A cup with the President – Episode 31: Prof. Dr. Cornelia Weise

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September 10, 2025

Visiting Prof. Dr. Cornelia Weise, Chair of Clinical Psychology and Behavioral Health Technology

Each semester, FAU President Prof. Dr. Joachim Hornegger visits professors in their institutes. He visits them there to talk about their research, to discover what is close to their heart and to get to know them better.

Our series introduces you to the researchers and gives an impression of the President’s meeting with them.

In episode 31, the President visits Prof. Dr. Cornelia Weise. She is the Chair of Clinical Psychology and Behavioral Health Technology.

Prof. Weise and President Hornegger sitting at a table and talking to each other.
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Prof. Weise’s research follows the motto “No health without mental health”, and focuses on several different areas, including culturally sensitive clinical psychology.

Prof. Weise and Joachim Hornegger standing next to each other, talking.
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She is particularly interested in the area where medicine and psychology overlap. She also hopes to find ways to improve access to psychotherapy.

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Before coming to FAU, Cornelia Weise was a professor in Marburg. She spent two years in Sweden as a postdoctoral researcher.

President Hornegger and Prof. Weise are standing smiling next to each other posing for a photo. President Hornegger is showing a series of Polaroid photos.
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For a long time, Weise wanted to become a pediatrician. Today, she is still interested in physical illnesses, even though she became a psychologist.

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