Curriculum Vitae

PERSONAL INFORMATION
Date of Birth: 12/2/1977
Place of Birth: Loon op Zand, The Netherlands
Citizenship: The Netherlands
Sex: male

EDUCATION
1990-1996: High School: Theresia lyceum, Tilburg, The Netherlands
1996-2002: University: Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands
2000 Exchange program: Hospital Sant Órsola, Bologna Italy 2001 Rotations: Muhimbili University College, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania 2002 Rotations: Holy Family Hospital, Berekum, Ghana
2005-date: Resident and PhD in psychiatry, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Work History: MD addiction clinic Novadic-Kentron, Oedenrode, The Netherlands (2003-2005) Research: PhD project: gene-environment interaction in alcohol addiction (2004-date) Resident: Psychiatry, Radboud University Medical Centre. End of specialization august 2011 Training: trainer in Master in Addiction Medicine (MiAM) (2010)

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
2009-2010: Treasurer Dutch Association of Psychiatric Trainees 2010-date President Dutch Association of Psychiatric Trainees
2010-date: Assessor in the Board of the Dutch Association of Psychiatry 2008-date member Dutch Association of Addiction Psychiatry 2009-date member Concilium Psychiatricum (committee on training matters within the Dutch Association of Psychiatry

Publicatielijst

List of publications Arnt Schellekens:

SCIENTIFIC PAPERS
Disrupted sensorimotor gating due to mental fatigue: Preliminary evidence
International Journal of Psychophysiology, Volume 62, Issue 1, October 2006, Pages 168-174
Dimitri van der Linden, Stijn A.A. Massar, Arnt F.A. Schellekens, Bart A. Ellenbroek, Robbert-Jan Verkes

The dopamine agonist apomorphine differentially affects cognitive performance in alcohol dependent patients and healthy controls
European Neuropsychopharmacology, Volume 19, Issue 1, January 2009, Pages 68-73
Arnt F.A. Schellekens, Armand W.A.A. van Oosterwijck, Bart Ellenbroek, Cor A.J. de Jong, Jan K. Buitelaar, Lex Cools, Robbert-Jan Verkes

Effect of apomorphine on cognitive performance and sensorimotor gating in humans
Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2010 Jan;207(4):559-69. Epub 2009 Oct 16.
Schellekens AF, Grootens KP, Neef C, Movig KL, Buitelaar JK, Ellenbroek B, Verkes RJ.

Alcohol dependence and anxiety increase error-related brain activity
Addiction, Epub October 2010
A.F.A. Schellekens, E.R.A. de Bruijn, C.A.A. van Lankveld, W. Hulstijn, J.K. Buitelaar, C.A.J. de Jong, R.J. Verkes
Psychotic symptoms in the course of sunitinib treatment for advanced renal cell cancer, two cases General Hospital Psychiatry, accepted for publication September 2010 A.F.A. Schellekens, S.F. Mulder, P.F.P. van Eijndhoven, T.J. Smilde , C.M.L. van Herpen

PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS/POSTERS
Childhood adversity associated with reduced central dopamine sensitivity later in life, a pre-morbid vulnerability to develop alcohol dependence?
European Neuropsychopharmacology, Volume 16, Supplement 4, 2006, Pages S494-S495
A.F.A. Schellekens, A. Ellenbroek, C.A.J. De Jong, J.K. Buitelaar, R.J. Verkes
Childhood adversity is associated with reduced central dopamine sensitivity later in life
European Neuropsychopharmacology, Volume 16, Supplement 1, 2006, Page S77
A.F.A. Schellekens, R.J. Verkes, B. Ellenbroek, C.A.J. de Jong, J.K. Buitelaar
*travel award for the ECNP congress 2006
Effect of apomorphine on cognitive inhibition in alcohol dependent patients and healthy controls
European Neuropsychopharmacology, Volume 17, Supplement 4, October 2007, Page S546
A. Schellekens, J.K. Buitelaar, R.J. Verkes
*travel award for the ECNP congress 2007
Error processing in alcohol dependence
European Neuropsychopharmacology, Volume 18, Supplement 4, August 2008, Page S526
A.F.A. Schellekens, C. van Lankveld, E. de Bruijn, W. Hulstijn, J.K. Buitelaar, C.A.J. de Jong, R.J. Verkes
*travel award for the ECNP congress 2008

The catechol-O-methyltransferase va1158Met genotype in prefrontal dopamine sensitivity in alcohol dependent patients and healthy controls
European Neuropsychopharmacology, Volume 19, Supplement 3, September 2009, Page S649
A. Schellekens, S. Hoppenreijs, A. Oosterwijck, B. Franke, J. Buitelaar, C. Jong, A. Cools, R. Verkes, B. Ellenbroek
*travel award for the ECNP congress 2009
The COMT Val158Met genotype and prefrontal dopamine sensitivity in alcohol dependent patients and healthy controls
European Neuropsychopharmacology, Volume 19, Supplement 1, March 2009, Pages S91-S92
A. Schellekens, S. Hoppenreijs, B. Ellenbroek, C. de Jong, B. Franke, J. Buitelaar, L. Cools, R. Verkes
The COMT Val158Met genotype and prefrontal dopamine sensitivity in alcohol dependent patients and healthy controls
European Neuropsychopharmacology, Volume 19, Supplement 1, March 2009, Pages S91-S92
A. Schellekens, S. Hoppenreijs, B. Ellenbroek, C. de Jong, B. Franke, J. Buitelaar, L. Cools, R. Verkes
Dopamine sensitivity, the missing-link between genes, environment and alcohol dependence. A translational endophenotype study World Congres on Psychiatric Genetics A. Schellekens, B. Franke, B. Ellenbroek, A. Cools, C. de Jong, J. Buitelaar, R.J. Verkes

BOOK (CHAPTERS)
What is addiction? [Wat heet verslaving?] Damon, 2005, ISBN: 9789055735341 Joos van Vugt, Rutger Engels, Anton van Hooff, Cor de Jong, Arnt Schellekens, Ron Scholte, Jaap van der Stel, Tatjana van Strien, Robbert Verkes
The course of addiction, neurobiological predictors of chronicity NWO, zonMW, 2006, ISBN-10: 90-5763-081-8, Arnt F.A. Schellekens, Barbara Franke, Bart Ellenbroek, Robbert-Jan Verkes, Cor A.J. de Jong
Addiction handbook: genetics of addiction [Handboek verslaving: genetica van verslaving].
Tijdstroom, 2009, ISBN: 9789058981400175
A.F.A. Schellekens; editors: Ingmar Franken, Wim van den Brink

Addiction medicine, neuropharmacology, psychiatry and somatics [verslavingsgeneeskunde, neurofarmacologie, psychiatrie en somatiek]
Gorcum, 2009, ISBN 9789023245841
A.F.A. Schellekens, A. van der Moolen, R. Kramer, G. Dumont; editors: Cor A.J. de Jong, Hein A. de Haan, Ben J.M. van de Wetering

PAPERS IN DUTCH
Error monitoring in alcohol dependence [Error Monitoring bij alcoholverslaving] Tijdschrift voor Gedragsneurologie en Neuropsychiatrie, 2009, Volume 8, issue 9, pages 203-206
Arnt F.A. Schellekens, Ellen .R.A. de Bruijn, Robbert-Jan Verkes
Disulfiram, an effective treatment for cocaine addiction [Disulfiram effectief voor behandeling van cocaïneverslaving] Nederlands Tijdschrift voor geneeskunde,2004, letter to the editor
Association between polymorphisms in dopamine related genes, intelligence and prognosis in children with ADHD. [Verband tussen genetische polymorfismen van het dopaminesysteem en intelligentie en prognose bij kinderen met ADHD] Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde, 2007, letter to the editor