Dr. Felix Schmidt
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Dr. Felix Schmidt
Felix Schmidt studied medicine at Leipzig University and philosophy (M.A.) at King’s College London. In 2018 he gained his PhD in medicine with a thesis in clinical immunology. Between 2016 and 2019 he worked as a resident physician in psychiatry and psychotherapy in different hospitals in Germany. From May 2020 until May 2023 he was a research associate at the University Hospital for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy at Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg, where he led the interdisciplinary research project ‘Ageing and Limit Situation’ which combines philosophical approaches and methods from qualitative social research to answer questions at the intersection of existential philosophy and geriatric psychotherapy. Since 2021 he has been pursuing a PhD project in philosophy which is supervised by Prof. Mark Schweda in the division of Ethics in Medicine, where he is also an associated researcher.
His research deals mainly with ageing and old age in the context of psychiatry and psychotherapy, as well as approaches to an experimental philosophy of psychiatry. Moreover, he is interested in questions concerning the potential of philosophical ideas in medicine and psychiatry, existentialism, and existential psychotherapy.
Curriculum Vitae
| 05/2020 – 05/2023 | Research associate at the University Hospital for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy at Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg(School of Medicine and Health Sciences) |
| 12/2019 | Master of Arts – Philosophy of Medicine and Psychiatry, King’s College London |
| 05/2018 | PhD in Medicine at Leipzig University |
| 11/2016 – 08/2018 | Resident physician at the Clinic for Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, and Psychosomatics at Klinikum Burgenlandkreis (Naumburg) |
| 10/2008 – 05/2016 | Medical studies at Leipzig University |
Research Focus
- Philosophy of Psychiatry
- Ageing and old age in the context of psychiatry and psychotherapy
- Experimental Philosophy
- Existentialism
Publications (selection)
Articles
Schmidt, F.: Ageing and Limit Situation. In: Phenomenology and Mind (forthcoming).
Schmidt, F., Hilger, N., Oelkrug, C., Svanidze, E., Ruschpler, P., Eichler, W., Boldt, A., Emmrich, F. and Fricke, S. (2015): Flow cytometric analysis of the graft-versus-Leukemia-Effect After Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation in Mice. In: Cytometry, 87: 334–345.
Conference contributions
Schmidt, F.: Ageing and Limit Situation. Talk at the San Raffaele School of Philosophy 2023 „The Coming of Age. Personal Identity, Well-Being, and Justice in an Ageing Society”, Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, October 4th–6th 2023.
Schmidt, F.: Alter(n) und Grenzsituation – Destabilisierung der Normalität. Talk at the annual meeting of the German Society for Phenomenological Research (DGPF) 2023, Heidelberg, September 20th-22nd 2023.
Schmidt, F.: Modulation of the CD4 molecule on T helper cells by specific anti-human CD4 antibodies does not impair Graft-versus-leukemia effect. Talk at the annual meeting of the German Society for Hematology and Oncology, Vienna, October 18th-22nd 2013.