W2 professorship for health services research

Health services research is concerned with the systematic analysis and evaluation of health care structures, processes and outcomes in the health care system. It focuses in particular on everyday medical care. Health services research examines how health services are provided, who has access to them, what results are achieved and how this affects the health of population groups.

The aim is to research and improve the quality, efficiency and effectiveness of medical care. Health services research provides important findings and the necessary scientific evidence for everyday care. This benefits patients and all stakeholders in the healthcare system, including medical and nursing staff, health insurance companies, hospitals and care facilities for the elderly, medical self-administration and political decision-makers.

Ongoing third-party funded projects

• Trans-Power project: Primary care for trans people in Lower Saxony: Using health care data, experiences with care, and participatory approaches to enhance medical care and medical education (Ministry of Science and Art of Lower Saxony, 10.2025-09.2029)
• Project ARREST: Dying in the penal system. Exploration of experiences and needs of inmates and the reality of care (DFG, 03.2026-09.2028)
• Project ADAPT-HEAT: Adaptation of drug therapy during hot seasons (Innovation Fund at the GBA, 01.2024-12.2026)
• Project VR-Talks: Virtual Reality communication Tool for Application and evaluation with Key stakeholders and students (Erasums+, 09.2023-08.2025)
• Project Quincie: Implementation of quality indicators for patients with incurable cancer in palliative care units (German Cancer Aid, 02.2023-09.2025)
• Project Gut-Leben: Health care planning for the last phase of life in nursing homes (Innovation Fund at the GBA, 07.2022-06.2025)

Further research activities

• Palliative medicine at the CCC-N
• Existence and content of precautionary documents on the palliative care ward
• Participation and level of knowledge of GPs regarding the preparation of advance care documents
• Perceived and preferred patient autonomy in GP practice
• GP involvement in inpatient medical rehabilitation

Further research projects

• Knowledge and attitudes towards palliative care in the general population
• Status of general medical research in Germany
• Professionalization and patient autonomy
• Hospital admissions during SAPV
• Heat and Parkinson's disease
• Healthy and sustainable nutrition in general practice
• Therapy intention depending on the tumor stage
• Palliative care for people experiencing homelessness and homelessness in Hanover
• Palliative care at the CCC-N
• Existence and content of precautionary documents on the palliative care ward
• Participation and level of knowledge of general practitioners regarding the preparation of advance care documents
• Perceived and preferred patient autonomy in GP practice
• GP involvement in inpatient medical rehabilitation

Research project

• The physician-patient relationship against the background of current developments in the healthcare system
• Rational use of medication at the end of life
• Burdens on relatives of people with incurable diseases
• Treatment intentions for various cancer entities
• GP involvement in the care of patients with genetic tumor risk syndromes
• GP involvement in oncological aftercare
• Sustainability in the GP practice
• Utilization of GP practice data for post-COVID-19 research

Activities in teaching

• Co-teaching responsibility and participation in student teaching in palliative medicine
• Participation in student teaching in the subject of geriatrics
• Participation in the propaedeutic course in cancer
• Participation in the medical interviewing course as part of diagnostic methods
• Elective course II "Patients as teachers"

Head of palliative care within the CCC Hannover

• Structural and clinical development of palliative care at the MHH
• Initiation of research projects at the MHH and with the University Medical Center Göttingen in the CCC-N

PhD student colloquium on health services research

The PhD student colloquium is an offer to doctoral students of the MHH on healthcare science topics and provides a forum for low-threshold exchange on doctoral projects. The colloquium is led by Prof. Stephanie Stiel. Further information here.