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RESEARCH GROUP "ECONOMIC EVALUATION":

Portrait Michaela Schunk

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 / 3187-4169
Fax: +49-89 / 3187-3375
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Michaela Schunk, Ph.D., M.P.H., Psychologist (Dipl. Psych.)

 

Position:

Research Associate

 

Qualifications:

  • 2005-2007 Master of Public Health (postgrad.), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany
  • 1992-1997  Ph.D., University of Manchester, U.K.
  • 1984-1991 Diplom-Psychologie, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität, Heidelberg and Friedrich-Alexander-Universität, Erlangen Nürnberg
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Work appointments:

  • Since 12/2006 Research Associate, IGM
  • 1997-1999 Visiting Assistant Professor, Institute for Health and Aging, University of California, San Francisco  U.S.A.
  • 1997 Internationale Social Security Association (ISSA), Genf, Switzerland (Placement)


Key research interest:

Diabetes, chronic disease management, health services research, health-related quality of life, health promotion


Current research projects:

  • DIAB-CORE Subproject P2: Health Related Quality of Life in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients (PI: Prof. Holle)
  • Evaluation of Type 2 Diabetes Health Services and Outcomes

 

Career development:

Helmholtz Association ‘Network-Mentoring-Programme’ for female scientists (one-year course of workshops, mentoring and coaching, 2010-2011) 

 

Scholarships and Awards:

  • 2007 Oliver-Sangha-Award for MPH Master thesis “Trends in diabetes type 2 patients’ disease management and outcomes: evidence from two KORA surveys in Germany”; Faculty of Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München (prize value 1000 Euro)
  • 1993-1994 PhD scholarship, jointly from the Economic and Social Research Council (ERSC) and Manchester University, UK

 

Selected publications:

  • Schunk, M., Reitmeir, P., Schipf, S., Völzke, H., Meisinger, C., Thorand, B., Kluttig, A., Greiser, K.-H., Berger, K., Müller, G., Ellert, U., Neuhauser, H., Tamayo, T., Rathmann, W., Holle, R.: Health-related quality of life in subjects with and without type 2 diabetes: pooled analysis of five population-based surveys in Germany. Diabetic Medicine (2011)(in press)
  • Stark, R.G., Schunk, M.V., Meisinger, C., Rathmann, W., Leidl, R., Holle, R., for the KORA Study Group: Medical Care of Type 2 Diabetes in German Disease Management Programs: a Population-based Evaluation. Diabetes Metab Res Rev 27(4), 383-391 (2011)
  • Stark, R., Schunk, M., Leidl, R., Meisinger, C., Holle, R. : Prozeßevaluation von Disease Management Programmen bei Typ 2 Diabetes auf Basis einer bevölkerungsrepräsentativen Studie in der Region Augsburg (KORA). BFuP 61 (3), 283-301 (2009)
  • Schunk, M., Schweikert, B., Gapp, O., Reitmeir, P., Meisinger, C., Mielck, A., Holle, R.: Time trends in type 2 diabetes patients’ disease management and outcomes: evidence from two KORA surveys in Germany. Exp Clin Endocrinol Diabetes, 117, 88-94 (2009)
  • Schunk, M. and Estes, C.: Is the German Care Insurance a Model for the United States ? International Journal of Health Services 31 (3), 617-63 (2001)
  • Schunk, M.: Responses to the Care Dilemma: A Comparison of Informal Care Policies. In: Social Security at the Dawn of the 21st Century (Hrsg.: Holmer, D., Dobbernack, D., Kuptsch, C.). New Brunswick (USA) and London (UK): Transaction Publishers, 37-68 (2001)
  • Schunk, M.: Empowerment in Pathways through Care: A Comparison of Local Care Delivery Systems. In: Empowering Frail Elderly People: Opportunities and Impediments in Housing, Health and Support Service Delivery (Hrsg.: Heumann, L., McCall, M., Boldy, D.). Westport: Praeger, 223-237 (2001)

 

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