Hein, G., Huestegge, L., Böckler-Raettig, A., … Rodrigues, J., Gamer, M. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral ReviewsThis link is disabled., 2024, 167, 105945 The relationship of the source of punishment and personality traits with investment and punishment in a public goods game Rodrigues, J., Leipold, N., Hewig, J., Hein, G. Differential effects of everyday-life social support on chronic pain Weiß, M., Jachnik, A., Lampe, E.C., … Rittner, H.L., Hein, G. BMC NeurologyThis link is disabled., 2024, 24(1), 301 Common and differential variables of anxiety and depression in adolescence: a nation-wide smartphone-based survey Weiß, M., Gutzeit, J., Pryss, R., … Deserno, L., Hein, G. Empathy incites a stable prosocial decision bias Saulin, A., Ma, Y., Hein, G. Cerebral CortexThis link is disabled., 2024, 34(7), bhae272 Depression and fatigue six months post-COVID-19 disease are associated with overlapping symptom constellations: A prospective, multi-center, population-based cohort study Weiß, M., Gutzeit, J., Appel, K.S., … Vehreschild, J.J., Hein, G. Journal of Affective DisordersThis link is disabled., 2024, 352, pp. 296–305
prof. Grit Hein | Social Neuroscience | Best Paper Award Universität Würzburg, Germany Profile scopus orcid Education She studied Psychology at Humboldt-University in Berlin, Germany, and City College in New York, USA, completing her diploma in 1999 with a grade of “very good.” She earned her doctorate in 2002 at the Max-Planck-Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences in Leipzig and Humboldt-University in Berlin. Her academic and professional career progressed through various prestigious positions. In 2002, she began as a research associate at MRC Cambridge, UK, and the University Hospital Frankfurt/M. She then received a DFG-Research Stipend in 2006, conducting research at the Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, University of Berkeley, USA. In 2008, she was awarded the Society-in-Science Stipend and became a Principal Investigator in an independent research project at the University of Zürich, Switzerland. She completed her habilitation and obtained her Venia Legendi in Psychology at Goethe-University Frankfurt/M. in 2014. She later served as a Senior Lecturer at the University of Bern, Switzerland, in 2015. In 2017, she was appointed as a Heisenberg Professor at JMU Würzburg, where she continued to advance her research. In 2021, she became a Professor of Translational Social Neuroscience at JMU Würzburg and a Steering Committee Member of the Research Training Group RTG 2660, working alongside Professor Dr. Matthias Gamer in Psychology. Work experience Since 2024, she has served as the President of the European Social and Affective Neuroscience Association (ESCAN) – Special Interest Group Social Neuroscience and as the spokesperson for the Neuroscience section at the Graduate School of Life Sciences (GSLS), JMU. Previously, from 2021 to 2024, she held the position of Vice President of ESCAN. Since 2022, she has been a board member of the China-Competence Center at JMU, and since 2021, she has been an Executive Board and Steering Committee Member of the Research Training Group RTG 2660. Her engagement in the research system extends further, as she has been a board member of ESCAN since 2019 and a member of the mentoring program for young female scientists at UKW, JMU. Additionally, she holds a double affiliation with both the Medical Faculty and the Faculty of Human Science at JMU. Since 2018, she has contributed as a panel member of the Hillary Green Research Fund at the University of Birmingham, a standing member of the dissertation committee at UKW, JMU, and a member of the Degree Subject Committee of the Elite Graduate Program in Translational Neuroscience at JMU. She has also supervised numerous early-career researchers, including Anne Saulin, who completed her PhD in 2023 with magna cum laude and is now a DFG postdoctoral fellow at the University of Birmingham, UK; Marthe Gründahl, who also earned her PhD in 2023 with magna cum laude and is now a consultant at Bain & Company; and Dorothee Bruch, who obtained her MD in 2022 with magna cum laude and is currently practicing as a gynecologist. Academic Distinctions She has received several prestigious academic distinctions throughout her career. In 2023, she was honored with an award for her extraordinary contribution to teaching by the Medical Faculty and the President of JMU. In 2015, she was awarded the Heisenberg Fellowship by the German Research Foundation, recognizing her outstanding research achievements. Earlier in her career, she received the Branco-Weiss Fellowship from ETH Zürich in 2008 and the Emmy-Noether Fellowship from the German Research Foundation in 2005, both of which supported her innovative research endeavors. Publication Neural dynamics of personality trait perception and interaction preferences Weiß, M., Paelecke, M., Mussel, P., Hein, G. Scientific ReportsThis link is disabled., 2024, 14(1), 30455 A social information processing perspective on social connectedness Hein, G., Huestegge, L., Böckler-Raettig, A., … Rodrigues, J., Gamer, M. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral ReviewsThis link is disabled., 2024, 167, 105945 The relationship of the source of punishment and personality traits with investment and punishment in a public goods game Rodrigues, J., Leipold, N., Hewig, J., Hein, G. Differential effects of everyday-life social support on chronic pain Weiß, M., Jachnik, A., Lampe, E.C., … Rittner, H.L., Hein, G. BMC NeurologyThis link is disabled., 2024, 24(1), 301 Common and differential variables of anxiety and depression in adolescence: a nation-wide smartphone-based survey Weiß, M., Gutzeit, J., Pryss, R., … Deserno, L., Hein, G. Empathy incites a stable prosocial decision bias Saulin, A., Ma, Y., Hein, G. Cerebral CortexThis link is disabled., 2024, 34(7), bhae272 Depression and fatigue six months post-COVID-19 disease are associated with overlapping symptom constellations: A prospective, multi-center, population-based cohort study Weiß, M., Gutzeit, J., Appel, K.S., … Vehreschild, J.J., Hein, G. Journal of Affective DisordersThis link is disabled., 2024, 352, pp. 296–305