Global Health

Working Groups

Identifying important disease risk factors and health care needs
The focus of this group is to test climate change adaptation and mitigation interventions to assess how they affect population health, environmental and economic outcomes

Climate Change and Health Intervention

Dr. Aditi Bunker
The Research group focuses on the impact of climate change on nutrition, malaria and heat stress in sub-Saharan Africa

Climate Change, Nutrition and Health

Prof. Dr. Ina Danquah
A multidisciplinary group working to identify relevant strategies to disease control in developing countries

Disease Control in Disadvantaged Populations

Prof. Dr. med. Olaf Müller
The working group focuses on advancing prevention, control, and treatment strategies for NCDs in low- and middle-income countries.

Non-communicable disease (NCD) in LMICs

Dr. Andreas Deckert
The Research group focuses on the various impacts of vector-borne diseases on public health

Vector-Borne Diseases and Geo Health

Prof. Dr. Peter Dambach
This Research group focuses on advancing climate change adaptation for health in the Global South, particularly in fragile and conflict-affected states.

Climate Change, Migration and Health

Dr. Patricia Nayna Schwerdtle
The interdisciplinary group focuses on understanding the mechanisms and processes through which climate change operates and affects the dynamics and ecology of a wide range of infectious diseases

Heidelberg Planetary Health Hub (Hei-Planet)

Prof. Joacim Rocklöv
The Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Diseases Group specialises in developing and refining mathematical models to estimate and project the spread and burden of infectious diseases.

Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Diseases

Dr. Van Kinh Nguyen
The focus of this group is to bridge the gap between knowledge and action, and understanding practical approaches to address the challenges of NCDs.

Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) Implementation Research

Dr. Suboor Bakht
Discovering new approaches to improve population health
This interdisciplinary working group focuses in particular on HIV, COVID-19 and equitable health policies.

Closing pandemic health gaps

Dr. Astrid Berner-Rodoreda
The Research group specializes in the use of qualitative research to inform the design, implementation evaluative understanding of public health programs and interventions

Design and Implementation Research in Global Health

PD Dr. Shannon McMahon
This Research Group uses interdisciplinary methods to address exclusion in the health system, with a focus on disabling illnesses.

Disability & Exclusion in Healthcare

Dr. Alec Cali
The Research group focuses on health impacts and its determinants of people and populations facing major challenges or changes such as migration or aging

Epidemiology of Transition

apl. Prof. Dr. Volker Winkler
This group focuses on advancing child health in humanitarian contexts and among disadvantaged populations

Global Child Health

Dr. Hans-Jörg Lang
The work of our group centers around improving diagnostic solutions for vulnerable populations and enable access.

Global Health Diagnostics

Prof. Dr. med. Claudia Denkinger
This research group is broadly concerned with examining the burden, epidemiology, consequences and preventability of injuries and violence.

Injury Epidemiology and Prevention (IEP)

dos. Dr. Michael Lowery Wilson
The Research group focuses on the integration and graph databases in global health research

Digital Global Health

Dr. Sandra Barteit
The Research Group conducts research on population health, mostly within the framework of the German Public Health sector and at its intersections with hygiene, infection prevention, and migration medicine.

Field Epidemiology Research in German Public Health (FEGPH)

Prof. Dr. med. Philipp Zanger
By integrating expertise in medicine, public health, impact evaluation, cost analysis and other areas of economics, the Global Health and Economics Research Group conducts cutting-edge research to support evidence-informed decision-making and policy devel

Global Health and Economics Research Group

Dr. Stefan Kohler
The Research group focuses on the impact of different factors on the loss of effectiveness in Low-and Middle-Income countries in order to inform current strategies

Implementation Research for Prevention and Disease Control

Dr. Aurélia Souares
This group investigates the foundations of efficient peer-to-peer, peer-to-public and public-to-public communication and develops methods for effectively disseminating medical research to the general public.

Science Communication

Priv.-Doz. Dr. med Benito Campos, MBA
The mission of our Global Aging working group is to build an evidence basis on how to improve global healthy aging.

Global Aging

Dr. Maja Marcus
Establishing novel models of providing health care
The Research group focuses on new approaches for climate-smart health care with an emphasis on counseling, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and health trainings for the health workforce

Climate-Smart Health Systems

Dr. Alina Herrmann
An interdisciplinary working group that conducts research to improve the health and well-being of children worldwide

Planetary Child Health

Dr. Kathi Zangerl
The Research group focuses on applied research and teaching pertinent to overcoming inequities in health and to achieving universal health coverage worldwide

Health Economics and Health Financing

Prof. Dr. Manuela De Allegri
Oral Health at HIGH is dedicated to optimizing oral health as an integral part of overall wellbeing.

Oral Health

Prof. Dr. Dr. Stefan Listl
The multidisciplinary research group focuses on understanding and addressing barriers to data and sample reuse in biomedical research

Fair and Ethical Data and Sample Reuse

Dr. Lauren Maxwell
A multidisciplinary group that monitors, analyzes and contributes to the global debate on major global health policy issues and processes

Global Health Policies and Systems

Prof. Dr. Albrecht Jahn
The aim of this Working Group is to strengthen the connection between evidence and policy by fostering genuine collaboration among researchers, policy-makers, practitioners, and communities.

HEALTH POLICY AND INTEGRATED KNOWLEDGE TRANSLATION

Dr. Joy Akpan