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Working Groups
- Climate Change, Nutrition and Health
- Climate-smart Health Systems
- Data Sharing for Global Health
- Design and implementation research in global health
- Digital Global Health
- Disease Control in Disadvantaged Populations
- Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Epidemiology of Transition
- Global Health Policies and Systems
- Health Economics and Health Financing
- Implementation research for prevention and disease control
- Neglected Tropical Diseases
- Vector Borne Diseases and Geo Health
- Research Projects
Prof. Dr. med. Philipp Zanger
Research Interest
- Emergence & Spread of Antimicrobial Resistance
- Interplay of Innate Immunity and Human Microbiome
- Travel Health & Clinical Tropical Medicine
- Randomized Controlled Trials
Positions
2015 - current | Head, Institute of Hygiene, Infection Control & Prevention, Federal State Agency for Consumer & Health Protection Rhineland-Palatinate, Landau |
2014 - current | Associate Professor, Institute of Global Health, University of Heidelberg |
2011 - current | Coordinator of The European Network on Imported Staphylococci |
2008 - 2014 | Consulting Specialist in Tropical Medicine & Research Group Leader, Institute of Tropical Medicine, University of Tübingen |
2007 - 2008 | Clinical Research Fellow in Tropical Medicine & Microbiology Institute of Tropical Medicine, University of Tübingen |
2005 - 2007 | Clinical Research Fellow in Internal Medicine University Clinics Tübingen |
2004 - 2005 | Project Coordinator, Malaria Research Project, Tamale, Ghana (DAAD Post-Doc Fellowship) |
1999 - 2004 | Clinical Research Fellow in Internal Medicine University Clinics Tübingen and Affiliated Teaching Hospitals |
Education | |
2014 | Faculty rank (Habilitation) in Epidemiology & Internal Medicine, Medical Faculty, University of Heidelberg |
2013 | Faculty rank (Habilitation) in Internal Medicine, Medical Faculty, University of Tübingen |
2013 | Board Certification in Infectious Diseases (DGI Certificate) |
2011 | MSc Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine |
2008 | Principal Investigator in Clinical Trials (GCP-ICH Certificate) |
2008 | Board Certification in Internal Medicine & Tropical Medicine |
2005 | Diploma in Tropical Medicine, Bernhard-Nocht-Institute, Hamburg |
1997 - 1999 | Medical School, University of Tübingen |
1996 - 1997 | Study Abroad, School of Public Health, UNC at Chapel Hill, USA |
1991 - 1996 | Medical School, University of Tübingen |
Publications
For a full list of P. Zanger’s publications, follow this link
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Working Groups
- Climate Change, Nutrition and Health
- Climate-smart Health Systems
- Data Sharing for Global Health
- Design and implementation research in global health
- Digital Global Health
- Disease Control in Disadvantaged Populations
- Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Epidemiology of Transition
- Global Health Policies and Systems
- Health Economics and Health Financing
- Implementation research for prevention and disease control
- Neglected Tropical Diseases
- Vector Borne Diseases and Geo Health
- Research Projects

Contact Information
Im Neuenheimer Feld 324, 69120 Heidelberg
Phone: +49 (0) 6221 56-4067
Fax: +49 (0) 6221 56-5039
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