Claudia Witt
I care deeply about life - that’s why I’m passionate about Health & AI
This passion drives me to explore the dynamic connections between different fields.
Based on my expertise as physician and researcher I enable people to build bridges between:
- humans and technology
- mind and body
- humans and nature
- traditional therapies and modern medicine
- quantitative and qualitative research
By uniting these fields, I strive to shape a future where healthcare is not only centered around human needs and values but also fosters a meaningful, symbiotic relationship between humans and AI. This vision is about creating a healthcare ecosystem that leverages technology to enhance well-being, without losing the essence of what makes us human.
My expertise
Research
- Digital transformation of the healthcare system (digital health interventions and AI)
- Stakeholder involvement and participatory research methods
- Clinical studies and comparative effectiveness research on complex non-pharmacological interventions
- Mixed methods research and implementation research
- Treatment expectations for placebo and nocebo effects
Clinical
- Integrative Medicine
- Integrative oncology
- Mind Body Medicine
Teaching
- Blended learning for students and healthcare professionals
- Inter and transdisciplinary teaching
- Interprofessional training
Positions and Roles
Positions
- Full Professor and Chair of Complementary and Integrative Medicine, University of Zurich
- Director, Institute for Complementary and Integrative Medicine, University Hospital Zurich
- Co-Director, Digital Society Initiative, University of Zurich
- Head, Integrative Medicine and Digital Health Research Group, Institute of Social Medicine, Epidemiology and Health Economics, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Roles
- Program Director of the UZH/ZHAW Faculty of Medicine's Doctoral Program in Nursing and Rehabilitation Sciences
- Member of the Digital Strategy Board, University of Zurich
- Member of the steering committee of the One Health Institute, University of Zurich
Honors
- Mitglied des Senats der Schweizerischen Akademie der Medizinischen Wissenschaften (SAMW)
- Sciana – Health Leaders Network Fellow
- NOVA Institute of Health Scholar
Qualifications
Degrees
- State examination in medicine, Free University of Berlin (1996)
- Doctorate (Dr. med., with distinction “summa cum laude”), Humboldt University of Berlin (1999)
- Habilitation in Social Medicine & Epidemiology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin (2006)
- Master of Business Administration (MBA), thesis on health economic evaluations, Berlin School of Economics (2006)
Other
- Quality Manager (DIN EN ISO) (2002)
- Executive program “Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare”, MIT Sloan School of Management (2021)
- Executive program “Social Media Strategy”, MIT Sloan School of Management (2022)
- Harvard Business School online certificate program “Design Thinking in Innovation” (2024)
