Prof. Dr. Anja Christina Lepach-Engelhardt

Anja Christina Lepach-Engelhardt (born Lepach in 1975) studied Psychology with a focus on Clinical Psychology at the University of Bremen. While pursuing her doctorate, she completed further training as a Clinical Neuropsychologist (GNP) in Würzburg. Until 2010, she worked at the Psychological Children's Outpatient Clinic in Bremen, where she headed the Neuropsychology Department for six years. At the outpatient clinic, she worked primarily with children and adolescents with various developmental disorders as well as with adult patients with acquired brain damage. From 2007, she was a postdoctoral researcher at the Chair of Clinical Psychology and Diagnostics, later becoming module coordinator for Biological Psychology. She was actively involved in university committee work at the University of Bremen and worked there as a lecturer from 2010. In 2011, she received the Berninghausen Prize for outstanding teaching.

Since 2015, she has been a Professor of Developmental and Educational Psychology at PFH and is active in various committees. At PFH, she continues to pursue her interests in the cognitive, emotional and social aspects of healthy development in a variety of projects. In June 2025, Prof. Lepach-Engelhardt was appointed Vice President of Academic Studies and Teaching at PFH.

• Learning and memory across a lifespan
• Development and memory diagnosis
• Neuropsychology
• Biological psychology

• To develop and implement concepts for lifelong learning
• Research projects about learning and memory across a lifespan
• Collaborative research partnerships with regard to education and health
• Scientifically based teaching with a high level of practical relevance