Univ.-Prof. Dr. Holger Pfaff

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Univ.-Prof. Dr. Holger Pfaff

Akademischer Lebenslauf/Beschäftigungsverhältnisse:

1981 Diploma Administrative Science, diploma thesis: “Organisation of work and maintenance of health”, University of Constance

1983 - 1986 Research Assistant, University of Oldenburg

1985 Visiting scholar at the University of Michigan, Institute for Social Research, Ann Arbor/USA

1986 - 1995 Scientific Associate, Department of Sociology, Technical University of Berlin

1988 Graduation, Thesis: “Social support in organisations and coping with stress”, grade: summa cum laude, Technical University of Berlin

1995 State doctorate in Sociology, professorial dissertation: “Work, Technology and Health”, Technical University of Berlin

1995 - 1997 Visiting Professor for Technical and Industrial Sociology, Technical University of Berlin

1997 - 2009 Head of Department of Medical Sociology, Institute and Polyclinic for Occupational and Social Medicine, University of Cologne

2002 - 2009 President of the German Society of Medical Sociology

since 2002 Director of the Center for Health Services Research Cologne (ZVFK)

since 2015 Honorary Senior Research Fellow of the Health Services Research Unit of the University of Aberdeen

2006 - 2012 President of the German Health Services Research Network (DNVF)

since 2009 Director of the Institute of Medical Sociology, Health Services Research and Rehabilitation Science, Faculty of Human Science and Faculty of Medicine, University of Cologne

2011 Visiting scholar at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (School of Public Health)

2011 Visiting scholar at the Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland (Institute of Sociology)

geb. 15.05.1956 in Schramberg/Kr. Rottweil

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Adresse:Institut für Medizinsoziologie, Versorgungsforschung und Rehabilitationswissenschaft (IMVR)der Humanwissenschaftlichen Fakultät undder Medizinischen Fakultät derUniversität zu Köln

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2011 - 2012 Deputy Head of the Department "Special Education and Rehabilitation" at the Faculty of Human Sciences

2012 - 2014 Vice-President of the German Health Services Research Network (DNVF)

2014 European Visiting Research Fellowships of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

2014 + 2015 Visiting Research Fellow at the Health Services Research Unit of the University of Aberdeen

Schwerpunkte wissenschaftlicher Tätigkeit:

Prof. Pfaff's research focuses on three interconnected areas: health services research, social epidemiology (sociology of health), and healthcare system design. Health services research centers on the analysis of the health services and healthcare system. The effectiveness of this system is measured by how well it contributes to healing, prolongs life, and/or improves the quality of life; therefore, it is important to determine to what degree the healthcare and health services system (health services structures and processes, health organizations) can contribute to these outcomes. These topics are relevant to social epidemiology and health services epidemiology and are therefore also an important part of the sociology of health. The third area of focus concerns the practical implementation of insights from health services research and social epidemiology. It centers on how interventions in healthcare organizations and healthcare networks (e.g., integrated health services) must be planned and designed to achieve a change in behavior of the stakeholders (e.g., physicians and patients) and an improvement in system outcomes (life expectancy, quality of life, patient satisfaction).

Funktionen in wissenschaftlichen Gesellschaften und Institutionen:

1996 Member of the advisory board "Dienstleistung 2000 plus" of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research

1998 Member of the advisory board "Qualitätssicherung in der betrieblichen Gesundheitsförderung“ of the Hans-Böckler-Foundation

2000 - 2004 Member of the Advisory Board „Betriebliche Gesundheitspolitik“ of the Bertelsmann-Foundation (Bertelsmann-Stiftung) und the Hans-Böckler-Foundation

2001 - 2005 Advisory Board Member of the “SPM – International Journal of Public Health”

2001 - 2008 Delegate of the German Society of Medical Sociology in the German Society of Public Health

since 2001 Delegate of the German Society of Medical Sociology for the Assembly of the Association of Scientific Medical Societies in Germany (Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Wissenschaftlichen Medizinischen Fachgesellschaften: AWMF)

since 2016 Chairman of Expertenbeirat Innovationsfonds

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Mitgliedschaft in Beratungsgremien:

2004 - 2005 Member of the review board „Health Services Research“ of the sc--ientific advisory board of the German Medical Association

since 2005 Member of the „Ständiger Arbeitskreis Versorgungsforschung“ at the scientific advisory board of the German Medical Association

since 2010 Associate editor of the scientific journal “BMC Health Services Research”

since 2010 Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the AQUA Institute according to § 137a SGB V

since 2012 Member of the Review Board of the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft: DFG)

since 2013 Member of the Scientific Advisory Board “Quality and safety of Healthcare in Switzerland” of the Federal Office of Public Health FOPH, Switzerland.

since 2013 Member of the Advisory Board of the EuPD Research Sustainable Management GmbH

2014 - 2016 Member of the Executive Board of the German Health Services Research Network

since 2015 Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the AOK Nordost

Auszeichnungen:

2003 Award from the Federal Association of the AOK for the risk management concept "Prevention of patient falls in the hospital" (team award)

2006 Teaching award in 2006 for teaching "diabetes mellitus" (team award: members of the team Prof. Albus, Prof. Crown , Prof. Paulsson, Prof. Rösen, Prof. Pfaff)

2011 Award from the Ministry of Health, Equalities, Care and Ageing in North-Rhine-Westphalia for the project "GemaB”

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