Curriculum vitae
2012
Elected chairman of the "Paritätische Wohlfahrt - Gesamtverband"
2012
Completion of the Research Group Public Health, Social Science Research Center Berlin (WZB)
since 2007
Appointment as Lecturer (Professor) at the Berlin School of Public Health at the Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
1999 - 2009
Member of the Advisory Council for the Concerted Action in Health Care (Sachverständigenrates für die Konzertierte Aktion im Gesundheitswesen, SVRKAiG, until 2004), Advisory Council on the Assessment of Developments in the Health Care System (SVR-G, from 2004 until 2009)
1998
Habilitation: Postdoctoral Dissertation in Social Sciences with special Focus on Public Health; Outside Lecturer for Social Sciences/Public Health, University of Bremen
1996
Adjunct Professor of Social Sciences/Public Health, Technical University of Berlin
since 1995
Head of the Research Group Public Health, Social Science Research Center Berlin (WZB)
1990
Visiting Scholar at the Institute of Governmental Studies of the University of California, Berkeley; on leave from the WZB (March to October)
1988 - 1994
Head of the Research Unit "Health Risks and the Politics of Prevention", Social Science Center Berlin (WZB)
1984 - 1987
Deputy Director at the Research Unit "Labor Policy", International Institute for Comparative Social Research ( WZB)
1977 - 1984
Research Fellow at the International Institute for Comparative Social Research ( WZB)
1977
Doctorate: Dr. rer. pol. in national and political Economics, University of Bremen
1975 - 1976
Research Fellow at the Research Center of the Federation of German Scientists (Forschungsstelle der Vereinigung Deutscher Wissenschaftler e.V; VDW)., Hamburg
1974 - 1975
Research Fellow at the Free University of Berlin, Faculty of Political Science
1973 - 1974
Postgraduate scholarship of the Free University of Berlin at the Instituto Latinoamericano de Investigaciones Sociales, Santiago de Chile
1972
MBA (Diplom-Kaufmann), Free University of Berlin
1970 - 1972
Tutor at the Technical University of Berlin, Faculty of City Planning and Architecture
1966 - 1972
Study of Business Management, Political Economy, and Social Sciences at the Free University of Berlin
1964 - 1966
Commercial Apprenticeship, Busch Jaeger Metallwerke AG, Dueren and Luedenscheid
Born in 1945
Fields of Specialization
Economy and politics of health care and health services
Socially rooted health inequalities
Disease prevention and health promotion
Work-site health promotion
AIDS: policy/politics, prevention, care
Health insurance systems
Projects
Participation in all ongoing Projects of the Research Group Public Health
Memberships
Expert for Public Health at the Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung (since 2011)
Member of the Zentrale Ethikkommission (ZEKO) at the Bundesärztekammer (since 2010)
Member of the Advisory Council on the Assessment of Developments in the Health Care System (Sachverständigenrat zur Begutachtung der Entwicklung im Gesundheitswesen; ¬SVR-G) (1999-2009)
Chairman of the Advisory Council of the Federal Center for Health Education (Bundeszentrale für gesundheitliche Aufklärung, ¬BZgA) (member since 1999, chairman since 2003)
Member of the National Aids Council (Nationaler Aids-Beirat) (1995-2010)
Member of the Advisory Council of the Scientific Institute of Local Health Care Funds ( Wissenschaftliches Institut der Ortskrankenkassen, ¬ WIdO)
Member of the Advisory Council for the Implementation of § 20 SGB V (German Social Code: primary prevention as a means to reduce social inequality in health) (main organisations of compulsory health insurance providers/Spitzenverbund der Krankenkassen) (2001-2010)
Member of the Advisory Council for the Implementation of § 65b SGB V (German Social Code: independent patient consultation) (main organisations of cumpulsory health insurance providers / Spitzenverbund der Krankenkassen)
Member of the Common Scientific Advisory Council for the public health authorities under the direction of the Federal Ministry of Health (Gemeinsamer Wissenschaftlicher Beirat, GWB) (since 2003)
Member of the Enquête-Kommission of the 14. German Bundestag; Gefahren von Aids und wirksame Wege zu ihrer Bekämpfung (1987-1990)
Member of the Enquête-Kommission of the 14. German Bundestag; Strukturreform der Gesetzlichen Krankenversicherung (1987-1990)
Links
Sachverständigenrat zur Begutachtung der Entwicklung im Gesundheitswesen
Bundeszentrale für gesundheitliche Aufklärung
Deutsche Koordinierungsstelle für Gesundheitswissenschaften
Wissenschaftliches Institut der AOK