Claudia Quitmann
doctoral student (Dr. med.)
Scientific coordinator for “Klimaschutz in Kliniken durch Optimierung der Lieferketten“
Schwerpunkt
Climate-smart health systems, including the carbon footprint of the German health sector, as well as mitigation and adaptation strategies and climate-sensitive health counseling
Claudia Quitmann is a physician by training. She is currently working as scientific coordinator for the project “Klimaschutz in Kliniken durch Optimierung der Lieferketten (KliOL) at the Heidelberg Institute of Global Health. Moreover, she is involved in the project “AdaptNet”. Since April 2020 she is a doctoral student at the Heidelberg Institute of Global Health.
Ärztlicher / Beruflicher Werdegang
01/2023 – present Researcher “AdaptNet: Adaptation und Vernetzung der haus- und fachärztlichen Versorgung im Hinblick auf die gesundheitlichen Auswirkungen des Klimawandels“
08/2022 - present Scientific coordinator for “Klimaschutz in Kliniken durch Optimierung der Lieferketten“ (KliOL)
04/2020 - present Dr. med. candidate
11/2019 - 01/2020 Intern, Climate Service Center Germany (an institution of the Helmholtz Zentrum Geesthacht), Hamburg
10/2014 - present Study of Medicine, RWTH Aachen
10/2013 - 09/2014 Studium Generale, Leibniz Kolleg, Tübingen
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
Griesel, S., Schwerdtle, P. N., Quitmann, C., Danquah, I., & Herrmann, A. (2023). Patients’ perceptions of climate-sensitive health counselling in primary care: Qualitative results from Germany. European Journal of General Practice, 29(1), 2284261. doi:10.1080/13814788.2023.2284261
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
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/
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., & Herrmann, A. (2022). Gesundheitliche Auswirkungen der Klimakrise und Kommunikation mit Patient*innen: Gesundheitliche Auswirkungen der Klimakrise und Kommunikation mit Patient*innen. 17(1), 10-15.
Groth, Markus; Quitmann, Claudia (2020): Gesundheit und Klimawandel. Handeln, um Chancen zu nutzen und Risiken zu minimieren, 2. überarbeitete Auflage; Climate Service Center Germany (Hg.): 38 Seiten.
Quitmann, Claudia, Sauerborn, Rainer, & Herrmann, Alina (2021). Gaps in Reporting Greenhouse Gas Emissions by German Hospitals - A Systematic Grey Literature Review. Sustainability, 13(3), 1430.
Presentations
"Climate-friendly Hospitals – Opportunities for Physicians to Reduce the Carbon Footprint of Their Work", Massive Open Online Course, Ärztliche Akademie für medizinische Fort- und Weiterbildung in Nordrhein, July 2021
(Claudia Quitmann, Laurie Marrauld)
“Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health”, 2020 Green Conference – Witnesses of Climate Crisis, EU Korea Action, 4 November 2020
(Claudia Quitmann)
"Klimawandel und Gesundheit", Webinar, Continuing Education, Ärztekammer Nordrhein and Kassenärztliche Vereinigung Nordrhein, 27 May 2020
(Rainer Sauerborn, Alina Herrmann, Claudia Quitmann)
"Physician's Role in a Warming World" at the Vorstandsklausur Ärztekammer Nordrhein, 25 January 2020
(Rainer Sauerborn, Alina Herrmann, Claudia Quitmann)
Posters
„Barriers and Enablers to Climate Change Mitigation in Hospitals – Perspectives of Patients, Clinical and Administrative Employees at Heidelberg University Hospital”, CUGH 2022 ‘Healthy People, Healthy Planet, Social Justice’, March 28 - April 1, 2022
Scholarships
Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes
Heidelberg Graduate School of Global Health