Medical/Professional background
- since 2016
Research associate at the Institute of Medical Psychology
- 2013
Music therapist at University Hospital Mannheim
- 2011 – 2016
Research associate at the faculty of Therapeutic Sciences, SRH Hochschule Heidelberg
- 2008 – 2012
Freelance work as market researcher
Scientific background
- 2013 – 2017
PhD: „The effects of music therapy in palliative care“ at the Center of Pain Therapy and Palliative Care Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, University Hospital Heidelberg; Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Hubert J. Bardenheuer
- 2009 – 2011
Music Therapy (M.Sc.), SRH Hochschule Heidelberg
- 2003 – 2009
Psychology (Dipl.) at the University of Mannheim
Research interests
Psychosocial interventions in palliative care and oncology
The effects of music and music therapy on stress-induced diseases
Stress reactivity in depression
