Dr Katja Umla-Runge

(she/her)

Runge, PhD, Dipl Saarbruecken

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Teaching

I am module lead of the MSc Psychiatry taught modules Psychosis and Bipolar Disorder, Behavioural Disorders and Dementia, Organic Disorders and Intellectual Disability Psychiatry, Forensic Psychiatry and Substance Misuse as well as the Dissertation module. I teach students critical appraisal of psychiatric research in Evidence-Based Medicine-focused discussion groups and supervise both primary and secondary research projects on a wide range of psychiatric topics.

On the MSc Wound Healing and Tissue Repair programme, I introduce students to key statistical concepts and I have supervised mental health-focused MPH dissertations. 

I regularly supervise SSC (student-selected component) projects of MBBCh students in years 1-4 of the course and teach intercalating students on cognitive and behavioural processes.

Biography

Employment

from 2023: Interim Programme Director - MSc Psychiatry

from 2023: Senior Lecturer at the School of Medicine, Cardiff University,  UK.

2018 - 2023: Lecturer at the School of Medicine, Cardiff University,  UK.

2015 - 2018: Lecturer at the School of Psychology, Cardiff University,  UK.

2012 - 2015: Postdoctoral research associate at the School of  Psychology, Cardiff University, UK.

2008 - 2011: Doctoral scholarship within the International  Research Training Group "Adaptive Minds - Neural and Environmental  Constraints on Learning and Memory". Saarland University, Saarbrücken,  Germany and Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.

Postgraduate education

2006 - 2011: PhD  student at the Department of Psychology, Saarland University, Saarbrücken

2009: Research visit at the Institute of  Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

2011: PhD in  psychology at Saarland University, Saarbrücken. Thesis title: “Representing  Actions in Memory - Neural Correlates and a Cross-Cultural Approach”.

Undergraduate education

1999 - 2005: Studies in psychology at Saarland  University, Saarbrücken and Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia

2005: Diploma in psychology at Saarland University, Saarbrücken

Honours and awards

2023: Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA)

2017: Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)

2008 - 2011: Doctoral scholarship within the International Research Training Group "Adaptive Minds - Neural and Environmental Constraints on Learning and Memory". Saarland University, Saarbruecken/Germany and Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing/China.

Academic positions

2018 - 2023: Lecturer at the School of Medicine, Cardiff University,  UK.

2015 - 2018: Lecturer at the School of Psychology, Cardiff University,  UK.

2012 - 2015: Postdoctoral research associate at the School of  Psychology, Cardiff University, UK.

Speaking engagements

Edney, S. & Umla-Runge, K. (2023). Developing effective learning environments for future learning and professional practice. Talk at Learning and Teaching Conference 2023 – How are we embedding employability, inclusivity, and sustainability to be at the heart of Cardiff University’s curriculum? Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK.

Umla-Runge, K., Edney, S., & Hassoulas, A. (2022). The global cafeteria – building connections between students of different cohorts across the world. Talk at Learning and Teaching Conference 2022 – Student success: what does the future of Higher Education look like for our students? Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK.

Umla-Runge, K., Edney, S.M., & Hassoulas, A. (2021). Reducing distance through interactive teaching and assessment – Student collaboration on the MSc Psychiatry programme during the Covid-19 pandemic. Talk at Learning and Teaching Conference 2021 – A flipped conference: building on the lessons from a year of blended and online teaching. Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK.

Umla-Runge, K., Edney, S., & Hassoulas, A. (2019). Fostering a sense of community in postgraduate distance learners. Talk at Learning and Teaching Conference 2019 – Authentic Learning, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK.

Umla-Runge, K., Shine, J. P., Hodgetts, C. J., Cavill, R., Costigan, A. G., Lawrence, A. D., & Graham, K. S. (2018). Stable differences in posteromedial cortex deactivation during scene encoding in young adult carriers and non-carriers of the APOE-ε4 allele. Open Paper Talk at the International Conference on Learning and Memory, University of California Irvine, Huntington Beach, California, USA.

Committees and reviewing

Since 2023: Member of NHS Wales Research Ethics Committee 1

Since 2022: Member of the School of Medicine Research Ethics Committee, Cardiff University

Since 2021: Postgraduate Taught Representative, School of Medicine Honorary Titles Commitee, Cardiff University

Since 2020: External Examiner for the MSc Psychological Medicine and Mental Health/MSc Psychologische Medizin/Komplementaere Medizin, London Metropolitan University and Institute for Higher Education in Luebeck/Germany

Supervisions

Past projects

Marie-Lucie Read, PhD Psychology, Functional and Structural Properties of Spatial Processing Networks in the Brain (2017-2021)

Engagement

Promoting Academic Excellence within the Grangetown community (PACE), from 2019.

Brain Games, National Museum Cardiff, 2013-2017.

Cardiff Science Festival, 2013.

Brain Assembly, Birchgrove Primary School, 2013.

Work experience sessions with high school students from Cardiff, 2012-2016.