Dr. H.M.B. (Heidi) Lesscher

Dr. H.M.B. (Heidi) Lesscher

Associate Professor
Animals in Science & Society
+31 6 39 585 507
h.m.b.lesscher@uu.nl

Teaching / Advising

  • Supervision of 30 Master and undergraduate students during their internships, Utrecht University
  • Supervision of > 15 Bachelor and Master theses
  • Initiator and Coordinator Summerschool Addiction
  • Co-coordinator of the online course Behavioural Pharmacology (Elevate)
  • Coordinator of the elective bachelor course “Comparative Ethology” at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine.
  • Initiator and Coordinator of the elective Master course “Neurobiology of Behavior” at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine.
  • Member of the Honours Programma Bachelor committee at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine


Lecturing and supervision of research projects:

Topics include the neurobiology of drug addiction, animal models for addiction, neurogenetics, neuropsychopharmacology in the following courses:

  • Introduction Neuroscience (Biomedical Sciences)
  • Advanced Neuroscience (Biomedical Sciences)
  • Functional Neuroscience (Biomedical Sciences)
  • Neuroscience (Medicine)  
  • Master orientation: writing a research proposal (Biomedical Sciences)
  • Laboratory Animals Science course: practicals and research projects
  • Elective course on Addiction (bèta Faculty, Pharmacy), guest lecturer
  • Elective course on Addiction (Public Health, Medical School, Utrecht University), guest lecturer
  • Guest lecturer at University College Utrecht, Leiden University, University of Amsterdam
  • Master in Addiction Medicine, postgraduate course, 1st and 2nd module (SPON) guest lecturer
Involved in the following study programme(s)