• 1961 Born in Ebstorf, Lower Saxony, W. Germany

• 1980 Herzog-Ernst Gymnasium, Uelzen

• 1990 University Hamburg  (Linguistics and Medicine)

• 1997 Harvard School of Public Health (Clin. Epidemiology)

• 2019 University of Johannesburg (Philosophy)

• 2002-2024 Professor, Hannover Medical School, Germany

• since 2006 Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine

• since 2018 Adjunct Professor, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway

• since 2022 Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of Johannesburg, South Africa

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