Principle Investigator and Head of Research Group “AOK-Familienglück Plus”  
Department of General Practice and Health Services Research
University Hospital Heidelberg 
Im Neuenheimer Feld 130.3, 69120 Heidelberg

Committee Director of the Nationwide Project on Quality Assurance and Quality 
Management in Health Promotion
AOK Baden-Württemberg
Department of Health Promotion II.9
Presselstr. 19, 70191 Stuttgart, GERMANY

Postdoctoral fellow for habilitation 
AOK Baden-Württemberg
Department of Health Promotion II.9
Presselstr. 19, 70191 Stuttgart, GERMANY

Guest researcher
University of Heidelberg
Medical Faculty
Department of General Medicine and Health Care Research
Im Neuenheimer Feld 130.3, 69120 Heidelberg, GERMANY

Guest researcher 
Research Group for Evidence-Based Public Health
Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology, BIPS GmbH Achterstrasse 30, 28359 Bremen, GERMANY
 

Postdoctoral researcher
Research Group for Evidence-Based Public Health
Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology, BIPS GmbH Achterstrasse 30, 28359 Bremen, GERMANY

Visiting fellow (mobility scholarship granted by the German Research Foundation) Department of Social Medicine
Academic Medical Center (AMC) University of Amsterdam
PO-box 22660, 1100 DD Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS

Lecturer
Bielefeld University
Universitätsstr. 25, 33615 Bielefeld, GERMANY

Scientific assistant
Center for the interdisciplinary research on religion and society (CIRRuS) Bielefeld University
Universitätsstr. 25, 33615 Bielefeld, GERMANY

Ph.D. student
Doctoral thesis: Social Inequalities and Health - Intergenerational Consequences of Prenatal Alcohol Exposure (grade: 1.0)
Bielefeld Graduate School in History and Sociology (BGHS) Faculty of Sociology
Bielefeld University
Universitätsstr. 25, 33615 Bielefeld, GERMANY

Interprofessional Continuing Education (scholarship granted by the University Hospital Munster, Germany)
The University of British Columbia
2329 W Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, CANADA

Berlin Summer School in Social Sciences ‘Linking Theory and Empirical Research’ (scholarship granted by the Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin, the Berlin Graduate School of Social Sciences and the Volkswagenstiftung)Humboldt-University of Berlin
Unter den Linden 6, 10099 Berlin, GERMANY

ECPR Summer School of Methods and Techniques (scholarship granted by the German Research Foundation)
University of Ljubljana
Kardeljeva ploščad 5, 1000 Ljubljana, SLOVENIA

Master of Arts in Sociology (Honours, grade: 1.2 ) Faculty of History and Sociology University of Konstanz
Universitätsstr. 10, 78464 Konstanz, GERMANY

Exchange student in Social Sciences (Overseas scholarship granted by the International Office at the University of Konstanz)
Mahidol University International College
Salaya Campus, Nakornpathom 73170, THAILAND

Bachelor of Arts in Sociology (major) and British and American Studies (minor)
Faculty of History and Sociology University of Konstanz
Universitätsstr. 10, 78464 Konstanz, GERMANY

Study-related Internship
European-Latin-American Society Asociación Muchachos de la Calle
Torre Bandagroo, of. 9-5, piso 9, Caracas 1060, VENEZUELA

Intensive Spanish Language Course
Centro Venezolano de Espanol
Av. Principal las Mercedes, Caracas 1060, VENEZUELA

Glechner A, Stratil JM, Bombana, M, Griebler, U, Zeeb, H, Gartlehner G (2021). COVID-19-Pandemie: Sind harte Lockdowns unwirksam? Warum die Studie von Bendavid et al. dafür kein Beweis ist. Zeitschrift für Allgemeinmedizin, 97 (3): 103-107, Deutscher Ärzteverlag.

Müller G, Bombana M, Heinzel-Gutenbrenner M, Kleindienst N, Bohus M, Lyssenko L, Vonderlin R. Socio-economic consequences of mental distress: quantifying the impact of self-reported mental distress on the days of incapacity to work and medical costs in a two-year period: a longitudinal study in Germany. BMC public health. 2021 Dec;21(1):1-4.

Bombana, M., Wittek, M., Müller, G., Heinzel-Gutenbrunner, M., & Wensing, M. (2021). Women’s Media Use and Preferences of Media-Based Interventions on Lifestyle-Related Risk Factors in Gynecological and Obstetric Care: A Cross-Sectional Multi-Center Study in Germany. International journal of environmental research and public health, 18(18), 9840.

Lhachimi, S. K., Pega, F., Heise, T. L., Fenton, C., Gartlehner, G., Griebler, U., Sommer, I., Bombana, M. & Katikireddi, S. V. (2020). Taxation of the fat content of foods for reducing their consumption and preventing obesity or other adverse health outcomes. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, (9).

Pfinder, M., Heise, T. L., Boon, M. H., Pega, F., Fenton, C., Griebler, U., Gartlehner, G., Sommer, I., Katikireddi, V., & Lhachimi, S. K. (2020). Taxation of unprocessed sugar or sugar‐added foods for reducing their consumption and preventing obesity or other adverse health outcomes. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, (4).

Wittek, M., Pfinder, M. (2020): Lebensstilbedingte Risiken in der Schwangerschaft und deren prä- und postnatale Folgen. Praktische Gynäkologie (25): 185-190.

Müller, G., Lyssenko, L., Giurgiu, M., Pfinder, M., Clement, M., Kaiserauer, A., Heinzel-Gutenbrunner, M., Kohlmann, T., Bös, K. (2020).  How effective and efficient are different exercise patterns in reducing back pain?  European Journal of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine 2020;10.23736/S1973-9087.20.05975-4. doi:10.23736/S1973-9087.20.05975-4

Mueller, G., Giurgiu, M., Heinzel-Gutenbrunner, M.,Bös, K., Kohlmann, T., Bombana, M. (2020). Kontrollgruppenbildung durch Propensity-Score-Matching: Die Rolle von Primär- und Sekundärdaten − Ergebnisse aus Präventionsstudien. Zeitschrift für Evidenz, Fortbildung und Qualität im Gesundheitswesen. doi.org/10.1016/j.zefq.2020.07.004

Oechsle, A., Wensing, M., Ullrich, C., & Bombana, M. (2020). Health Knowledge of Lifestyle-Related Risks during Pregnancy: A Cross-Sectional Study of Pregnant Women in Germany. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(22), 8626.

Pfinder M, Lhachimi SK. Lifestyle-related risk factors during pregnancy: even low-to-moderate drinking during pregnancy increases the risk for adolescent behavioral problems. Journal of Substance Use 2019, DOI: 10.1080/14659891.2019.1664668.

Arnold C, Ullrich C, Wensing M, Pfinder M. Prenatal Alcohol Exposure and the Associated Risk of Elevated Blood Pressure: A Cross-sectional Analysis of 3- to 17-Year-Olds in Germany. American Journal of Hypertension 2019, 32(11): 1118–1125,https://doi.org/10.1093/ajh/hpz107.

Müller G, Pfinder M, Clement M, Kaiserauer A, Deis G, Waber T, Rieger S, Schwarz D, Heinzel-Gutenbrunner M, Straif M, Bös K, Kohlmann T. Therapeutic and economic effects of multimodal back exercise: a controlled multicenter study. Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine 2019, Vol 51, Issue 1.

Müller G, Pfinder M, Giurgiu M, Clement M, Kaiserauer A, Lyssenko L, Schwarz D, Heinzel-Gutenbrunner M, Bös K, Kohlmann T. Welche Bedeutung haben physische Leistungssteigerungen, Alter, Geschlecht und Trainingsumfang für die Wirksamkeit eines Rückentrainings? Der Schmerz 2019, DOI: 10.1007/s00482-018-0353-z

Müller G, Pfinder M, Schmahl C, Bohus M, Lyssenko L. Cost-effectiveness of a mindfulness-based mental health promotion program: economic evaluation of a nonrandomized controlled trial with propensity score matching. BMC Public Health, 2019, 19:1309.

Müller G, Pfinder M, Weidinger L, Schwarz D, Heinzel-Gutenbrunner M, Breiksch S, Maier-Börries O. Effekte einer integrierten Versorgung nach Beinamputation: IV „Zurück ins Leben“. Prävention und Rehabilitation, Jg. 30, 4/2018, S. 133-140.

Pfinder M, Dreger S, Christianson L, Lhachimi S, Zeeb H. Response to Dr Baverstock's letter to the Editor. J Radiol Prot 2017; 37: 953-954 - doi: 10.1088/1361-6498/aa870e

Schönbach J-K, Pfinder M, Börnhorst C, Zeeb H, Brand T. Changes in Sports Participation across Transition to Retirement: Modifications by Migration Background and Acculturation. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2017,14: E1356 - doi: 10.3390/ijerph14111356

Müller G, Lyssenko L, Kleindienst N, Junk S, Pfinder M, Bohus M. Psychischen Krisen vorbeugen - "Lebe Balance". In: Badura B, Ducki A, Schröder H, Klose J, Meyer M (Hrsg.) Fehlzeiten-Report 2017. Krise und Gesundheit - Ursachen, Prävention, Bewältigung. Berlin: Springer 2017. S. 215 - 224 (ISBN: 978-3-662-54632-1)

Lhachimi SK; Pega F, Heise TL, Fenton C, Gartlehner G, Griebler U, Sommer I, Pfinder M; Katikireddi SV. Taxation of the fat content of foods for reducing their consumption and preventing obesity or other adverse health outcomes [Protocol], Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews,(10),2016,ISSN: 1465-1858.

Pfinder M, Dreger S, Christianson L, Lhachimi SK, Zeeb H. The effects of iodine blocking on thyroid cancer, hypothyroidism and benign thyroid nodules following nuclear accidents: a systematic review, Journal of Radiological Protection,36(4), S. R112,2016.

Pfinder M, Katikireddi, SV, Pega, F, Gartlehner, G, Fenton, C, Griebler, U, Sommer, I, Heise, TL, Lhachimi, SK. Taxation of unprocessed sugar or sugar-added foods for reducing their consumption and preventing obesity or other adverse health outcomes [Protocol], Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews,(8),2016,ISSN: 1465-1858.

Heise TL, Katikireddi SV, Pega F, Gartlehner G, Fenton C, Griebler U, Sommer I, Pfinder M, Lhachimi SK. Taxation of sugar-sweetened beverages for reducing their consumption and preventing obesity or other adverse health outcomes [Protocol], Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews,(8),2016,ISSN: 1465-1858.

Pfinder M. Effect of maternal educational level on offspring's educational attainment: role of prenatal exposures, SFB 882 Working Paper Series, 52, S. 1-33,2015,ISSN: 2193-9624.

Pfinder M, Feldmann R, Liebig S , Lhachimi SK. Gesundheitliche Ungleichheiten im Lebenslauf bei pränataler Alkoholexposition. Michalowski G, Lepke K (Hrsg.): Leit(d)pfade durch das Leben., S. 37-53, Schulz-Kirchner, Idstein, 1. Auflage,2015,ISBN: 978-3-8248-1153-3.

Dreger S, Pfinder M, Christianson L, Lhachimi SK, Zeeb H. The effects of iodine blocking following nuclear accidents on thyroid cancer, hypothyroidism, and benign thyroid nodules: design of a systematic review, Systematic Reviews, 4(1),S. 126, 2015, ISSN: 2046-4053.

Pfinder M. Anthropometric and health-related behavioral factors in the explanation of social inequalities in low birth weight in children with prenatal alcohol exposure. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 11(1), S. 849–865, 2014.

Pfinder M, Liebig S, Feldmann R. Die pränatale Alkoholexposition aus der soziologischen Perspektive: Soziale Ungleichheiten und ihre Relevanz in der Gesundheitsforschung. Lepke, K, Michalowski, G, Feldmann, R (Hrsg.): 1, S. 175-191, Schulz-Kirchner, 2014, ISBN: 978-3-8248-1184-7.

Pfinder M, Kunst A, Feldmann R, van Eijsden M, Vrijkotte T. Educational differences in continuing or restarting drinking in early and late pregnancy: role of psychological and  physical problems. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 75 (1), S. 47–55, 2014, ISSN: 1937-1888.

Pfinder M, Liebig S, Feldmann R. Impact of Moderate Prenatal Alcohol Exposure on Problem Behaviors in Preschool and School Children. Zeitschrift für Entwicklungspsychologie und Pädagogische Psychologie, 46 (2), S. 89–100, 2014, ISSN: 0049-8637.

Pfinder M, Liebig S, Feldmann R. Adolescents' Use of Alcohol, Tobacco and Illicit Drugs in Relation to Prenatal Alcohol Exposure: Modifications by Gender and Ethnicity. Alcohol and Alcoholism, 49(2), S. 143–153, 2014, ISSN: 0735-0414.

Pfinder M, Feldmann R, Liebig S. Alcohol during pregnancy from 1985 to 2005: Prevalence and high risk profile. SUCHT Zeitschrift für Wissenschaft und Praxis, 59 (3),S. 165–173, 2013,ISSN: 0939-5911

Feldmann R, Bartels S, Stein A, Pfinder M. Das Fetale Alkoholsyndrom. von Hagen C , Koletzko B (Hrsg.): S. 28–65, 2013,ISBN: 978-3-17-021996-0.

Pfinder M, Liebig S, Feldmann R. Gesundheitliche Ungleichheiten bei Kindern mit pränataler Alkoholexposition. Feldmann R, Michalowski G, Lepke K (Hrsg.):1, S. 141–148, Schulz-Kirchner Verlag, 2013, ISBN: 978-3-8248-1010-9.

Pfinder M, Kunst AE, Feldmann R, van Eijsden M, Vrijkotte TG. Preterm birth and small for gestational age in relation to alcohol consumption during pregnancy: stronger associations among vulnerable women? Results from two large Western-European studies. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth,13(1),2013, ISSN: 1471-2393.

Pfinder M, Feldmann R, Liebig S. Alcohol Consumption during Pregnancy, 3. Proceedings of the Alcoholism: Historical and Social Issues International Conference, Editura Altip, 2012.

Pfinder M, Feldmann R, Liebig S. Alkoholkonsum in der Schwangerschaft: Langfristige Folgen für das Kind. Praktische Gynäkologie, 17, S. 57–63, 2012, ISSN: 1432-2870

Pfinder M, Liebig S, Feldmann R. Explanation of Social Inequalities in Hyperactivity/Inattention in Children with Prenatal Alcohol Exposure. Klinische Pädiatrie, 224(05), S. 303–308, 2012, ISSN: 0300-8630.

Pfinder M, Feldmann R. Das fetale Alkoholsyndrom (FAS). Kinderärztliche Praxis, 3 (82), S. 170–174, 2011, ISSN: 1432-3605.

Pfinder M, Feldmann R. Das Fetale Alkoholsyndrom: Persistierende prä- und postnatale Entwicklungsdefizite Artikel. Praktische Pädiatrie, 17, S. 232–239, 2011, ISSN: 0949-7641.

Pfinder M, Feldmann R. Die pränatale Alkoholexposition und ihre lebensbegleitenden Folgen. Suchttherapie, 12(03), S. 109–114, 2011, ISSN: 1439-9903.

Pfinder M, Feldmann R. Langzeiteffekte der vorgeburtlichen Alkoholexposition des Kindes, Paten, (4), S. 13–15, 2010, ISSN: 0176-2982.

2019

„Auf der Suche nach statistischen Zwillingen mit Big Data in der Versorgungsforschung“, EbM Kongress, Berlin, 22.03.2019 (Vortrag zusammen mit Dr. Gerhard Müller).

2018

„Daten und Märkte“ Symposium Selbstvermessung zwischen Empowerment und neuen Barrieren, Darmstadt, 18.04.2018.

2017

„Pay as You Live (PAYL): Gesundheits- und Lifestyle-Daten als Grundlage für die Ausgestaltung von Versicherungsverträgen?“ Symposium Klinische Ethik: „Der vermessene Patient“, Heidelberg, 28.11.2017.

2015

Even low-to-moderate drinking during pregnancy increases risk for adolescent behavioral problems. Mediation by tobacco smoking, 10. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Epidemiologie, Potsdam (Deutschland), Oktober 2015.

Effect of maternal educational level on offspring’s educational attainment: role of prenatal exposures, Konferenz zu “Life Course, Social Networks and Health Inequalities”, Rostock (Deutschland), Mai 2015.

2013

Alcohol Consumption during Pregnancy – an ongoing Problem, Expertentreffen anlässlich des 9. September, 2013 (Tag der Fetalen Alkoholspektrum-Störungen), Stuttgart (Deutschland), September 2013.

2012

Gesundheitliche Ungleichheiten und pränatale Alkoholexposition, FASD Kongress: Perspektiven für Menschen mit Fetalen Alkoholspektrum-Störungen (FASD), Erfurt (Deutschland), September 2012

Alcohol Intake during Pregnancy: Profile of a High Risk Group, Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Kinder- Jugendmedizin (DGKJ), Hamburg (Deutschland), September 2012

Social Inequality in the Health Outcome of Children and Adolescents with Prenatal Alcohol Exposure, 5th National Biennial Conference on Adolescents and Adults with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder: It’s a Matter of Justice, Vancouver (Kanada), April 2012

2011

Behavioral Factors and Anthropometrics in the Explanation of Social Inequality in Low Birth Weight among Children with Prenatal Alcohol Exposure (PAE), International Conference on Alcoholism: Historical and Social Issues, Alba Iulia (Rumänien), November 2011

Alcohol Consumption during Pregnancy, International Conference on Alcoholism: Historical and Social Issues, Alba Iulia (Romania), November 2011

Intergenerational Consequences of Prenatal Alcohol Exposure, Society for Longitudinal and Lifecourse Studies - Annual International Conference, Bielefeld (Deutschland), September 2011

Intergenerational Consequences of Prenatal Alcohol Exposure, Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Kinder- Jugendmedizin (DGKJ), Bielefeld (Deutschland), September 2011

WS 2016/2017

• Modul 1: Wissenschaftliches Arbeiten

SoSe 2017

• Modul 7: Implementation Science

WS 2017/2018

• Modul 1: Wissenschaftliches Arbeiten
• Themen und Methoden der psychosozialen Forschung: „Reviews und Metaanalysen: Wirkt es nun oder wirkt es nicht?“

SoSe 2018

• Modul 7: Implementation Science

WS 2018/2019

• Modul 1: Wissenschaftliches Arbeiten
• Themen und Methoden der psychosozialen Forschung: „Reviews und Metaanalysen: Wirkt es nun oder wirkt es nicht?“

SoSe 2019

• Modul 7: Implementation Science

WS 2019/2020

• Modul 1: Wissenschaftliches Arbeiten

SoSe 2020

• Modul 7: Implementation Science