Dr. med. Florian Marx
Physician
(Department Infectious Disease and Tropical Medicine)
Forschung
(Department Infectious Disease and Tropical Medicine)
Medical/Professional background
- since May 2022
wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter in der Sektion Infektions- und Tropenmedizin
- since July 2021
Independent consultant at Stellenbosch University, South Africa
Research Associate, Desmond Tutu TB Centre
Research Fellow, DSI-NRF Centre of Excellence in Epidemiological Modelling and
Analysis (SACEMA), Faculty of Science
- February 2019 – June 2021
Senior Researcher at Stellenbosch University, South Africa
SACEMA, Faculty of Science & Desmond Tutu TB Centre, Dept. of Paediatrics
and Child Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (joint appointment)- January 2017 – June 2018
Researcher (Ph.D.) at Stellenbosch University, South Africa
Desmond Tutu TB Centre, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences- January 2015 – December 2016
DFG Research Fellow at Yale School of Public Health (Yale University), United States
Department: Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases, Advisor: Ted Cohen- January 2014 – December 2014
Research Fellow at Harvard Medical School (Harvard University), United States
Division of Global Health Equity, Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Advisor: Ted Cohen
Scientific background
- April 2014 – November 2017
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
Stellenbosch University, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, South Africa
"Mathematical modelling to project the impact of interventions targeted to previously treated individuals on the trajectory of the tuberculosis epidemic in high tuberculosis prevalend settings"
- 2011
Approbation als Arzt
"Epidemiology and control of tuberculosis in the Russion Federation - Analysis and evaluation of routine data on the basis of standards and recommendations of the World Health Organization"
- September 2008 – November 2009
Master of Science in Epidemiology (M. Sc.)
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK
- 2001 – 2007
Studium der Humanmedizin an der Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin und
Friedrich Schiller-Universität Jena
Commendations
- 2020
National Research Foundation South Africa rating: Y1
Description: A young researcher (within 5 years from PhD) who is recognised by all reviewers as having the potential (demonstrated by research products) to establish him/herself as a researcher.- 2019
Travel Award, TB Modelling and Analysis Consortium (TB MAC),
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK- 2018
Publication Award, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences,
Stellenbosch University, South Africa- 2016
Research Exchange Scholarship, International Disease Dynamics and Data (I3D) Research Scholars Exchange Program, United States
- 2015
Presentation Award, Department of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases, Yale School of Public Health, United States
Grants
- 2001 – 2007
Scholarship, German Academic Scholarship Foundation
Professional memberships
- since 2019
Task Team for Tuberculosis Epidemiology and Modelling,
Tuberculosis Think Tank, South African National Department of Health- since 2016
WHO Collaborative Group on the Impact of Digital Technologies on
Tuberculosis, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland- since 2010
International Union Against Tuberculosis & Lung Diseases
(The Union), Paris, France- 2009
Tuberculosis Technical Assistance Mechanism (TBTEAM) Experts
Roster, World Health Organization Global TB Programme, Geneva, Switzerland