Scientific Career
| Since July 2016 | Ordinaria, Chair of Epidemiology, Faculty for Sport and Health Sciences, Technical University of Munich |
| 2010 - 2016 | Chair of Cancer Epidemiology, University Cancer Center (UCC), University Hospital, Technische Universität Dresden |
| 2008 | Habilitation and Venia Legendi in Epidemiology, University Medical Centre Mainz |
| 2005 - 2010 | Research group leader Epidemiology at the IMBEI, University Medical Centre Mainz |
| 2003 - 2004 | Epidemiologist at the Institute for Medical Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics (IMBEI), University Medical Centre Mainz |
| 1999 - 2003 | Epidemiologist at the Faculty of Health Sciences, University Bielefeld |
| 1999 | Postdoc at the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) in Lyon, France |
| 1997 - 1999 | Master of Public Health and Epidemiology (MPH), LMU München |
| 1997 | PhD at the Gene Centre, LMU München |
Awards
| 2009 | Research Award from the Preventive Pediatrics Foundation |
| 1999 | Bavarian Public Health Lion |
Expert Panel Memberships
| 2021 - 2024 | Head of the Working Group “Non-communicable Diseases” of the German Global Health Hub, Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) |
| 2017 - 2020 | Deputy Speaker of the Expert Committee for Early Cancer Detection at the German Cancer Aid |
| 2016 - present | Member of the Bavarian Immunisation Advisory Group (LAGI) at the Bavarian Health and Food Safety Authority (LGL) |
| 2014 - 2022 | Deputy Speaker and, from 2019, Speaker of the International Scientific Advisory Board of the National Cohort (NaKo) |
| 2013 - 2022 | Member of the International Scientific Advisory Board of the National Cohort (NaKo) |
| 2012 - 2020 | Member of the Expert Committee for Cancer Prevention at the German Cancer Aid |
| 2012 - 2016 | Member of the Executive Board of the German Society for Epidemiology (DGEpi) |
| 2012 - 2014 | Member of the Presidium of the German Association for Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology (GMDS) |
| 2011 - present | Member of guideline development committees of the Association of the Scientific Medical Societies in Germany (AWMF) as representative of the German Society for Epidemiology (DGEpi) |
| 2011 - 2019 | Member of the Standing Committee on Immunisation (STIKO), Federal Republic of Germany, at the Robert Koch Institute |
Research Profile
| Prevention |
| Cancer Epidemiology |
| Secondary data analysis |
| Epidemiological and statistical methods |
| Molecular Epidemiology |
| Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Infections |
| Health Services Research |
| Global Health and Global Surgery |