Professional Topics & Activities / Arbeitsthemen und -aktivitäten
This portfolio includes 50 facets of my work life, incl. work positions, work fields, projects, teaching and consulting.
In retrospect, most of my work can be structured into 3 topical clusters:
- “Human Ecology and Health” cluster
- “Sustainable Urban & Regional Health” cluster
- “Health Assessments” cluster
Qualifying work / Ausbildung
- 1998 Habilitation, adjunct prof
- 1985-1989 Graduate studies of Public Health & Epidemiology
- 1979 Medical dissertation
- 1973-1974 Internship; Medical Approbation
- 1966-1972 Medical studies
Work positions / Berufliche Positionen
- 2013ff U Bielefeld: “Building Bridges” project
- 2012 LZG.NRW Co-heading
- 2008-2011 LIGA.NRW: Dep. Prevention & Innovation
- 1995-2008 Lögd NRW: Environmental Health Dep.
- 1989-1994 Idis: Special unit for health planning
- 1981-1985 Hamburg Health Department: Epi Division
- 1975-1981 UKE Hamburg: Biometrics & Epi
- 1974-1975 Military service, consc. objection
Work fields / Arbeitsfelder
- 2009ff Impact Assessments / Family
- 2005ff Health assessments
- 1997ff Health modeling and prognostics
- 1997ff Visualization
- 1995ff Quantitative Risk Assessment
- 1993ff Governance, Integrated policy programs
- 1988-1991 From Almanac to Episource
- 1986ff Health Impact Assessment (HIA)
- 1984ff (Human) Ecology, environment & health
- 1981-1985 Hamburg Cancer Registry
- 1980ff Urban and Regional Health
- 1980ff Epidemiologic studies
- 1969ff Computer literacy, Inf management
Project leadership (selection) / Projektleitung (Auswahl)
- 2014ff Health assessments, with EUPHA sections
- 2013ff Project Urban health – Building bridges
- 1999-2002 NRW-funded project „Agenda 21 and health“
- 1995-2002 Quantitative Risk Analysis (QRA)
- 1994-1996 EC co-funded project EHIM
- 1992-1995 BMFT-funded HIA/GVP project
- 1989-2002 Noxious Agents Information System (NIS)
Project participation (selection) / Projektbeteiligung (Auswahl)
- 2008-2014 EC co-funded project RAPID
- 2004-2007 EC co-funded WHO project ENHIS
- 2004-2007 EC co-funded project HIA effectiveness
- 2004-2005 UBA-funded project LA21 Environment and Health
- 2002-2005 UBA-funded project Xprob
- 2001-2004 EC co-funded project EPHIA
- 1981-1985 Hamburg School Health Study
Teaching / Lehre
Consulting
Other activities / Weiteres
- 1999-2007 Series Environment and Health materials
- 1998-2006 Environmental Health newsletter
- 1996ff Japan connection
- 1990ff Environmental health group, University of Bielefeld
- 1984ff California connection
- 1982ff (Co-)Initiation of working groups etc.
- 1977ff Professional associations.
(Rev. 27 Jan 2021)
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