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RESEARCH GROUP "TRANSLATIONAL HEALTH ECONOMICS":

Portrait Andreas Mielck

Postal address:

Helmholtz Zentrum München
German Research Center for Environmental Health
Institute of Health Economics and Health Care Management (IGM)
P.O.Box 1129
D-85758 Neuherberg
Germany
Tel.: +49-89 / 3187-4460
Fax: +49-89 / 3187-3375
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Dr. Andreas Mielck, MPH

Position:

Deputy Head of the Research Group

 

Education:

  • 1973-1979: University of Hamburg, Germany (sociology)
  • 1984: Ph.D., University of Hamburg, Germany
  • 1987-1989: Master of Public Health (MPH), post-graduate training in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Department of Epidemiology

 

Appointments:

  • 1982-1986: junior scientist, University of Hamburg, Institute of Medical Sociology and Institute of Sociology
  • since 1989: senior scientist, Helmholtz Zentrum München
  • since 1997: head of the working group "social-epidemiology" of the German Association of Sociology and Prevention (DGSMP),
    the German Society for Medical Sociology (DGMS), and
    the section 'Medical and Health Sociology' of the German Society for Sociology (DGS)
  • 2002-2008: member of the executive board of the German Medical Sociology Association

 

Major Area of Research:

  • social-epidemiology, health inequalities
  • health services research

 

Current Teaching:

  • Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich:
    social epidemiology

 

PI of Research Projects:

  • Costs and effects of interventions aimed at reducing health inequalities – the example 'promotion of physical activity for children'
    Principal Investigator: Dr. Andreas Mielck
    Duration: 2011 – 2013
    Funding: Bundeszentrale für gesundheitliche Aufklärung (BZgA), Köln
  • Increased health care costs of persons with low level of education
    Principal Investigator: Andreas Mielck; Dr. Markus Luengen (Institut für Gesundheitsoekonomie und Klinische Epidemiologie (IGKE), Cologne
    Duration: 2009 - 2011
    Funding: Bertelsmann Stiftung, Guetersloh
  • Diabetes-Collaborative Research of Epidemiologic Studies (DIAB-CORE) Subproject 1: 'Regional and Social Differences in the Prevalence and Incidence of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus'
    Principal Investigator: Andreas Mielck, Klaus Berger (University of Münster), Henry Völzke (University of Greifswald)
    Duration: 2009 - 2011
    Funding: Federal Ministry of Education and Research
  • Evaluation of the „Munich Programme for Early Screening and Intervention”
    Principal Investigator: Dr. Andreas Mielck, Dr. Michaela Schunk
    Duration: 2009 - 2011
    Funding: Landeshauptstadt München, Referat für Gesundheit und Umwelt
  • Gesundheitsberichterstattung für die Landeshauptstadt München
    (Health Reporting for the city of Munich)
    - Soziale Ungleichheit, Armut und Gesundheit in München
    (Social inequalities, poverty and health in Munich)
    - Soziale Ungleichheit, Umweltbedingungen und Gesundheit
    (Social inequalities, environmental conditions and health)
    - Gesundheitszustand von Kindern in München: Soziale und Räumliche Unterschiede
    (Health status of children in Munich: social and regional differences)
    Principal Investigator: Dr. Andreas Mielck
    Duration: 2005 - 2011
    Funding: Landeshauptstadt München, Referat für Gesundheit und Umwelt
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Rewiewer:

for the following journals and publication series:

    - Bundesgesundheitsblatt
    - Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology
    - Das Gesundheitswesen
    - European Journal of Public Health
    - International Journal of Epidemiology
    - International Journal for Equity in Health
    - International Journal of Public Health (vorher: Sozial- und Präventivmedizin)
    - Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health
    - Journal of Public Health (Zeitschrift für Gesundheitswissenschaften)
    - Nutrition, Metabolism & Cardiovascular Diseases
    - Psycho-Social Medicine (e-Journal); German Medical Science
    - Publikationsreihe 'Gesundheitsberichterstattung des Bundes'
    - Social Science & Medicine
    - Zeitschrift für Medizinische Psychologie
    - Zeitschrift für Soziologie
    - Zeitschrift 'Methoden, Daten, Analysen (MDA)'

 

Selected Publications:

German journals 

  • Mielck A, Vogelmann M, Schweikert B, Leidl R: Gesundheitszustand bei Erwachsenen in Deutschland: Ergebnisse einer repräsentativen Befragung mit dem EuroQol 5D (EQ-5D). Gesundheitswesen 72, 476-486 (2010)
  • Mielck A: Sozial-epidemiologische und ethische Ansätze zur Bewertung der gesundheitlichen Ungleichheit. Ethik in der Medizin 22(3), 235-248 (2010)
  • Huber J, Mielck A: Morbidität und Gesundheitsversorgung bei GKV- und PKV-Versicherten: Forschungsstand empirischer Studien. Bundesgesundheitsblatt 53, 925-938 (2010)
  • Hegar R, Döring A, Mielck A: Auswirkungen des subjektiven Sozialstatus auf gesundheitliche Risiken und Gesundheitszustand  - Ergebnisse aus der KORA F4 Studie. Das Gesundheitswesen (2011) (in press)
  • Maier W, Fairburn J, Mielck A: Regionale Deprivation und Mortalität in Bayern. Das Gesundheitswesen (2011) (in press)

English journals

    • Mielck A, Kiess R, von dem Knesebeck O,  Stirbu I, Kunst AE: Association between foregone care and household income among the elderly in five Western European countries - Analyses based on survey data from the SHARE-Study. BMC Health Services Research 9, 52 (2009)
    • Perna L, Thien-Seitz U, Ladwig KH, Meisinger C, Mielck A: Socio-economic differences in life expectancy among persons with diabetes mellitus or myocardial infarction: results from the German MONICA/KORA study. BMC Public Health 10, 135 (2010)
    • Perna L, Bolte G, Mayrhofer H, Spieß G, Mielck A: The impact of the social environment on children's mental health in a prosperous city: an analysis with data from the city of Munich. BMC Public Health 10, 199 (2010)
    • Kowall B, Rathmann W, Strassburger K, Meisinger C, Holle R, Mielck A: Socioeconomic Status is not associated with Type 2 Diabetes Incidence in an Elderly Population in Germany: KORA S4/F4 Cohort Study. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health (2010) (in print)
    • Holzapfel C, Grallert H, Baumert J, Thorand B, Döring A, Wichmann HE, Hauner H, Illig T, Mielck A: First investigation of two obesity-related loci (TMEM18, FTO) concerning their association with educational level as well as income: the MONICA/KORA study. J Epidemiol Community Health 65(2), 174-176 (2011)
     

Books

  • Mielck A: Soziale Ungleichheit und Gesundheit. Einführung in die aktuelle Diskussion. Verlag Hans Huber, Bern 2005.
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Book-Chapters

  • Mielck, A.: Welche sozialen Unterschiede im Gesundheitszustand sind 'ungerecht'? Plädoyer für eine stärkere ethische Reflexion der Zielsetzung 'Verringerung der gesundheitlichen Ungleichheit'. In: Public Health Ethik. Reihe 'Ethik im Gesundheits­wesen - HealthCareEthics', Band 1 (Hrsg.: Marckmann, G. et al.). Münster: LIT Verlag, 79-96 (2010)

 

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