Claudia Quitmann
Researcher
Claudia Quitmann is a physician by training and works as a research associate at the Heidelberg Institute of Global Health. She completed her medical studies at RWTH Aachen University. Her research is focused on the development of low carbon and climate-resilient health systems. She is currently working on projects advancing greenhouse gas accounting in hospitals ("KliOL"), climate change adaptation of outpatient care ("AdaptNet") and climate-sensitive health counselling.
Education
04/2020 - present: Dr. med. candidate, Heidelberg Institute of Global Health
11/2019 - 01/2020: Internship at the Climate Service Center Germany (an institution of the Helmholtz Zentrum Geesthacht), Hamburg
10/2014 - 05/2022: Study of Medicine, RWTH Aachen
10/2013 - 09/2014: Studium Generale, Leibniz Kolleg, Tübingen
Contributions
Projects & Grants
KliOL - Klimaschutz in Kliniken durch Optimierung der Lieferketten (09/2021 - 08/2024); Nationale Klimaschutz Initiative funded by the German 'Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action'
(https://www.klinikum.uni-heidelberg.de/klimaschutz-in-kliniken-durch-optimierung-der-lieferketten-kliol)
Publications
Quitmann, C., Griesel, S., Nayna Schwerdtle, P., Danquah, I., & Herrmann, A. (2023). Climate-sensitive health counselling: a scoping review and conceptual framework. The Lancet Planetary Health, 7(7). doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/S2542-5196(23)00107-9
Herrmann, A., Mews, C., Hansen, H., Lenzer, B., Schwienhorst-Stich, E.-M., & Quitmann, C. (2023). Klimasensible Gesundheitsberatung. Zeitschrift für Allgemeinmedizin. doi:10.1007/s44266-023-00139-8
Quitmann, C., Sauerborn, R., Danquah, I., & Herrmann, A. (2022). 'Climate change mitigation is a hot topic, but not when it comes to hospitals': a qualitative study on hospital stakeholders' perception and sense of responsibility for greenhouse gas emissions. J Med Ethics. doi:10.1136/medethics-2021-107971
Quitmann, C., Sauerborn, R., Danquah, I., & Herrmann, A. (2023). Reducing the carbon footprint of a German university hospital: Perspectives from hospital stakeholders. The Journal of Climate Change and Health, 12, 100247. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joclim.2023.100247
Quitmann, C., Sauerborn, R., & Herrmann, A. (2021). Gaps in Reporting Greenhouse Gas Emissions by German Hospitals—A Systematic Grey Literature Review. Sustainability, 13(3), 1430. Retrieved from www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/13/3/1430
Franke, B., Zeitz, C., Quitmann, C., & Terres, L. (2023). Handbuch KliMeG-Rechner - Treibhausgasbilanzierung von Kliniken auf Basis von ecocockpit. Retrieved from klimeg.de/rechner-co2-bilanzierung/
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