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Prof. Dr. Frauke Nees is currently Director of the Institute of Medical Psychology and Medical Sociology at the University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein, and Professor of Medical Psychology and Behavioural Neurobiology at Kiel University. Her research centers on behavioral medicine and neuropsychobiological studies of learning, memory processes, and information processing in the brain, particularly in the contexts of pain, stress, including traumatic experiences, and across the lifespan. She also works on applying these insights to develop and empirically evaluate behavioral medicine prevention and rehabilitation programs, incorporating digital tools such as smartphone apps and virtual reality for diverse mental, somatic, and neurological disorders.