Institute of Medical Psychology and Medical Sociology (IMPS)

Submitted by nees@med-psych… on Tue, 09/12/2023 - 13:53
University
Kiel University
Faculty/school/department
Medical Faculty; University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein
Size of the team
number of researchers number of supporting staff number of PhD students
14
2
8
PI
PI name
Frauke Nees
PI email
nees@med-psych.uni-kiel.de
PI bio

Frauke Nees is Director of the Institute of Medical Psychology and Medical Sociology, University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein and Professor for Medical Psychology and Behavioral Neurobiology, Kiel University. She did her PhD (Dr. rer. nat.) at the University of Trier (fellowships from the Nikolaus-Koch-foundation and a German Research Foundation funded International Research Training Group program, 2005-2008), was then Research Group Head, Deputy Professor and Permanent Deputy of the Scientific Director of the Institute of Cognitive and Clinical Neuroscience at the Central Institute of Mental Health Mannheim, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University (2008-2020, 2018-2020 with a Heisenberg fellowship, funded by the German Research Foundation), and PostDoc and clinical scientist at the Medical University Vienna (2015-2016) and the Clinic of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy at the Central Institute of Mental Health Mannheim (2016-2017). 

ORCID: 0000-0002-7796-8234

Contact person and e-mail
Contact person
Frauke Nees
Contact person e-mail
nees@med-psych.uni-kiel.de
WWW
https://www.uksh.de/med-psych/
Short description of research profile

The scientific focus of the IMPS relates to basic studies in the field of neuropsychobiology and behavioral medicine on learning and memory processes and information processing in the brain, especially in the areas of pain, addiction, psychotraumatology and across the lifespan (longitudinal cohort studies). At the institute, we also work with digital survey methods such as smartphone and tablet-based apps and virtual reality and are concerned with the evaluation of large longitudinal data sets from cohort studies. Another focus is the integration of scientific findings into the development and empirical evaluation of behavioral medicine prevention and rehabilitation programs for various mental, somatic and neurological diseases.

Overview of research (projects and lab): https://www.uksh.de/med-psych/Forschung.html

Research area
NATURAL SCIENCES » Other natural sciences
MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES » Basic medical research
MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES » Clinical medicine
MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES » Health sciences
SOCIAL SCIENCES » Psychology
Publications

Representative publications

Siehl S, … Nees F*, Flor H*. Altered frontolimbic activity during virtual reality-based contextual fear learning in patients with posttraumatic stress disorder. Psychol Med 2023; 1–11. doi: 10.1017S0022291722003695 * shared senior authorship
Vulser H, …, Nees, F.; IMAGEN Consortium. Chronotype, Longitudinal Volumetric Brain Variations Throughout Adolescence and Depressive Symptom Development. JACAAP 2022; S0890-8567(22)00298-2. doi: 10.1016/j.jaac.2022.06.003
Nees F, … et al. When shared pain is not half the pain: enhanced central nervous system processing and verbal reports of pain in the presence of a solicitous spouse. Pain 2022; 163(9):e1006-e1012. doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002559
Nees F, … et al. Neurogenetic approaches to stress and fear in humans as pathophysiological mechanisms for posttraumatic stress disorder. Biol Psychiatry 2018;83(10):810-820. doi: 10.106/j.biopsych.2017.12.015
Nees F, … et al., the IMAGEN consortium. Brain substrates of reward processing and the μ-opioid receptor: a pathway into pain? Pain 2017;158(2):212-219. doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000000720  

Link to extended list of publication

https://www.uksh.de/med-psych/Forschung/Publikationen+_+Publications.html
Technology Expertise

https://www.uksh.de/med-psych/Forschung/Laborausstattung_+Lab+Equipment…