Education

09/94 -08/99              

Harvard University, School of Public Health, Boston, USA

Department of Population and International Health

Doctor of Public Health - June 1999 Thesis: The social dynamics of low fertility in Germany: An East - West Comparison

09/91-08/92               

Harvard University, School of Public Health, Boston, USA

Master of Public Health - June 1992

09/89-08/91               

Harvard University, School of Public Health, Boston, USA

Master of Science in Maternal and Child Health - June 1991

08/89-05/91               

Simmons Graduate School for Health Studies, Boston, USA

Master of Science in Primary Care Nursing - May 1991

09/82-09/84               

University of Munich, State Accredited Midwifery School,  Munich, Germany Midwifery Diploma - 1984

Professional Experience

09/00- present           

University of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Business Management and Social Sciences, Osnabrück, Germany

Tenured Professor in Nursing Science

• Responsible for the conduct of several research studies
• Head of the Network of Midwifery Research Osnabrueck
• Teaching experience in quantitative and qualitative research methods, health promotion and preventive care

03/00- 08/00              

University of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Business Management and Social Sciences, Osnabrück, Germany

Assistant Professor in Nursing Research

07/97-02/00               

University of Applied Sciences Osnabrück, Faculty of Business Management and Social Sciences, Osnabrück, Germany

Lecturer and Scientist

12/95-05/96               

Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies, Cambridge, USA

Project and Workshop Coordinator Human Insecurity Crisis in Russia: Demographic Changes and Policy Considerations

11/92-11/94               

World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

Family Health Division, Maternal Health and Safe Motherhood Program

Associate Professional Officer

• Directed and conducted projects for the Joint Program for Strengthening National Capacities to Reduce Maternal Deaths and Disabilities in Nepal, Vietnam, The Gambia, Mozambique, Sierra Leone, Zambia and Turkey
• Presented on reproductive health at workshops and scientific meetings held in New Delhi, Nepal, Turkey, Zambia, Mozambique and Vancouver
• Organized and conducted a WHO Task Force Meeting on Human Resources Development for Maternal and Newborn Care at the Health Center
• As part of a team developed prototype in-service training materials for midwifery personnel

11/84 – 06/89               

Midwife and health consultant in different settings (Germany, Brazil, South-East Asia)

Memberships           

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

Research Advisory Network, International Confederation of Midwives (ICM)

Deutsches Netzwerk Evidenzbasierte Medizin (DNEbM)

Member of the scientific group of the journal "Hebammenforum"