Curriculum vitae, activities & memberships

Dr. Marcel Mertz

Academic career

04/2015 to 09/2015
PostDoc research stay
MESH (Medicine, Ethics, Society and History) research group
Institute of Applied Health Research, Department of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham (UK)

02/2015
Doctor of Philosophy
Faculty of Philosophy, University of Mannheim

07/2009
Master of Arts in Philosophy (Major) and Sociology (Minor)
Faculty of Philosophy, University of Basel

04/2007
Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy and Sociology
Faculty of Philosophy, University of Basel

Professional career

since 06/2018
Permanent research associate
Head of working group "Research Ethics and Medical Ethics Methodology"
Institute for Ethics, History and Philosophy of Medicine, Hannover Medical School

01/2011 to 05/2018
Research associate
Working group "Ethics and Governance of Biomedical Research and the Governance of Health Systems" (Prof. Dr. Dr. D. Strech), Institute for Ethics, History and Philosophy of Medicine, Hannover Medical School

09/2013 to 11/2016
Research associate
Research Unit Ethics (Prof. Dr. C. Woopen), Institute of History, Ethics and Philosophy of Medicine, University Hospital Cologne and (from 12/2013 to 08/2016) Office, Cologne Center for Ethics, Rights, Economics and Social Sciences of Health (ceres) (Managing Director: Prof. Dr. C. Woopen), University of Cologne

10/2009 to 08/2013
Research associate with teaching load and (from 08/2010) subject study advisor for the teaching profession at grammar schools in philosophy/ethics
Chair of Philosophy III / Business Ethics (Prof. Dr. B. Gesang), Philosophical Seminar, University of Mannheim

07/2009 to 12/2010
Research associate
Department of Medical and Health Ethics (Prof. Dr. S. Reiter-Theil), Faculty of Medicine, University of Basel

05/2005 to 02/2009
Research assistant resp. (from 06/2006) research assistant
Department of Medical and Health Ethics (Prof. Dr. S. Reiter-Theil), Faculty of Medicine, University of Basel

10/2004 to 07/2008
Tutor for four lectures, including "Grundkurs Logische Propädeutik" and "Einführung in die Angewandte Ethik" (17 tutorials in total)
Faculty of Philosophy and Faculty of Medicine, University of Basel

09/2002 to 02/2009
Student assistant/assistant
Department of Medical and Health Ethics (Prof. Dr. S. Reiter-Theil), Faculty of Medicine, University of Basel

(Co-)supervision of students

Qualification theses

University of Mannheim: Master's thesis, Philosophy (2013)

University Hospital Cologne: Preclinical scientific projects, medical ethics (2x) (2014, 2015)

Hannover Medical School:Bachelor thesis , Philosophy (second supervision; Leibniz University Hannover) (2019) - Master thesis, Research Ethics (second supervision; Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales, Sede Argentina) (2019-2020) - Master thesis, Philosophy (second supervision; University of Hildesheim) (2021)- Master's thesis, Public Health (first supervision) (2023-2024) - Medical dissertation, Public Health Ethics (junior supervision) (2019-2020) - Medical dissertation, Methodology Ethics (junior supervision) (2020+) - Medical dissertation, Clinical Ethics (junior supervision) (2020+)

Guidance/supervision of interns and tutors

University of Mannheim: Philosophy tutor (own course) (2011) - Philosophy intern (six months) (2012)

Hannover Medical School: Philosophy intern (six weeks) (2018) - Philosophy intern (eight weeks) (2018) - Public health intern (six weeks) (2019) - Philosophy intern (eight weeks) (2021) - Speech therapy/philosophy intern (seven weeks) (2021) -Philosophy trainee (four weeks) (2021) - Philosophy trainee (eight weeks) (2022) - Social sciences trainee (eight weeks) (2022) - Philosophy trainee (four weeks) (2022) - Nursing/public health trainee (eight weeks) (2023) - Philosophy trainee (four weeks) (2024)

Reviewer activities

Journals

Artificial Intelligence Review (2025) - Bioethics (2016, 2017, 2021) - BMC Medical Ethics (2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022) - Canadian Journal of Bioethics (2020) - Ethics in Medicine (2022, 2025) - Evidence & Policy (2015) - GeroPsych The Journal of Gerontopsychology and Geriatric Psychiatry (2020) - GMS Health Technology Assessment (2014) - Health Care Analysis (2010) - International Journal of Medical Informatics (2019) - International Journal of Ethics Education (2023) - International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care (2020) - Journal of Bioethical Inquiry (2024) - Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics (2015, 2020) - Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice (2024) - Journal of Medical Ethics (2019(2x), 2020, 2021, 2023) - Journal of Translational Medicine (2024) - Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy (2010, 2012, 2020, 2022, 2023(2x), 2025) - NeuroEthics (2016) - Public Health Ethics (2016) - Public Health Nursing (2008, 2009) - Qeios (2024) - Quality & Quantity (2021) - Research Ethics (2024) - Research Involvement and Engagement (2024) - Science & Engineering Ethics (2016) - Systematic Reviews (2022) - Journal of Evidence, Training and Quality in Healthcare (2014, 2017, 2020)

Research funding/foundations

Alexander von Humbolt Foundation (2020)
Fund for the Promotion of Scientific Research (Austria) (2023)

Memberships

Commissions

Ethics Committee of Hannover Medical School (deputy member since 2024)

Working groups/networks

Working Group "Ethics and Empiricism" of the Academy for Ethics in Medicine e.V. (AEM)
(member since 09/2007; since 10/2013 coordination of the working group)

DFG Scientific Network "Responsible Practice of Assisted Suicide. A scientific network for interdisciplinary research into normative and empirical requirements" (member since 2024)

Professional societies

Academy for Ethics in Medicine e.V. (AEM)
Netzwerk Evidenzbasierte Medizin e.V. (EbM-Netzwerk)
European Society for Philosophy of Medicine and Healthcare (ESPMH)

Scholarships

2009
Werenfels-Fonds, Freiwillige Akademische Gesellschaft Basel
(Financial support for the completion of the Master's thesis)

2006
Theodor Engelmann-Stiftung Basel
(Travel grant for participation in the annual conference of the European Society for Philosophy of Medicine and Health Care (ESPMH), 23-26.08.2006, Helsinki, Finland for the purpose of presenting an own abstract)

Prizes

09/2017
Young Researcher Award for the best free lecture, Annual Conference Academy for Ethics in Medicine e.V. (AEM)

Further education

03/2017
Project Management & Science
Organizer: MHH-Weiterbildungsakademie

04/2017
Basic program for the qualification of MHH teachers. Basics of teaching and learning in medicine
Organizer: MHH Continuing Education Academy