Frank Jessen received his MD degree from the University of Saarland in Germany in 1995. After residencies in neuropathology, neurology and psychiatry at the University of Bonn, he was board certified as a psychiatrist and psychotherapist in 2002. From 2002-2014 he served as consultant psychiatrist and head of clinical Alzheimer’s disease research at the Department of Psychiatry, University of Bonn. In 2015, he was appointed as Professor of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy and director of the Department of Psychiatry, University of Cologne. Since 2010, he is an associate researcher and group leader for Clinical Alzheimer Research at the GermanCenter of Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE).
His research focusses on prevention, early diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease with expertise in neuropsychology, neuroimaging, epidemiology and genetics. In this context, he coordinated national and international diagnostic multicenter studies and clinical trials.
He is a member of the board of the Germany Psychiatric Association (DGPPN), where he coordinates the national guideline on the diagnosis and treatment of dementia. He is the current chair of the European Alzheimer’s Disease Consortium (EADC) and the founder of the German Memory Clinic Network (DNG). He serves on several scientific advisory boards,including the German Alzheimer Association and Alzheimer Europe.
