Iris Sommer

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Iris Sommer
Sommer in 2016
Born
Iris Else Clara Sommer

(1970-08-31) 31 August 1970 (age 53)
NationalityDutch
Alma materUtrecht University
SpouseRobert Schoevers
Children2
Scientific career
FieldsPsychiatry
InstitutionsUniversity Medical Center Groningen
ThesisLanguage lateralization in schizophrenia (2004)
Doctoral advisorRené Kahn

Iris Sommer (born 31 August 1970)[1] is a Dutch psychiatrist who is professor of cognitive aspects of neurological and psychiatric disorders at the Departments of Neuroscience of University Medical Center Groningen. She previously served as Professor of Psychiatry at the University Medical Center Utrecht beginning in 2011. She received her PhD cum laude from Utrecht University in 2004. She was elected as a member of the Young Academy of the Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences.[2] She and her husband, Robert Schoevers, have two children.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Jansen, Jim; Jongma, Jochem (26 March 2016). "'Sociale contacten zijn topsport voor je hersenen'". New Scientist (in Dutch). Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  2. ^ "Iris Sommer MD PhD". University Medical Center Groningen. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  3. ^ Kirby, Tony (July 2020). "Iris Sommer—unravelling biological mechanisms of psychiatric disorders". The Lancet Psychiatry. 7 (7): 575. doi:10.1016/S2215-0366(20)30232-7. PMID 32563302. S2CID 219973353.

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