Laurenz Lammer

• Dr. med., 2024, University of Leipzig, Germany
• Doctoral candidate, Max Planck School of Cognition, since 2025

Research interests

• Longitudinal modelling
• Epidemiology
• Mental health
• Ageing

Selected publications

Lammer, L., Beyer, F., Riedel-Heller, S., Sacher, J., Glaesmer, H., Villringer, A., & Witte, A. V. (2025). Generalized additive mixed models to discern data-driven theoretically informed strategies for public brain, cognitive and mental health. European Journal of Epidemiology, 40(11), 1323–1343. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10654-025-01296-9

Lammer, L. (2024). Why we should all be reflexive: The case for reflexivity in quantitative science. JNOS - Journal of the Student Network for Open Science. https://doi.org/10.56776/abbd964d.6719f61f

Beyer, F., Lammer, L., Loeffler, M., Riedel-Heller, S., Debette, S., Villringer, A., & Witte, A. V. (2024). Progression of white matter hyperintensities is related to blood pressure increases and global cognitive decline – A registered report. Imaging Neuroscience, 2, Article imag-2-00188. https://doi.org/10.1162/imag_a_00188

Lammer, L., Beyer, F., Luppa, M., Sanders, C., Baber, R., Engel, C., Wirkner, K., Loffler, M., Riedel-Heller, S. G., Villringer, A., & Witte, A. V. (2023). Impact of social isolation on grey matter structure and cognitive functions: A population-based longitudinal neuroimaging study. eLife, 12, Article e83660. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.83660