At the university

• Head of the Master’s program in Health Promotion
• Member of the research focus area Analyzing and promoting health
• Scientific director of the “Analytics4Health” doctoral center

Outside the university

• Member of the Society for Interdisciplinary Placebo Studies (SIPS)
• Member of the German Society for Psychology (DGPs)
• Member of the German Society for Medical Psychology (DGMP)
• Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Societas Medicinae Sinensis (SMS)
• Associate Editor, Complementary Medicine Research (Karger Verlag)
• Associate Editor, PsyCh Journal (Wiley Online Publishers)

• since 2021: Research professorship, Coburg University of Applied Sciences
• since 2016: Professorship for Integrative Medicine in Health Promotion, Coburg University of Applied Sciences
• 2015 – 2019: Master of Science (M.Sc.), Traditional Chinese Medicine, Technical University of Munich (TUM)
• 2013 – 2020: Head of the “Placebo Research” working group, Institute of Medical Psychology, LMU Munich
• 2013: Habilitation in the field of medical psychology, LMU Munich
• 2009 – 2012: Scientific activity, Institute for General Medicine, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich (TUM)
• 2007 – 2009: Freelance lecturer and author
• 2000 – 2006: Scientific activity, Institute for Medical Psychology, LMU Munich
• 2000: Doctorate (Dr. med.), LMU Munich
• 1999 – 2001: Scientific activity, Center for Human Sciences, LMU Munich
• 1998: License to practice medicine, Bavarian Medical Association
• 1997 – 1998: Internship at Haar District Hospital
• 1994 – 1997: Scholarship (Holler Foundation), Institute for Medical Psychology, LMU Munich
• 1994: State examination in medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) Munich

• Placebo effects for nausea
• Nocebo effects in oncology
• Nocebo effects for dysmenorrhea
• Diagnosis and prevention of endometriosis
• Health-promoting effects of Qigong, Taiji and acupressure