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Dr. Alexandra Schneider, MPH

Deputy Director of the Institute of Epidemiology, Head of Research Group "Environmental Risks"
+49 89 3187 3512Email meBuilding/Room: 56/247

“Living in urban built environments means being exposed to multiple environmental factors. Protecting especially the susceptible subpopulations from harmful environmental stimuli and promoting health by pointing to the beneficial factors is the driver of my research.”

“Living in urban built environments means being exposed to multiple environmental factors. Protecting especially the susceptible subpopulations from harmful environmental stimuli and promoting health by pointing to the beneficial factors is the driver of my research."

Academic Career and Research Areas

Alexandra Schneider holds both a Diploma in Meteorology and a Master’s in Public Health. In 2004 she received her doctorate in human biology from the Ludwig-Maximilians-University in Munich. She then worked as a postdoc at the Institute for Epidemiology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, in the research group "Epidemiology of Air Pollution Effects". Since 2010 she has headed her own research group "Environmental Risks" at the Institute for Epidemiology at Helmholtz Zentrum München. The research interests of Alexandra Schneider are divided into several areas. The first touches on the impact of weather and climate change on human health, the second on particulate and gaseous air pollution. The focus is on cardiovascular diseases. Together with the adverse health effects of noise and the health-promoting influences of green and blue areas, Alexandra Schneider covers the large topic "Urban Health". Important partners for her research are the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in Chapel Hill, North Carolina and the Multi County Multi City Database Network.

Alexandra enjoys sharing her enthusiasm and experience about her work and participates in a broad range of scientific activities:

Fields of Work and Expertise

Environmental EpidemiologyAir PollutionMeteorologyClimate ChangeNoiseGreen SpaceBiostatisticsCardiovascular Diseases

Professional Background

Since 2022

Deputy Director of the Institute of Epidemiology at Helmholtz Munich

Since 2018

Speaker of the Expert Group “Environmental Impact and Geographical Factors” of the German National Cohort (NAKO)

Since 2010

Head of Research Group “Environmental Risks” at the Institute of Epidemiology at Helmholtz Munich

2006

Visiting scientist for 3 months at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in Chapel Hill, North Carolina

2004

Dr. rer. biol. hum. (PhD) in Medicine (Epidemiology), Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München, Munich, Germany

Honors and Awards

  • Scientific and Technological Achievement Award Level 1 of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: “Demonstrating the effects of air pollution on individuals with prior cardiac complications
    2017

  • Young Investigator Award of the German Society for Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology (GMDS)
    2004

  • "Bavarian Public Health Lion” for best Master’s Thesis
    2003

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