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 Curriculum Vitae
 
 
 
*1948 in Coesfeld/Westfalen
 Studied medicine and psychology in Münster, Heidelberg and at Stanford University on a grant from the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes
 
 1977        Doctorate at the Chair of Vocational and Social Medicine, Heidelberg University
 1978-1980        Assistant doctor at the Department of Psychotherapy and Medical Psychology of the Heidelberg University Medical School
 1981        Medical Director of the Psychotherapy Department at the State Hospital Weinsberg.
 1982        Return to the Department of Psychotherapy and Medical Psychology in Heidelberg
 1984        Additional medical qualification in psychotherapy (specialist physician for psychotherapeutic medicine)
 1986        Senior resident. Habilitation (Qualification for lecturing at a university) with the thesis „Subjective Illness Theory and Preventive Behavior“ (published by Springer under the title „Cancer and Anxiety“).
 1987-1991        Professor of Medical Psychology at the University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf
 Since 1991        Medical Director of the Institute of Medical Psychology, Centre for Psychosocial Medicine, University Hospital of Heidelberg
 
 Main research interests:
 subjective illness theories, psycho-oncology, pain research, spiritual care, health psycholology, psychology of fertility, substance use and abuse, music therapy
 
 
 
 
 
 
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