Johannes Siegrist#

• 1973 Habilitation in Sociology at the University of Freiburg i. Br., Germany
• 1969 Ph.D. in Sociology, University of Freiburg i. Br., Germany
• 1967 M.A in Sociology, University of Freiburg i. Br., Germany
• 1963-1969 Studies of sociology, social psychology, philosophy and history at the University of Basel and Freiburg i. Br.

• 1973-1992 Professor of Medical Sociology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Marburg, Germany (interrupted by visiting Professorships at the Institute of Advanced Studies in Vienna, Austria (1977-1979) and at the Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health, Baltimore, USA (1991))
• Since 1992 Professor of Medical Sociology and Director of the Postgraduate Training Program on Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Heinrich Heine-University Duesseldorf, Germany

• Hans Roemer Award (German College of Psychosomatic Medicine 1979)
• Belle van Zuylen Chair (University of Utrecht, Netherlands 1994)
• Honorary member European Society of Health and Medical Sociology 1998
• Elected Member Academia Europaea London 2000
• Salomon Neumann Award German Society of Social Medicine and Prevention 2001
• Fellow European Academy of Occupational Health Psychology 2003
• Honorary Member German Society of Medical Sociology 2003
• Research Award European Society of Health and Medical Sociology 2004
• Corresponding Member, Heidelberg Academy of Sciences 2004

• President of the International Society of Behavioural Medicine (1996-1998), of the European Society of Health and Medical Sociology (1990-1992)
• Director European Science Foundation Program on Social Variations in Health Expectancy in Europe (1999-2003)
• Chair Section "Behavioural Sciences", Academia Europaea (since 2004)

• Chronic psychosocial stress at work and development of chronic diseases
• Social determinants of health in early old age
• Concepts and measurements of social inequalities in health
• Sociological aspects of clinical decision-making and evaluation research