Occupational and Social Medicine, Public Health
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Topics in this research section
The research on Occupational Medicine, Social Medicine and Public Health is dedicated to the prevention of diseases with a wide range of scientific methods (qualitative surveys as well as analytical case control studies and control studies as well as cluster randomized RCTs). The main focus is on public health-relevant common diseases: musculoskeletal disorders, cardiovascular diseases, cancers and mental illness. In addition to etiological research, healthcare research - in particular healthcare research in a professional context - is also of particular importance: the occupational setting provides an important starting point for disease prevention and health promotion for broad parts of the population. However, there are still substantial gaps in knowledge regarding the actual effectiveness of concrete preventive measures in the occupational context.
Last but not least, the social understanding of "work" is currently undergoing rapid change. Here we need to consider keywords such as flexibilization, precarization, work intensification, activation and dissolution of boundaries. We ask ourselves what kind of preventive medicine and public health-related or social concepts this change requires.
Section leader
© Stephan Wiegand
Institute Director
NameProf. Dr. med. Andreas Seidler MPH
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Scientists
© Stephan Wiegand
Scientist
NameDr. phil. Dipl.-Psych. Stephanie Drössler
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Scientist
NameMaximilian Bretschneider M.A.
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Scientist
NameDr. rer. medic. Alice Freiberg MPH
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Scientist, Study Coordinator MPH
NameDr. rer. medic. Maria Girbig M.Sc.
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Scientist
NameDr. rer. biol. hum. Janice Hegewald M.Sc.
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Scientist
NameDipl.-Ing. Karsten Rossa
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Scientist
NameDr. rer. nat. Melanie Schubert
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Scientist
NameDr. rer. medic. Verena Maria Weihofen MPH
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Further staff
© Katrin Liesk
Nurse
NameKatrin Liesk-Biskop
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Selected research projects
- TUDo! - Need-oriented and target group-specific prevention of psychological stress and strain in study environments and university environments
- Healthy work in pioneering industries (GAP Project). Development of a self-learning, network-coordinated safeguard system on occupational health and safety for small and medium-sized enterprises in technology networks
- NORAH (Noise Related Annoyance, Cognition and Health): aircraft noise study in the Rhine-Main region, module 2 "Health": secondary data-based case control study (submodule 1) with detailed individual survey (submodule 2)
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Practical learning venue: nursing care. Guide to a demography-based nursing practice (DemoPrax)