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Dresden University Medicine creates first bridge professorship for "Public Health"
Dresden University Medicine has established the first professorship for Public Health in Saxony. The new position at the University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus Dresden and the Faculty of Medicine at TU Dresden will be filled by Professor Anna Kühne. The professorship is funded in equal parts by the Saxon State Ministry for Social Affairs and Social Cohesion and the state capital Dresden.
30/04/2024
The collaboration between University Medicine and the Dresden Health Department will be intensified in order to strengthen research, teaching and practice transfer in the public health service. The professorship and the research assistants will work at both the university medical centre and the public health department, thus fulfilling a unique bridging function.
Anna Kühne's professorship will focus on key areas such as infection epidemiology, health planning and relational approaches. There are also plans to introduce a public health core or elective subject in the medical degree programme.
The aim of the new chair is to sustainably strengthen the public health service and build partnerships for evidence-based interventions. The close collaboration between university medicine and the public health service is intended to provide concrete insights for the public health service.The professorship expands the research spectrum of the Centre for Evidence-based Healthcare (ZEGV) and invests in the training of students and employees in order to sustainably strengthen the public health service in Saxony and nationwide.
Press release of the "Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus" from 30 April 2024
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