Area of interests

Research interests

• Functioning and disability
• Community-based prevention strategies
• Qualitative and quantitative research methodologies; systematic reviews
• Rehabilitation research
• Health services research
• Implementation of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) in clinical practice and other areas of interest (e.g. public health)

Projects

• Harmonizing existing patient reported outcome measures in rheumatoid arthritis
• ICF INFO (International collaborative project which aims to establish the principles to harmonize routinely collected health information based on the ICF)
• ICF e-learning Tool (a web-based education tool for ICF Workshops)
• ICF│PROreha (Predicting the rehabilitation outcome after trauma based on the ICF)
• Further development and validation of the Hamburger Prognosescore

Completed

• PATHWAYS (PArticipation To Healthy Workplaces And inclusive Strategies in the work sector)
• ICD-11 Field testing (Field testing of the ICD-11 beta version in hand surgery)
• Lighthouse Project Hand: Implementation and use of the ICF Core Sets for hand conditions in clinical practice, rehabilitation and research
• Model Disability Survey
• PARADISE (Psychosocial factors relevant to brain disorders in Europe)
• Development and validation of ICF Core Sets for multiple sclerosis
• Development of ICF Core Sets for hand conditions
• Development of ICF Core Sets for inflammatory bowel diseases
• Development and validation of ICF Core Sets from the patient perspective (different projects)

Supervision of trainees (MPH / MSc students)
Supervision of doctoral students
Biometrical consulting of doctoral thesis
Coordination and management of third-party projects
ICF Training

Teaching

• Qualitative methods in Public Health and medical research
• Research Skills & Core competencies in Public Health
• Practice and policies in Public Health

Curriculum Vitae

• 1986 - 1993 Diploma in Psychology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) Munich
• 1993 – 1994 Junior researcher, Department of Psychology, Biological psychology (Prof. R. Schandry), LMU Munich
• 1994 – 2000 Junior researcher, Institut für Therapieforschung (IFT) (Prof. G. Bühringer), Munich
• 2000 - 2002 Master of Public Health, LMU Munich
• 2003 – 2005 Doctoral scholarship Deutsche Rheuma-Liga e.V., Institute for Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, LMU Munich
• 2005 – 2008 Researcher, Institute for Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, LMU Munich
• 2008 Doctorate degree in Health and Rehabilitation Sciences (Dr. rer. biol. hum.), LMU Munich
• 2008 – 2012 Senior researcher, Institute for Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, LMU Munich (Prof. G. Stucki)
• 2012 - 2014 Senior researcher, Chair for Public Health and Health Services Research (IBE), LMU Munich (Prof. U. Mansmann)
• since 2014 Head of the Research Unit for Biopsychosocial Health
• since 2018 Course coordinator of the master programme Public Health

Steering Committee member of the ICF Research Branch