Biography

Timo Klan is a psychologist and licensed psychotherapist (behavioral therapy) with additional certification in “Specialized Pain Psychotherapy.” He is a research associate at the Institute of Psychology at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU, https://klipsy.uni-mainz.de/). His research focuses on the behavioral assessment and treatment of headache disorders. He also leads the chronic-pain treatment program at the Outpatient Institute Clinic for Psychotherapy at JGU Mainz (https://psychotherapie-mainz.de/patient_innen/chronische-schmerzerkrankungen/), where he also serves as a clinical supervisor.

He is Co-Chair of the Psychology Special Interest Group (SIG) and is committed to strengthening the role of psychology in headache management at the international level.

Disclosures

Employment: Research associate at the Department of Psychology, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

Professional membership:  German Migraine & Headache Society (DMKG), German Pain Society (DSG), German Society for Psychological Pain Therapy & Research (DGPSF), State Chamber of Psychotherapists RhinelandPalatinate (LPK RLP), German Association of Psychologists (BDP)

Personal fees: Author royalties from Hogrefe and Kohlhammer; lecture honorarium from Perfood GmbH

Research support: Internal research funding (Level I) of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz granted to the Department of Psychology

Clinical trials involvement: ODIN-II (Optimization of Diagnostic Instruments for Migraine - Project II)

Relationship with scientific journals: Reviewer for: BMC Neurology, Brain and Behavior, Cephalalgia, The Journal of Headache and Pain, Der Schmerz

Commercial interests: None