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Coenen

Dr. rer. biol. hum. Michaela Coenen, MPH

Head of the Research Unit for Biopsychosocial Health;
Course Coordinator MSc Public Health

Contact

Chair for Public Health and Health Services Research
Institute for Medical Information Processing, Biometry and Epidemiology (IBE)
Ludwig-Maximilians University (LMU) Munich
Elisabeth-Winterhalter-Weg 6
81377 Munich, Germany

Room: U 041
Phone: +49 (0)89 2180-78216

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

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