Norbert Hermanns, PhD
Research Institute of the Diabetes Academy Mergentheim (FIDAM), Bad Mergentheim, Germany

Norbert Hermanns is Adjunct Professor at the University of Bamberg, Germany. He is also Director of the Diabetes Research Institute FIDAM and a certified 'Psychological Psychotherapist' and 'Psychodiabetologist' of the German Diabetes Association (DDG). His research interests include behaviour modification and the development and evaluation of self-management programmes, the acute emotional effects of hypoglycaemia, the treatment of hypoglycaemia unawareness, and depression and diabetes. He has also been involved in the evaluation of diabetes technology and patient-reported outcomes as well as interventions based on ecological momentary assessment. Professor Hermanns' work has been published in several scientific journals, including The Lancet, Diabetologia, Lancet Diabetology and Endocrinology, Diabetes Care and Diabetic Medicine. He has authored more than 400 articles in peer-reviewed journals. He is a member of the Editorial Board of Diabetes Care from 2017 - 2020 and is a past president of the Psychosocial Research in Diabetes Study Group of the EASD.