apl. Prof. Dr. sc. hum. Volker Winkler
Group leader
After his studies in biology Volker Winkler did his PhD within the DFG Research Training Group 793 ‘Epidemiology of communicable and chronic, non-communicable diseases and their interrelationships’. In 2015, he became Deputy Head of the unit ’Epidemiology and Biostatistics’ within the Heidelberg Institute of Global Health and one year later, he received the venia legendi in epidemiology. Since 2019, he is member of the cross-cutting research group on systematic reviews and meta-analysis and later he became leader of the research group ’Epidemiology of Transition’.
Considerations of the health and its determinants of population groups facing major changes are his main interests. He focuses on migrants, on non-communicable diseases and on the analysis of longitudinal data as well as on systematic reviews. Generally, his research as well as his teaching activities focus on topics using quantitative methods. Furthermore, he is PI and the coordinator of the Heidelberg Graduate School of Global Health which aims to provide medical students with an opportunity to engage in global health research.
Education
- 17.10.2019 awarded adjunct professor (außerplanmäßiger Professor), Heidelberg University
- 08.11.2016 Venia legendi in Epidemiology, Medical Faculty Heidelberg
- 24.07.2008 Dr. sc. hum.
- 07/2005 – 06/2008 Doctoral student at Heidelberg University, Research Training Group 793 ‘Epidemiology of communicable and chronic non-communicable diseases and their interrelationships’
- 01/2005 – 06/2005 Research assistant at the medical faculty of Heidelberg, ‘Abteilung Tropenhygiene und öffentliches Gesundheitswesen’
- 14.10.2004 Diploma in Biology
- 10/1998 – 10/2004 Studies in Biology, Heidelberg University
Contributions
Projects & Grants
2018 – ongoing: Heidelberg Graduate School of Global Health (Else Kröner-Fresenius-Stiftung)
2014 – 2017: Krebsinzidenz, Mortalität und Überleben bei Migranten aus der ehemaligen Sowjetunion (Deutsche Krebshilfe e.V. - German Cancer Aid)
2009 – 2012: Estimating the number of deaths from causes related to smoking in countries with insufficient vital statistics data - theory and application (DFG - German Research Foundation)
Other scientific projects & initiatives
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
since 2018: Coordinator: Heidelberg Graduate School of Global Health
since 2018: Global Health Journal Club at the Heidelberg Institute of Global Health
2017-2021: Epidemiology and Biostatistics for Doctoral Students at Heidelberg University
2015-2018: The Hartmut Hoffmann-Berling International Graduate School of Molecular and Cellular Biology (HBIGS): ‘Basic Statistics for Biologists or how to choose the appropriate statistical test’
2012-2018: ‘Module 4: Research foundations’ Master of Science in International Health at Heidelberg University
2010-2020: Epidemiology ‘Epidemiologie, Medizinische Biometrie und Medizinische Informatik’ within the Curriculum Medicinale (HeiCuMed) at Heidelberg University
2009-2017: ‘Grundlagen der Epidemiologie und Statistik’ Bachelor in Health Education at the Heidelberg School of Education