Apl. Prof. Dr. sc. hum. Volker Winkler
MSc biol.
LEADER OF RESEARCH GROUP "EPIDEMIOLOGY OF TRANSITION"
After his studies in biology Volker Winkler did his PhD within the DFG Research Training Group 793 ‘Epidemiology of communicable and chronic, non-communicable diseases and their interrelationships’. In 2015, he became Deputy Head of the unit ’Epidemiology and Biostatistics’ within the Heidelberg Institute of Global Health and one year later, he received the venia legendi in epidemiology. Since 2019, he is member of the crosscutting research group on systematic reviews and meta-analysis and later he became leader of the research group ’Epidemiology of Transition’.
Considerations of the health and its determinants of population groups facing major changes are his main interests. He focuses on migrants, on non-communicable diseases and on the analysis of longitudinal data as well as on systematic reviews. Generally, his research as well as his teaching activities focus on topics using quantitative methods. Furthermore, he is PI and the coordinator of the Heidelberg Graduate School of Global Health which aims to provide medical students with an opportunity to engage in global health research.
Education
2019 | Awarded adjunct professor (außerplanmäßiger Professor) for Epidemiology at the University of Heidelberg |
| 2016 | Venia legendi in Epidemiology, University of Heidelberg |
| 2008 | Dissertation Dr. sc. hum., Heidelberg Institute of Global Health |
| 2004 | Diploma in Biology, University of Heidelberg |
Teaching
since 2018 | Coordinator: Heidelberg Graduate School of Global Health |
since 2018 | Global Health Journal Club at the Heidelberg Institute of Global Health |
| 2017-2021 | Beyond the t Test: Epidemiology and Biostatistics for Doctoral Students Heidelberg University |
| 2015-2018 | The Hartmut Hoffmann-Berling International Graduate School of Molecular and Cellular Biology (HBIGS): ‘Basic Statistics for Biologists or how to choose the appropriate statistical test’ |
2012-2018 | ‘Module 4: Research foundations’ Master of Science in International Health at Heidelberg University |
| 2010-2020 | Epidemiology ‘Epidemiologie, Medizinische Biometrie und Medizinische Informatik’ within the Curriculum Medicinale (HeiCuMed) at Heidelberg University |
2009-2017 | ‘Grundlagen der Epidemiologie und Statistik’ Bachelor in Health Education at the School of Education Heidelberg |
