The Robert Koch Institute (RKI): main building in Berlin. more
Germany’s Public Health institute RKI monitors the population’s health and wellbeing. more
The Robert Koch Institute is the German government's central institution for the identification, surveillance and prevention of infectious diseases in the Portfolio of the German Ministry of Health. more
Curriculum Vitae
| Academic Career | |
| Since 4/2023 | Vice President of the Robert Koch Institute (acting) |
| Since 8/2021 | Professor of Global Health Policy, Faculty of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) |
| Since 1/2020 | Director and Prof; Head of Department, Centre for International Health Protection, Robert Koch-Institute, Germany |
| 2012 - 2021 | Assistant then Associate Professor Health Policy and Systems (LSHTM) |
| 2011 - 2012 | Lecturer/Assistant Professor, Global Public Health Unit, School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh |
| 2010 - 2011 | Technical Officer, Social Determinants of Health, World Health Organisation, Regional Office Europe |
| 2010 | Research Fellow, Evidence for Action, Department for Global Health and Development, LSHTM |
| 2006 - 2010 | Graduate Teaching Scholar, Health Policy Unit, LSHTM |
| 2005 - 2006 | HIV Researcher, Americas Programme, International Secretariat, Amnesty International |
| 2002 - 2005 | Global AIDS Programme Coordinator, Panos Institute, UK and Zambia (based in Lusaka, Zambia) |
| Scientific degree(s) | |
| 2010 | PhD Health Policy Analysis in Low and Middle Income Countries, LSHTM, UK |
| 2001 | MSc Development Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, UK |
| 2000 | BA History and Politics, Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London, UK |
| Academic activities | |
| Since 2022 | International Advisory Board; The Global Listening Project |
| Since 2021 | Scientific Advisor, World Report on Social Determinants of Health, WHO |
| Since 2021 | Scientific Expert, WHO World Report on Social Determinants of Health |
| Since 2021 | Virchow Prize Committee |
| Since 2020 | Steering Committee Global Health Research Platform (GHLORA) |
| Since 2020 | Editor Journal for Migration and Health: Elsevier |
| Since 2019 | Steering Committee Global Health Hub Germany |
| Since 2019 | Adjunct Professor Nyala University; Bo; Sierra Leone |
| Since 2018 | Member WHO EURO SAGE on health equity |
| Since 2015 | Research Associate, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa |
| 2018-2019 | Steering Committee Global Health Hub Germany |
