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Allgemein- und Familienmedizin

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Campus der Universität Bielefeld
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Frau Prof. Marjan van den Akker, PhD

Vice-Head of ‘General Practice and Family Medicine’

E-Mail: marjan.vandenakker@uni-bielefeld.de

Telephone: +49-521-106-86449

Publications: Orcid

Focus

  • Epidemiology of Multimorbidity and Polypharmacy
  • Complex interventions to improve the care for people with multimorbidity and polypharmacy in primary care
  • Practice-based research network in primary care

Studies and Qualifications:

  • 1999: PhD Thesis ‘Multimorbidity in a General Practice Population. Prevalence, Incidence and Determinants of Multiple Pathology’, promotors prof. J.A. Knottnerus, prof. F. Buntinx, prof. J.F.M. Metsemakers
  • 1998: Graduation Qualification Epidemiology, Dutch Society for Epidemiology (NVvE)
  • 1988-1992: Master in Health Sciences, Specialisation Nursing Sciences, Maastricht University, the Netherlands
  • 1987-1988: Bachelor in Health Sciences, Maastricht University, the Netherlands

Professional activities:

  • 2025 onwards: Professor for Translational Research and Health Services Research in General Practice, Department of General Practice and Family Medicine, Medical School OWL, Bielefeld University
  • 2019 2025: Professor for Polypharmacy and Health Services Research, Institute for General Practice, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main
  • 2019 onwards: Guest professor, Department of Family Medicine, Care and Public Health Research Institute: CAPHRI, Maastricht University, the Netherlands
  • 2012: Guest professor; Institute for General Practice, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main
  • 2011-2019: Associate professor at the Department of Family Medicine, Care and Public Health Research Institute: CAPHRI, Maastricht University, the Netherlands
  • 2010: April, May, September: full-time Guest Researcher at the Aging Research Centre of Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.
  • 2010 onwards: Visiting Professor Department of General Practice, KU Leuven, Belgium
  • 2000-2011: Assistant professor at the Department of General Practice, School for Public Health and Primary Care: CAPHRI, Maastricht University, the Netherlands
  • 1998-2000: Post-doc researcher, Department of General Practice, Maastricht University, project ‘Care for patients who have suffered from stressful life events’
  • 1993-1998: PhD-student, Department of General Practice, Maastricht University, project ‘Determinants of multimorbidity’
  • 1993-1995: Researcher, Department of Epidemiology, Maastricht University, project ‘Ageing in people with mental disability’
  • 1992-1993: Researcher, Genderstudies, Maastricht University
  • University Professor of General Practice and Family Medicine, Vice-head of the Department of General Practice and Family Medicine, Medical School of East-Westphalia, University of Bielefeld
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