1966
born in Lucerne, early years in Lucerne and Emmenbrücke, LU
1972 – 1984
Schools in Widnau and Heerbrugg, Canton of St. Gallen
1985
Matura Type B
1985 – 1991
Medical studies in Basel, and partly in Utrecht, NL
1994
Doctorate in Medicine with dissertation on “Anorexia” (Children and Adolescent Psychiatry)
1999
Specialist FMH in General Medicine
2007
Master of Public Health, postgraduate degree at the universities of Basel, Berne and Zurich. Master’s thesis on the subject of Cancer Registry/EUROCARE-Study
EDUCATION
1992
Institute for Social and Preventive Medicine of the University of Basel
1993
Drug Monitoring Centre, Sandoz Pharma AG
1994
Dornach Hospital, Surgical Clinic
1995/96
Cantonal Hospital Bruderholz, Clinic for Rehabilitation and Geriatrics
1996/97
Psychiatric Clinic of the University of Basel
1997/98
Dornach Hospital, Surgical Clinic
PERSONAL LIFE
Married 1995. One son.
CURRENT ACTIVITIES
December 1998-present
working as a GP in the Pfeffingen Practice in association with Dr. med. J. Fritschi and Dr. med. A. Käppeli.
July 1999- present
working part-time at the Institute for Social and Preventive Medicine of the University of Basel in the areas of promoting health, prevention, evaluation and teaching.
July 2009-present
at the follow-up institute: Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel.
2003/4 -present
Lecturer for Social and Preventive Medicine at the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Basel.
Lecturer in Epidemiology and Public Health at the Institute for Sport and Sports Science at the University of Basel.
Collaboration in and writing of reports in the area of psychiatric epidemiology, cancer epidemiology and osteoporosis.
Liaison and support for dissertations in the field of cancer epidemiology.
Project liaison and support for the prevention of falls and addictions and promoting health.
Evaluation of projects in the field of tobacco (stopping smoking).
LANGUAGES
German, French, English: written and spoken
Spanish and Dutch: spoken