RESEARCH GROUP "TRANSLATIONAL HEALTH ECONOMICS":
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 / 3187-4187
Fax: +49-89 / 3187-3375
eMail: werner.maier@helmholtz-muenchen.de
Werner Maier,
MPH, EMPH, geographer (Dipl.-Geograph)
Position
Research associate
Qualifications
- Research internship at the University of Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent/UK
- EMPH - European Master of Public Health – ASPHER (Association of Schools of Public Health in the European Region) and LMU Munich (EMPH Network)
- M.P.H., postgrad. – Studies of public health and epidemiology at the Medical Faculty of the University of Munich (LMU)
- Diplom-Geograph (Univ.) - Study of geography (economic and social geography, regional studies and planning, landscape ecology) at the University of Munich (LMU)
- Industrial business management assistant (IHK, Munich)
Research fields and interests
- Deprivation indices (Index of Multiple Deprivation)
- Diabetes mellitus type 2 – social and regional disparities in prevalence and incidence
- Environmental justice
- Application of GIS in public health and epidemiology
Current research projects
DIAB-CORE (Diabetes Collaborative Research of Epidemiologic Studies) - Subproject 1: Regional differences und social disparities in the prevalence and incidence of type 2 diabetes mellitus.
Publications
Maier, W., Fairburn, J., Mielck, A.: Regionale Deprivation und Mortalität in Bayern. Entwicklung eines 'Index Multipler Deprivation' auf Gemeindeebene. [Regional deprivation and mortality in Bavaria. Development of a community-based Index of Multiple Deprivation.]. Gesundheitswesen (2011) (in press)
- Maier, W., Mielck, A.: ['Environmental Justice': State of empirical analysis and deduction of methodological recommendations] 'Environmental Justice' (Umwelt-Gerechtigkeit): Stand der empirischen Analyse und Ableitung von methodischen Empfehlungen. Prävention und Gesundheitsförderung 5(2), 115-128 (2010)
Mielck, A., Maier, W., Perna, L., Bolte, G., Koller, D.: Gesundheitszustand von Kindern in München: Soziale und räumliche Unterschiede. In: Gesundheitsberichterstattung der Landeshauptstadt München (Hrsg.: Referat für Gesundheit und Umwelt der Landeshauptstadt München), München 1-66 (2010)
