Education and professional background

Since 10/2006 

Active as a research assistant in the Network of Midwifery Research Osnabrueck at University of Applied Sciences Osnabrueck (AGIP project Health system research in the context of women’s health reporting, since 10/2008 on the project: "Cost/benefit and cost/effectiveness -an analysis of different care concepts in obstetrics" )

Since 2004 

Lecturer at the general and paediatric school for nursing care of Münster University Clinic and at the Zentralschule für Gesundheitsberufe St. Hildegardis, Münster

08/2004 - 09/2006 

Working as a research assistant in the Network of Midwifery Research at University of Applied Sciences Osnabrueck (project "Intervention study midwife-led care")

2004 

Qualification: Health-care manager grad. (Dipl. Pflegewirtin (FH))

Subject of the diplom thesis: Midwife-led prenatal care as an area of activity in the first year of work

2000 - 2004 

Studies in nursing science the Network of Midwifery Research at University of Applied Sciences Osnabrueck, Faculty of Business Management and Social Sciences  

1996-2003 

Manager of a midwife practice as one of two partners

Since 1984  

Working as a midwife in clinical and extra-clinical obstetrics, pre- and post-natal care in Münster

1982 -1984 

Trained as a midwife at the Philipps Universität midwifery school, Marburg

Occupational activity

Since 2008

Treasurer of the German Society of Midwifery Science (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Hebammenwissenschaft)  

Since 2006 

Active as an expert of the Bund Deutscher Hebammen e.V. for the area of “Developing health telematics”

Since 2005

Member of the Research Advisory Network of the International Confederation of Midwives (ICM)

2002 - 2004 

Member of the “Quality assurance in self-employment” working group of the German midwives’ association, Bund Deutscher Hebammen e.V.

The production of scientifically derived recommendations on “Pre-natal care by midwives”, published by the Bund Deutscher Hebammen e.V.