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Achievements
Education
| High School |
Friedrich-Schiller-Gymnasium, 1972 |
| University |
Master degree ('Diplom') in Medical Informatics from the University of Heidelberg and the University of Applied Sciences Heilbronn, Germany |
| Higher Degree/s |
Ph.D. degree (Dr.rer.biol.hum.) from the Faculty for Theoretical Medicine, University of Ulm, Germany, in 1983
License for Lecturing ('Habilitation') for Medical Informatics and Statistics from the Medical Faculty of the Technical University of Aachen, Germany, 1987 |
| Present Post |
Director, Peter L. Reichertz Institute for Medical Informatics
University of Braunschweig – Institute of Technology and
Hannover Medical School, Germany |
Employment History
| 1978 -1984 |
Research assistant, Institute for Medical Documentation, Statistics and Data Processing, University of Heidelberg, Germany |
| 1984 -1987 |
Research assistant, Institute for Medical Statistics and Documentation, Technical University of Aachen, Germany |
| 1987 - 1989 |
Associate professor of medical informatics, Medical Faculty, University of Tuebingen, Germany |
| 1989 - 2001 |
Full professor of medical informatics, Medical Faculty, and director of the Department of Medical Informatics, University of Heidelberg, Germany |
| 2001 - 2004 |
Full professor of medical informatics at the University for Health Sciences, Medical Informatics and Technology (UMIT) at Innsbruck, Later Hall, Austria, rector (president) of UMIT and director of the Institute of Health Information Systems |
| Since 2002 |
Adjunct professor of medical informatics, Medical Faculty of the University of Heidelberg, Germany |
| Since 2004 |
Full professor of medical informatics, Department of Computer Science, and director of the Institute for Medical Informatics, University of Braunschweig – Institute of Technology (TU Braunschweig), Germany |
| Since 2007 |
Director of the Peter L. Reichertz Institute for Medical Informatics of TU Braunschweig and Hannover Medical School |
| Since 2008 |
Adjunct faculty for medical informatics at Hannover Medical Schoola |
Membership in Boards, Associations and Societies
scientific associations
- International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA): president (2007-2010); vice-president (1999 - 2006)
- German Association for Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology (gmds): member of the board (1990 - 1995)
- German Association for Computer Science (GI): chairperson of the medical informatics special interest group (1992 - 1995)
- American College of Medical Informatics (ACMI): international associate (since 1999)
editorships
- Methods of Information in Medicine (editor-in-chief, since 2001)
- IMIA Yearbook of Medical Informatics (editor, 2001 - 2007)
- Artificial Intelligence in Medicine (editorial board, since 1994)
- International Journal of Medical Informatics (editorial board, 1993 – 2003, 2008-2011)
- International Journal of Electronic Healthcare (editorial board, since 2006)
other activities
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Association):
elected reviewer for medical informatics and biometry (1992 - 2000)
member of the Committee for Computing (1995 - 2001)
- University of Oldenburg, Research Institute for Informatics-Systems and -Tools (OFFIS): member of its Scientific Board (1998 - 2006)
- Government of the Province of Tyrol, Austria, and Tiroler Landeskrankenanstalten (TILAK): chairperson of the Founding Council of UMIT (2000 - 2002)
- Chairperson or member of IT strategy boards of various hospitals, among others of the Heidelberg (1989 - 2001) and Erlangen University Medical Centers (1999 - 2001), of TILAK (2002 - 2004), of Braunschweig Medical Center (since 2005), and of Hannover Medical School (since 2007)
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