Health Sciences/Public Health in Dresden
The chair for Health Sciences and Public Health is lead by Univ.-Prof. Dr. med. Dipl.-Psych. Joachim Kugler since 1999 and employs an interdisciplinary team of scientists.
Profile
The focus of Health Sciences and Public Health in research and teaching lies on:
- explanations and implications of health conditions and disease causes,
- interactions between humans and their natural, technical and social environments,
- health promotion
- coping with and/or overcoming of diseases
- performances of the health system and possibilities to politically influence it
- evaluation and quality control of the health system.