Professor of Nursing Science at the University of Applied Sciences Hamburg, Faculty of Economy and Social Work, Professor of Aged Care (joint position between the University of Ballarat and Ballarat Health Services), Degrees in Nursing Sciences and Health Sciences at the University of Osnabrueck, Germany, Research Associate at the University of Osnabrueck and University of Bremen, at the German Parliament, Study and Research stay in India (1995, Tamil Nadu), Great Britain (1996, London) and Australia (2000, Sydney), comprehensive experiences in leading and conducting research projects, responsible managements of evaluation projects and official expertises "Evaluation of nursing transparency reports in Germany" in cooperation with Prof. Dr. Karin Wolf-Ostermann, “Official report on quality audits in long-term care” with Prof. Dr. Stefan Goerres, University of Bremen, “Nurse-led clinics for aged and old aged multimorbid people within a geriatric clinical setting” (funded by Ministry of Education and Research), “Future trends in the need and demand of care in North-Rhine-Westfalia, with Prof. Dr. Stefan Görres, University of Bremen, Editors of books, memberships in professional bodies and associations (evidence-based-medicine), memberships in review boards of scientific journals.
Until 2008 member of Graduate School “Multimorbidity in old age and selected nursing problems”, Centre for Humanities and Public Health, Charite, University of Berlin, Medical Faculty.
Research projects, publications and presentations on following topics: health promotion and prevention in nursing, effects of health policy on nursing, health and nursing systems, evidence-based practice, health care and nursing research, nursing needs of people in need of care.
Career Background
Since 10/2006 Professor of Nursing Science, University of Applied Sciences, Hamburg
09/2008 - 09/2009 Professor of Aged Care (joint position between University of Ballarat and Ballarat Health Services)
2004 -2006 Professor of Nursing Science, Protestant University of Applied Science
2002-2004 Research associate of the Department of Nursing Science in the Faculty of Humanities and Public Health at the University of Bremen
2001-2002 Personal Assistant to the Speaker of Health Policies of the Labor Party in the German Parliament, Berlin
1995-2000 Research Associate to the Department of Public Health and Nursing, University of Osnabrueck
2000 Visiting Researcher at the University of Sydney, Faculty of Nursing & Midwifery
1996 Stay abroad as RN at the Paracelsus Klinik, London, Great Britain
1995 Stay abroad as RN at a Women Shelter in Madurai, Tamil Nadu, Inida
1995-1999 Lecturer at the Nursing school Innova Privatakademie Osnabrueck
1988-1998 RN in different settings of nursing and health care (hospital, home care, long-term care)
Research and teaching focus
- Health promotion and prevention in nursing
- Settings in health care, public health, health policy and its impact on nursing
- Health and nursing research
- International health care and nursing systems
- Evidence-based nursing
- Need and demand of nursing care
International experiences and contacts
2008-2009 University of Ballarat, Ballarat Health Services, Ballarat, Australien
2007 In the process of establishing new contact with Erciyes
University in Kayseri, Health College, Turkey
2007 Jyväskyla University of Applied Sciences, Finland
2006 Hanse University Groningen, School of Nursing, Netherlands
2006 Napier University, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
2005 Massey University, Faculty of Nursing, Auckland and Wellington, New Zealand
2005 Katholieke Hogeskole Kempen, Gesundheitszorg, Lier, Belgium
2005 Hogeskolen i Buskerud, Drammen, Norway
2000 University of Sydney, Faculty of Nursing & Midwifery, NSW, Australia
Education
1992/93-1999 Degree course in Nursing Science, Public Health and Theology at the University of Osnabrueck, scholarship funded by the Friedrich-Ebert-Foundation
5/1998 – 12/2000 PhD thesis “Postnatal care in new integrated concepts in selected institutions with special reference to the patients and nursing staff“, funded by the Robert Bosch Foundation Stuttgart
4/1985-3/1988 Nursing training (hospital-based) at the Hans-Susemihl-Hospital Emden
Membership in professional bodies
- Scientific advisory board "Developing and testing an assessment tool for measuring quality outcomes in residential care facilities", Ministry of Health and Ministry of Families, Elderly, Youth and Women, Berlin, Germany
- Graduate School "Multimorbidity in old age and selected nursing problems", Centre for Humanities and Public Health, Charité – University of Berlin, Medical Faculty
- ‘Focus on evaluation research in social and health care’, the Faculty of Economy and Social Sciences, University of Applied Sciences Hamburg
- Committee for the project „District Nurses“ at the Ministry of Labour, Welfare, Health and Families, Federal State of Brandenburg.
- German Network for Evidence-based-medicine (DNEbM) e.V.
- Alumni, Friedrich-Ebert-Foundation
- German Association of Nursing Science
- Alumni, Robert Bosch Foundation
- Member of the panel of experts „Nursing and Public Health“, The Federal Association of Nursing (DBfK)
- Advisory Board Hanse-Institute Oldenburg - Education and Health, Germany
- Member Network Health in Oldenburg
- Board Member DGiV Network North (German Association of Integrated Health Care)
- Advisory Board CareDate Der Pflegekongress Schlütersche Verlag (http://www.caredate.de/?utm_source=pflegen-online&utm_campaign=news)
Consultancies
- Board of Consultants of the journal “Pflege“ (Nursing) - Die wissenschaftliche Zeitschrift für Pflegeberufe (Huber Verlag: Bern u.A.)
- Reviewer for the „Journal of Nursing Management”, Blackwell Publishing
- Reviewer for the journal „Praevention und Gesundheitsfoerderung“ (Prevention and Health Promotion), Springer Verlag
- Reviewer for the journal „Pflege und Gesellschaft“ (Nursing and Society), Juventa Verlag
- Reviewer for the journal „Public Health“, Springer Verlag
- Reviewer for the journal "Journal of Wound Healing", ccv Berlin
- Official report on the suitability of candidates for the appointment of the „Professorship of Nursing Science and Clinical Nursing” at the University of Applied Sciences, Hamburg, Faculty of Nursing
- Official report for the Commission of Inquiry for the Parliament of North-Rhine Westphalia on the state and future of nursing: Offical report „Kuenftige Bedarfskonstellationen pflegebeduerftiger Menschen in NRW“ (Future requirements of people in need of care in North-Rhine Westphalia)
- Co-authorship of an official report for the German Federal Constitutional Court as part of the standard control procedure „Zum Gesetz über die Berufe in der Altenpflege (Altenpflegegesetz)” (On the law covering professional carers of elderly people)
- Authorized expert at the “Commission of Health”, German Parliament
- Consultant for e.g. project “Nursing in 2015”, conducted by Fraunhofer Institute Stuttgart, Germany, funded by Hans-Boeckler Foundation
- Member of expert group to counsel and advise on the project “Effectiveness of the German version “Serial trial intervention to reduce challenging behaviour of residents with dementia at residential care facilities in Germany (STI-D)”, a project at the Institute of Sociology and Nursing Executive Director, Charite Berlin, working group nursing research, project funded by BMBF (Ministry of Education and Research)
- Member of Scientific Advisory Board "Development and Testing of Tools for evaluating outcome quality in residential aged care facilities", Ministry of Health and Ministry of Families, Ederly, Youth, Germany
- Accreditation Agency (AQAS e.V.)
- AiF "Research in Universities of Applied Sciences"
- Austrian Research Funding Association
