Dr. Stephanie von Klot

Dr. rer. biol. hum., pharmacist, MPH postgrad.

Tel.: +49 (0)89-3187-3211
Fax: +49 (0)89-3187-3380
klot@helmholtz-muenchen.de



Education

• 1987 – 1993: Study of pharmaceutics at the Freie Universität Berlin
• 1993: Final (3rd) state examination, Berlin, degree: "Apothekerin", licence to run a pharmacy)
• 1998 – 2000: Postgraduate studies of public health at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich. Masters thesis ‘Short term effects of air pollution on medication use of adult asthmatics’ under supervision of Annette Peters, GSF
• 1999: Visiting student at Harvard School of Public Health, Environmental Epidemiology Program, Prof. D.W. Dockery Boston, USA (1 month)
• 2000: MPH postgrad., Medical School, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany
• 2001: Visiting scientist at Harvard School of Public Health, Environmental Epidemiology Program, Prof. D.W. Dockery Boston, USA (3 months)
• 2005: Dr. rer. biol. hum. (Doctoral Degree), Medical School, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany
  

Experience

• 1993 – 1998: AZ-Pharmacy, Munich, pharmacist
• 1998 – 1999: Cancer Registry Munich – research assistant
• 1999: Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Institute of Epidemiology – student assistant
• 2000 – 2004: Doctoral student and research associate at GSF – Institute of Epidemiology
• 2005 – 2006: Research associate at GSF – Institute of Epidemiology
• 2006 – 2008: Visiting Scientist at Harvard School of Public Health, Department of Environmental Health, Prof. J. Schwartz, USA
• 2008 –     : “EU Scientist” at Helmholtz Zentrum München – Institute of Epidemiology, in 3rd year of Marie Curie Outgoing International Fellowship awarded by the European Community
• Since 2009: Lectures on environmental epidemiology for MPH- and MScEpi-students at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University in Munich, Germany

Research Interests

My thematic research focus is on the health effects of particulate air pollution in patients with coronary heart disease. I am very interested in applying new epidemiological methods in air pollution epidemiology. Currently I'm involved in various projects applying the case-crossover methodology, extended Cox models, smoothing techniques, GIS, and I am working on space time-models for temperature.

Research Projects

HEI-Augsburg – Particulate Air Pollution and the Onset of Nonfatal Myocardial Infarction – A Case-Crossover Study

• Data management
• Quality assurance
• Data analysis and publication

HEAPSS Health Effects Of Air Pollution On Susceptible Subpopulations – Traditional Air Pollutants, Ultrafine Particles And Myocardial Infarction: Database And Health Assessment

• Coordination of field work
• Data management
• Data analysis and publication

EURAQHEM – Preparatory Work for Optimized European Air Quality and Health Effect Monitoring

• Project management

AIRGENE – Air Pollution and Inflammatory Response in Myocardial Infarction Survivors: Gene-Environment Interaction in a High Risk Group

• Air pollution data management

ESCAPE – European Study of Cohorts for Air Pollution Effects

• Assisting coordination of WP5
• Data analysis and publication

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