!!Johannes Siegrist
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__Education / Training__
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*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.
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__Positions, Honors & Awards__
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*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
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__Honors and Awards (Chronological)__
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*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
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__Memberships, Offices & Committee Assignments__
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*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)
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__Major Research Interests__
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*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