Advance your expertise at TRI 2026
From psychosomatic medicine to AI in healthcare, the keynote program at the Tinnitus Research Initiative Conference brings together leading researchers and clinicians. Highlights include:
- Prof. Matthias Rose on "Psychosomatic Medicine: Vision 2050"
- Prof. Malek Bajbouj on "Depression – Current Aspects and Challenges"
- Prof. Christine Heim on "Early Experiences and risk-of-illness: Biopsychological considerations"
…and many more groundbreaking perspectives
Join the dialogue shaping the future of tinnitus research and explore the keynote programme below.
16 September 2026
Morning Sessions
Prof. Dr. med. Matthias Rose
Clinic Director, FA Internal Medicine, Psychotherapy, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Psychosomatic medicine: Vision 2050
Prof. Dr. med. Malek Bajbouj
Director of the Clinic for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Depression: Current aspects and challenges
Afternoon Sessions
Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Christine Heim
Institute Director, Institute for Medical Psychology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Early Experiences and risk-of-illness: Biopsychological considerations
Prof. Dr. Rona Moss-Morris
Professor of Psychology as Applied to Medicine, Institute of Psychology, Psychiatry and Neuroscience, King’s College London
Chronic Illness: Why psychological therapy matters
17 September 2026
Morning Sessions
Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Frank Ohl
Faculty of Natural Sciences, Institute of Biology, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg
Learning and plasticity
Speaker tba
WHO – current challenges
Early Afternoon Sessions
Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Holger Schulze
Professor of Experimental ENT Medicine, Erlangen University Hospital
Models of tinnitus generation and maintenance: Overview, limitations and perspectives
Prof. Dr. Niels O. Schiller
Chair Professor of Psycho- and Neurolinguistics, City University of Hong Kong
Speech comprehension in clinical contexts
Late Afternoon Sessions
Prof. Dr. Peter Vajkoczy
Director of the Clinic for Neurosurgery, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Neurosurgery aspects and perspectives in tinnitus
Prof. Dr. phil. Sascha Frühholz
Department of Psychology, Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, University Zürich
Emotional stimulus processing: From sound to music
18 September 2026
Morning Sessions
Prof. Dr. Lance McCracken
Department of Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Uppsala University, Sweden
Pain: An update
Prof. Dr. med. Nicola Strenzke
Institute for Auditory Neurosciences and Clinic for ENT Medicine, Universitätsmedizin Göttingen
Gene therapy for diseases of the inner ear: Backgrounds and perspectives
Early Afternoon Sessions
Prof. Dr. Hubertus Löwenheim
Medical Director of the University Clinic for Ear, Nose and Throat Medicine, University Hospital Tübingen
First results of gene therapy for hearing loss: Implications for tinnitus
Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Markus Ralser
Director of the Institute of Biochemistry, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Biochemistry of chronic illness
Late Afternoon Sessions
Thomas Unterthiner
Institute for Bioinformatics, Johannes Kepler University Linz
AI: Applications in medicine
Prof. Dr. med. Eicke Latz
Scientific Director, German Rheumatism Research Centre (DRFZ)
New findings on immunological disease mechanisms: Innovative approaches for therapy and prevention
