Prof. Dr. med. Anna Kühne, M.Sc. M.Sc.
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© Stephan Wiegand
Ms Prof. Dr. med. Anna Kühne M.Sc. M.Sc.
Professur Öffentliche Gesundheit
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Curriculum vitae
| since 2025 |
Managing Director of the German Society for Public Health e.V. |
| since 2025 |
Member of the steering committee of the Future Public Health Forum |
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since 2024 |
W2 Chair of Public Health, bridge professorship at TU Dresden (70%) and the Dresden Office for Health and Prevention (30%) Head of the Chair of Public Health |
| since 2018 |
Honorary Assistant Professor at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine |
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2018-2024 |
Epidemiological Advisor for Médecins Sans Frontières London/Berlin |
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2023-2024 |
Research Associate and Scientific Coordinator of the Postgraduate Training in Applied Epidemiology (PAE) at the Robert Koch Institute, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology |
| 2023 |
Habilitation and Venia Legendi for the subject "Public Health/Epidemiology" at the Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin |
| 2022-2023 |
Deputy Head of Infection Protection and Environmental Hygiene at the Dahme-Spreewald Health Department |
| 2022 |
Completion of Postgraduate Certificate in Learning & Teaching (with Distinction) and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine |
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2014-2018 |
International epidemiological project assignments in the context of outbreak investigations and applied research in humanitarian crises for Médecins Sans Frontières, Public Health England and the WHO Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN) |
| 2016 |
Completed M.Sc. Applied Epidemiology at the Berlin School of Public Health and the Postgraduate Training in Applied Epidemiology (PAE/EPIET) at the Robert Koch Institute |
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2013-2016 |
Research Associate at the Robert Koch Institute, Department of Infection Epidemiology |
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2014 |
Doctorate (Dr. med.) at the Medical Faculty of the University of Hamburg |
| 2012 |
M.Sc. Public Health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine |
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2011-2012 |
Medical practice at Leipzig University Hospital, Clinic and Polyclinic for Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Therapy |
| 2010 |
State examination in human medicine at the University of Leipzig |
Research topics and core research areas
- Infection epidemiology, outbreak detection and crisis management
- Health in all policies (HiAP) & health equity
- Interfaces between public health services and curative healthcare
- Evidence-based public health in the public health service (ÖGD)
- Global health, health indicators and evidence in humanitarian crises
Current publications
2025
Kuehne A, Schmitt N, Taché S, Pantenburg B et al. Anvertraubare Professionelle Tätigkeiten (ATP) as a learning concept for the practical year in the Public Health Service. Public Health Forum. 2025;33(1): 48-50. https://doi.org/10.1515/pubhef-2024-0132.
Knappe S, Lewitzka U, Kuehne A, Bürger A. Prevention of mental disorders in childhood and adolescence. Journal of Evidence-Based Practice, Continuing Education and Quality in Health Care (ZEFQ). 2025 [accepted].https://doi.org/10.1016/j.zefq.2025.02.005
Sahelie B, Baertlein L, Dubad BA, Osman M, Post N, Stringer B, Piening T, Majanen H, Damulak IC, Van Boetzalaer E, Kuehne A, Keating P. Evaluation of mobile clinics by MSF in pastoralist community in Doolo Zone, Somali region, Ethiopia. BMC Health Services Research. 2025;25(1):158. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-025-12282-y.
Trautmann F, Looks P, Galante-Gottschalk A, Tinnemann P, Kühne A, Schmitt J, Bauer F. The Dresden Health Index as an example of small-scale, integrated health reporting. Healthy Cities News. 2025.
2024
Arnold L, Steinisch M, Kuehne A, Schwabe A, Jakubowski E, Scholten A, Stratil JM. Leitlinien im und für den Öffentlichen Gesundheitsdienst: Ergebnisse einer Onlinebefragung zu aktuellen Bedarden aus der Praxis [Guidelines Within And For Public Health Services: Results Of An Online Survey On Current Practical Needs]. Public Health Services. 2024 Oct 8. German. doi: 10.1055/a-2406-4786. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39379022.
Kugler CM, Koller D, Muehlensiepen F, Pachanov A, Kuehne A, Pieper D. Utilization of health-related data in the regional context for health service planning in the Federal State of Brandenburg, Germany-a qualitative study. Res Health Serv Reg. 2024 Sep 25;3(1):14. doi: 10.1007/s43999-024-00050-0. PMID: 39317799; PMCID: PMC11422541.
Höglund-Braun H, Quartey AL, Ganter M, Ehlkes L, Geis S, Skorning M, Rehmet S, Kühne A. An after action review at the municipal level in the ÖGD: Lessons learned in the Corona unit of the Düsseldorf public health department after the end of the Covid-19 pandemic, March 2023. Gesundheitswesen. 2024 May 17. German. doi: 10.1055/a-2329-7058. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38760057.
Robinson E, Ouabo A, Rose L, van Braak F, Vyncke J, Wright R, Gray N, Sakama NS, Aboukar EJ, Fierte MM, Woinzoukou D, Ewers L, Serpande C, Stein S, Van Boetzelaer E, Kpahina OA, Sabe SC, Rao B, Kuehne A. Mixed-method evaluation study of a targeted mass drug administration of long-acting anti-malarials among children aged 3 months to 15 years in the Bossangoa sub-prefecture, Ouham, Central African Republic, during the COVID-19 pandemic. Malar J. 2024 May 15;23(1):146. doi: 10.1186/s12936-024-04968-1. PMID: 38750517; PMCID: PMC11094902.
Current research
ACurrent research projects can be found here.