Curriculum Vitae

Professional background

• 1981 Graduated from all-day school in Osterburken
• 1981 - 1988 Studied dentistry and human medicine in Hamburg and Heidelberg
• 1988 Licence to practise medicine
• 1989 Doctorate from the Faculty of Internal Medicine at the Rubrecht-Karls University in Heidelberg with an experimental dissertation: Proof of a low density lipoprotein receptor-dependent metabolic pathway of prostaglandin biosynthesis in PDGF-stimulated Swiss 3T3 fibroblasts
• 1988 Resident in the Department of Internal Medicine at KKH Künzelsau (Head Physician PD Dr F. Rieben)
• 1988-1990 Compulsory service, training in aviation medicine at the Air Force Medical Centre in Fürstenfeldbruck,
• Reserve officer until 2000
• 1990-1992 Assistant doctor at the Bad Mergentheim Diabetes Centre (Head Physician Dr. K. Bergis)
• 1992-1996 Assistant doctor at the Psychiatric State Hospital in Weinsberg (head physician Prof Dr F. Reimer)
• 1993-1995 Postgraduate studies in Epidemiology and Public Health at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University in Munich
• 1995 Graduation Magister Public Health postgrad. Master's thesis: Characterisation of health-relevant risk profiles of young people in Bavaria
• 1996-2000 Worked in the field of drug help and inpatient addiction therapy - until 31 December 2000, head physician at the Jagsttal rehabilitation facility, Möckmühl-Züttlingen, Heilbronn district, Baden-Württemberg, responsible body: Verein für Jugendhilfe im Landkreis Böblingen
• Since 1995 part-time activity as company doctor

Specialising in social medicine

Scientific projects

• www.Teen-Clean.de - Directory of therapy facilities for underage drug addicts (originally funded by the BMFSFJ until 30 September 2005)
• Indirectly affected by illness: Qualitative interviews with healthy siblings of chronically ill children
• Social consequences of AIDS in southern Africa: care situation of so-called AIDS orphans in Namibia compared to children who are cared for by their families of origin
• Dealing with suicide in schools - preparation of a handout for schools in Saxony
• Evaluation of intensive socio-educational individual case support abroad
• Development of the personal budget, with a focus on psychiatric integration assistanceEvaluation of the management focus of complex assistance in accordance with the City of Leipzig's sub-programme for educational assistance

Focal points of interest

• Health-related behaviour and lifestyle concepts: current focus in this area

• underage pregnancy and teenage mothers,

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  Indirectly affected by illness using the example of children of mentally ill parents and siblings of chronically ill children as well as grieving relatives

  Successful sexuality despite disability and needs-based organisation of help
  
  

  Addiction support and prevention

  Development of a concept for the realisation of initiated drop-out times at schools in Leipzig

  Study on the effectiveness and effectiveness factors of intensive socio-pedagogical individual case support in Nambia
  
  

  Substitution programmes in the field of medical addiction therapy and their psychosocial support

  Help for mentally ill people and prevention of mental disorders and crises in the course of life
  
  

  Work with relatives

  for mental illness

  chronic disability,

  for coma patients
  
  

  Rehabilitation for chronic health disorders

  Ethical issues in medicine, especially at the beginning and end of lifeIntegration of reports on health, social situation and environment into a comprehensive reporting system

  Socio-medical aspects of special, remedial and rehabilitation education

Competent medical association:

• Saxony State Medical Association

Memberships in professional associations:

• German Association for Health Sciences and Public Health (DVGPH) - Board member
• German Society for Addiction Medicine (DGS)
• German Society for Social Medicine and Prevention (DGSMP)
• Namibia Scientific Society

Youth welfare organisation:

• Deutscher Kinderschutzbund Leipzig e.V. (Chairman of the Board)
• Deutscher Kinderschutzbund Landesverband Sachsen e.V. (Member of the Board)
• Editorial board of Kinderschutz aktuell