Prof. Dr. med. Steffi Riedel-Heller
Research focus
- Public Mental Health, Epidemiology of Mental Disorders (population-based cohorts)
- Social Psychiatry (psychosocial interventions, guideline development)
- Prevention and Health Service Research
- Scalable interventions (e.g. m-health)
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Curriculum Vitae
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Steffi Riedel-Heller, MD, MPH Professor of Psychiatry |
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Official position |
Director, Institute of Social Medicine, Occupational Health and Public Health (ISAP), Faculty of Medicine |
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Institution |
University of Leipzig, Germany |
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Business address |
Philipp-Rosenthal-Str. 55, 04103 Leipzig |
Academic education and degrees
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1985-1991 |
MD in Medicine, Medical School, Leipzig University |
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1994 |
PhD in Medicine, University of Leipzig |
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1994-1995 |
MPH/Master of Public Health MPH, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA |
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2002 |
Postdoctoral lecture qualification (venia legendi) in Psychiatry, University of Leipzig |
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2002 |
Board certification in Adult Psychiatry and Psychotherapy |
Professional career
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1982 - 1985 |
Psychiatric Nursing |
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1991 - 1992 |
Residency in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy |
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1992 |
House physician, Ashington Hospital, UK and voluntary medical mission (German Doctors) in Mindanao, Philippines |
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1993 - 1994 |
Residency in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Leipzig |
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1996 - 2002 |
Residency in Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Neurology, University of Leipzig |
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2002-2004 |
Senior physician and Research group leader, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Leipzig |
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2004-2010 |
Full Professor of Public Mental Health (C3), Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical Faculty, University of Leipzig |
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Since 2010 |
Full professor (W3) and Director of the Institute of Social Medicine, Occupational Health and Public Health (ISAP), University of Leipzig |
Honors, awards and positions
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1994 - 1995 |
Scholarship German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) |
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2007 |
Hermann-Simon-Preis (DGPPN) for outstanding scientific work in the field of social psychiatry, epidemiology, health service research and rehabilitative psychiatry |
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Since 2012 |
Board member of the German Association for Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics (DGPPN) for Public Mental Health |
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Since 2011 |
Project leader, National S3 Treatment Guideline on Psychosocial therapies in severe mental disorders (SMI) including corresponding patient version and online platform for patients and relatives |
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Since 2015 |
Scientific advisory board member Committee Health Monitoring (GBEMON) of the Robert-Koch-Institute (RKI) |
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Since 2015 |
Board member of the International Federation of Psychiatric Epidemiology (IFPE) |
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Since 2016 |
Board member of the Section Epidemiology and Social Psychiatry of the European Psychiatric Association (EPA) |
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Since 2016 |
Review board member of the German Research Foundation (DFG): Clinical Neurosciences and Clinical Trials |
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Since 2017 |
Spokesperson of the University Center for Health Services Research (UZVF) |
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2017 |
Research Award of the Hans and Ilse Breuer Foundation |
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Since 2017 |
Spokesperson Division of Mental Health of the German Network for Health Services Research (DNVF) |
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Since 2020 |
Co-Chair Division Public Mental Health German Society of Public Health |
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Since 2020 |
Advisory Board Public Health of the Saxon State Ministry for Social Affairs and Social Cohesion |
Current journal editorial positions
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Since 2007 |
Editor-in-Chief Psychiatrische Praxis (Thieme Verlag, Stuttgart) |
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Since 2012 |
Advisory Board Der Nervenarzt (Springer Verlag, Heidelberg) |
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Since 2014 |
International Advisory Board: Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology (Springer Verlag, Heidelberg) |
10 most important peer-reviewed papers
(10 out of: 598, SCOPUS h-index: 58)
Löbner M, Pabst A, Stein J, Dorow M, Matschinger H … Riedel-Heller SG. Computerized cognitive behavior therapy for patients with mild to moderately severe depression in primary care: A pragmatic cluster randomized controlled trial (@ktiv). J Affect Disord. 2018;238:317-326.
Hussenoeder FS, Riedel-Heller SG. Primary prevention of dementia: from modifiable risk factors to a public brain health agenda? Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol. 2018;53(12):1289-1301.
Zuelke AE, Luck T, Schroeter ML, Witte AV, Hinz A … Riedel-Heller SG. The association between unemployment and depression-Results from the population-based LIFE-Adult-Study. J Affect Disord. 2018;235:399-406.
Then FS, Luck T, Heser K, Ernst A, Posselt T… Riedel-Heller SG. Which types of mental work demands may be associated with reduced risk of dementia? Alzheimers Dement. 2017;13(4): 431-440.
Stein J, Pabst A, Weyerer S, Werle J, Maier W … Riedel-Heller SG. Unmet care needs of the oldest old with late-life depression: A comparison of patient, caring relative and general practitioner perceptions - Results of the AgeMooDe study. J Affect Disord. 2016;205: 82-189.
Then FS, Luck T, Luppa M, König HH, Angermeyer MC, Riedel-Heller SG. Differential effects of enriched environment at work on cognitive decline in old age. Neurology. 2015;84(21):2169-76.
König HH, Leicht H, Brettschneider C, Bachmann C, Bickel H … Riedel-Heller SG. The costs of dementia from the societal perspective: is care provided in the community really cheaper than nursing home care? J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2014;15(2):117-26.
Busse A, Angermeyer MC, Riedel-Heller SG. Progression of mild cognitive impairment to dementia: a challenge to current thinking. Br J Psychiatry. 2006;189:399-404.
Riedel-Heller SG, Busse A, Angermeyer MC. The state of mental health in old-age across the 'old' European Union. Acta Psychiatr Scand. 2006;113(5):388-401.
Riedel-Heller SG, Busse A, Aurich C, Matschinger H, Angermeyer MC. Incidence of dementia according to DSM-III-R and ICD-10: results of the Leipzig Longitudinal Study of the Aged (LEILA75+). Br J Psychiatry. 2001;179:255-60.