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Prof. Dr. Michèle Wessa

Research Group Leader LIR, Professor and Head Department of Clinical Psychology and Neuropsychology Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

Kontakt

Leibniz-Institut für Resilienzforschung gGmbH
Wallstraße 7
55131 Mainz

+49 (0)6131 39-39259
General Information
Year of Birth

1975

Current Position

Research Group Leader, Leibniz Institute for Resilience Research (LIR), Mainz, Germany

Professor and Head Department of Clinical Psychology and Neuropsychology, Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz, Germany

University training and degrees
10/2000 – 04/2004

Postgraduate Training in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, GAP Frankfurt/Main Germany, License to practice Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (Approbation)

04/1997 – 04/2000

Dipl.-Psych.; Psychology, Humboldt University Berlin, Germany (supervisor: Prof. Dr. Herta Flor)

10/1994 – 03/1997

Psychology; University of Mannheim, Germany

 

Advanced academic qualifications
2010

Habilitation for Clinical Psychology, Medical Psychology and Neuropsychology, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Germany (supervisor: H. Flor, Central Institute of Mental Health, Mannheim)

2004

Dr. sc. hum.: Neuropsychology, Central Institute of Mental Health, Heidelberg University, Germany (supervisor: H. Flor, Central Institute of Mental Health, Mannheim)

Postgraduate professional career
Since 01/2020

Research Group Leader at the Leibniz Institute for Resilience Research (LIR), Mainz, Germany

Since 01/2018

Research Group Leader at the German Resilience Center (DRZ) Mainz, Germany

Since 04/2013

Professor for Clinical Psychology and Neuropsychology (W3) and Head of the corresponding Department, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany

10/2011 – 03/2013

Professor for Experimental Psychopathology and Neuroimaging (W3), Department of General Psychiatry, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany

12/2008 – 09/2011

DFG Emmy Noether research group leader, Department of Cognitive and Clinical Neuroscience, Universiy of Heidelberg, Germany (director: H. Flor)

04/2007 – 11/2008

Assisstant Professor, Department of Cognitive and Clinical Neuroscience, Central Institute of Mental Health, Mannheim, Germany

03/2005 – 03/2007

Postdoctoral researcher, CEA Service Hospitalier Frédéric Joliot, Orsay, France; Research group “Neuroimaging in Psychiatry” (supervisor: J.-L. Martinot)

02/2004 – 02/2005

Postdoctoral researcher, Department of Cognitive and Clinical Neuroscience, Central Institute of Mental Health, Mannheim, Germany (supervisor: H. Flor)

04/2000 – 01/2004

Doctoral student, Department of Cognitive and Clinical Neuroscience, Central Institute of Mental Health, Mannheim, Germany (supervisor: H. Flor)

Other professional activities or honors
2008 – present

DFG Emmy Noether research group (We3638/3-1)

2007

Lilly Travel Fellowship for 7th International Conference on Bipolar Disorder

2000 – 2003

Ph.D. Scholarship from the Studientstiftung des Deutschen Volkes

1997 – 1999

Study Scholarship from the Studientstiftung des Deutschen Volkes

Transparenz / Erklärung von Interessen

Frau Professorin Dr. Michèle Wessa ist seit 2013 Professorin für Klinische Psychologie und Neuropsychologie und Leiterin der selbigen Abteilung an der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz und seit 2020 Arbeitsgruppenleiterin am Leibniz-Institut für Resilienzforschung. Sie hat seit 2018 keine persönlichen Honorare für Beratertätigkeiten, Fortbildungsveranstaltungen, Vorträge oder Stellungnahmen von pharmazeutischen Unternehmen oder Medizinprodukteherstellern erhalten.

Selected Publications

Ahrens KF, Neumann RJ, Kollmann B, Brokelmann J, von Werthern NM, Malyshau A, Weichert D, Lutz B, Fiebach CJ, Wessa M, Kalisch R, Plichta MM, Lieb K, Tüscher O, Reif A (2021). Impact of COVID-19 lockdown on mental health in Germany: longitudinal observation of different mental health trajectories and protective factors. Transl Psychiatry. 2021 Jul 17;11(1):392. doi: 10.1038/s41398-021-01508-2

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Meine LE, Meier J, Meyer B, Wessa M (2021). Don't stress, it's under control: Neural correlates of stressor controllability in humans. Neuroimage. 2021 Dec 15;245:118701. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2021.118701. Epub 2021 Nov 7.

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Sandner M, Zeier P, Lois G, Wessa M (2021). Cognitive emotion regulation withstands the stress test: An fMRI study on the effect of acute stress on distraction and reappraisal. Neuropsychologia. 157:107876. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2021.107876

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Schueler K, Fritz J, Dorfschmidt L, van Harmelen AL, Stroemer E, Wessa M (2021). Psychological Network Analysis of General Self-Efficacy in High vs. Low Resilient Functioning Healthy Adults. Front Psychiatry. 2021 Nov 17;12:736147. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2021.736147. eCollection 2021

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Zeier P, Meine LE, Wessa M (2021). It's worth the trouble: Stressor exposure is related to increased cognitive reappraisal ability. Stress Health. doi: 10.1002/smi.3101

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