Dr. Karl Emmert-Fees, MSPH

Research associate
Professorship of Public Health & Prevention Technical University of Munich Georg-Brauchle-Ring 60/62 80992 Munich | Room: L-516 Telephone: +49 (0) 89/289 24981 E-Mail: karl.emmert-fees(at)tum.de |
Profile
Since March 2021, Karl has been a research associate at the Chair of Public Health and Prevention at TUM. Previously, he was a doctoral researcher in the "Economics and Management of Diabetes" research group led by Prof. Dr. Michael Laxy at the Institute of Health Economics and Healthcare Management at the Helmholtz Zentrum München. In 2024, Karl completed his PhD in "Medical Research in Epidemiology and Public Health" at the Munich Medical Research School of LMU Munich, focusing on the evaluation of public health policies using simulation models. Karl also holds an M.Sc. in Public Health from LMU Munich and a B.A. in Socioeconomics from FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg. Internationally, Karl is involved in projects at the Department of Public Health, Policy and Systems at the Institute of Population Health at the University of Liverpool and the Emory Global Diabetes Research Center at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia.
Research Interests
- Societal effects of public health measures
- Social determinants of health and health inequalities
- Quantitative methods and simulation modeling
- Structural uncertainties in quantitative methods
Selected Publications
- Emmert-Fees, K. M. F., Amies-Cull, B., Wawro, N., Linseisen, J., et al. Projected health and economic impacts of sugar-sweetened beverage taxation in Germany: A cross-validation modelling study. PLoS medicine 2023, 10.1371/journal.pmed.1004311
- Emmert-Fees, K. M. F., Karl, F. M., Von Philipsborn, P., Rehfuess, E. A., et al. Simulation modeling for the economic evaluation of population-based dietary policies: a systematic scoping review. Advances in Nutrition 2021, 10.1093/advances/nmab028
- Ali MK, Chwastiak L, Poongothai S, Emmert-Fees, KMF, et al. Effect of a Collaborative Care Model on Depressive Symptoms and Glycated Hemoglobin, Blood Pressure, and Serum Cholesterol Among Patients With Depression and Diabetes in India: The INDEPENDENT Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA 2020, 10.1001/jama.2020.11747
- Emmert-Fees, K. M. F., Laxy, M., Patel, S. A., Singh, K., et al. Cost-Effectiveness of a Collaborative Care Model Among Patients With Type 2 Diabetes and Depression in India. Diabetes Care 2023, 10.2337/dc21-2533