Experience

Leibniz-Institut für Präventiosnforschung und Epidemiologie - BIPS

• Germany
• Research Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Head of Unit 'Lifestyle Related Disorders'

  • Oct 2006 - Present

  Head of Unit including direction responsibility for six scientists and scientific lead of multiple projects (http://www.bips.uni-bremen.de/fg_lebensstil.php)-Fundraising-Planning, coordination and publication of epidemiological projects of the unit-Scientific lead of multiple projects including large national and international cohort studies

• JPI HDHL Wearable sensors for the assesment of physical and eating behaviours (WEALTH)

  • Apr 2022 - Present

• JPI HDHL Policy Evaluation Network (PEN)

  • May 2022 - Present

• IDEFICS/I.Family Cohort

  • 2006 - Present

• JPI HDHL Action "Malnutrition in the Elderly JPI Knowledge Hub"

  • 2016 - 2018

• JPI HDHL Determinants of Diet and Physical Activity (DEDIPAC) Knowledge Hub

  • 2013 - 2016



United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)

• Consultancy

  • May 2006 - Sep 2006

  Nutrition Baseline Survey in Guinea Bissau -Developed baseline questionnaire and computerized data base -Trained interviewers on the questionnaire, 24-h recall interview technique, on anthropometric measurements and recognition of oedemas -Supervised teams during data collection in the field -Conducted data entry, data management and cleaning, statistical analysis -Compiled baseline report Nutrition Baseline Survey in Guinea Bissau -Developed baseline questionnaire and computerized data base -Trained interviewers on the questionnaire, 24-h recall interview technique, on anthropometric measurements and recognition of oedemas -Supervised teams during data collection in the field -Conducted data entry, data management and cleaning, statistical analysis -Compiled baseline report



Harvard University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Postdoctoral Research Fellow

  • Apr 2005 - Jul 2006

  Harvard School of Public Health, Department of Nutrition -Project coordinator for the intervention study ‘Partnership on Nutrition and HIV/AIDS Research in Tanzania – Exploratory Research Study on Selenium and HIV Infection’ -Scientific leadership of the local MUCHS/Harvard Nutrition Unit, including 7 Tanzanian nutritionists. Harvard School of Public Health, Department of Nutrition -Project coordinator for the intervention study ‘Partnership on Nutrition and HIV/AIDS Research in Tanzania – Exploratory Research Study on Selenium and HIV Infection’ -Scientific leadership of the local MUCHS/Harvard Nutrition Unit, including 7 Tanzanian nutritionists.



Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany

• Research Assistant

  • Jul 1999 - Mar 2005

  -Lecturer for Programmes Nutritional Science and Medical School -Principal Investigator of the program: Cancer and Diet in Northern Tanzania (CaDiNoT); in collaboration with the Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Center, Moshi, Tanzania -Lecturer for Programmes Nutritional Science and Medical School -Principal Investigator of the program: Cancer and Diet in Northern Tanzania (CaDiNoT); in collaboration with the Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Center, Moshi, Tanzania