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Robert Kumsta, Ph.D.

 Address:  Department of Psychology
 Laboratory for Biological
 and Personality Psychology
 Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg
 Stefan-Meier-Strasse 8
 D-79104 Freiburg i. Br.
 Germany

 dr. rer. nat. robert kumsta
 Office:  3rd Floor, Room 03-011
 Telephone:  +49-(0)761-203-97741
 Fax:  +49-(0)761-203-3023
 E-mail:  Robert.Kumsta@psychologie.uni-freiburg.de
 Offcie hours:  By arrangement

 

Research and Work Focuses

  • Psychobiology of stress
  • Molecular behavior genetics and gene-environment interactions
  • Influence of early development factors on disease vulnerability in adulthood

 

Publications

Selected Publications

  • Kumsta, R., Stevens, S., Brookes, K., Schlotz, W., Beckett, C., Castle, J., Kreppner, J., Rutter, M. & Sonuga-Barke, E. (2010)
    5HTT genotype moderates the influence of early institutional deprivation on emotional problems in adolescence: evidence from the English and Romanian Adoptee (ERA) study.
    Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 51 (7): 755-762
  • Kumsta, R., Kreppner, J., Rutter, M., Beckett, C., Castle, J., Stevens, S. & Sonuga-Barke, E. (2010)
    Deprivation-Specific Psychological Patterns.
    Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development 75 (1): 48- 78
  • Kumsta, R., Entringer, S., Koper, J. W., Van Rossum, E. F., Hellhammer, D. H., & Wüst, S. (2010)
    Working memory performance is associated with common glucocorticoid receptor gene polymorphisms.
    Neuropsychobiology 61 (1): 49-56
  • Kumsta, R., Moser, D., Streit, F., Koper, J.W., Meyer, J, Wüst, S. (2009)
    Characterization of a glucocorticoid receptor gene (NR3C1, GR) promoter polymorphism reveals functionality and extends a haplotype with putative clinical relevance.
    American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics 150B (4): 476-482
  • Stevens, S., Kumsta, R., Kreppner, J., Brookes, K., Rutter, M. & Sonuga-Barke, E. J. S. (2009)
    Dopamine transporter gene polymorphism moderates the effects of severe deprivation on ADHD symptoms: Developmental continuities in gene-environment interplay.
    American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics 150B (6): 751-763
  • Entringer, S., Kumsta, R., Hellhammer, D. H., Wadhwa, P. D., Wüst, S. (2009)
    Prenatal exposure to maternal psychosocial stress and HPA axis regulation in young adults.
    Hormones and Behavior 55: 292-298
  • Moser, D., Ekawardhani, Kumsta R., S., Palmason, H., Bock C., Athanassiadou Z., Lesch, K.P., Meyer, J. (2009)
    Functional analysis of a potassium-chloride co-transporter 3 (SLC12A6) promoter polymorphism leading to an additional methylation site.
    Neuropsychopharmacology 34 (2): 458-467
  • Kumsta, R., Entringer, S., Koper, J. W., Van Rossum, E. F., Hellhammer, D. H., & Wüst, S. (2008)
    Glucocorticoid receptor gene polymorphisms and glucocorticoid sensitivity of subdermal blood vessels and leukocytes.
    Biological Psychology 79 (2): 179-184
  • Schlotz, W., Kumsta, R., Layes, I., Entringer, S., Jones, A., Wüst, S. (2008)
    Covariance between psychological and endocrine responses to pharmacological challenge and psychosocial stress: a question of timing.
    Psychosomatic Medicine 70 (7): 787-796
  • Kumsta, R., Entringer, S., Koper, J. W., Van Rossum, E. F., Hellhammer, D. H., & Wüst, S. (2007)
    Sex specific associations between common glucocorticoid receptor gene variants and hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis responses to psychosocial stress.
    Biological Psychiatry 62 (8): 863-869
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