Univ.-Prof. Dr. med. Walter Bruchhausen Dipl.-Theol. M.Phil.(Glasg.)
Short CV
2020 –
2016 –
2016-2020
2012-2016
02.12.2004
2001-2002
1998-2014
1995-1997 & 2004-2005
1990-1995
1982-1990
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Endowed Professorship for Global Health – Social and Cultural Aspects, Bonn University
Senior Fellow at the Centre for Development Research (ZEF), Bonn University
Senior Lecturer and Associate (apl.) Professor in History and Ethics of Medicine at the University of Cologne
Senior Lecturer in History, Theory and Ethics of Medicine at RWTH Aachen University
Venia legendi (Licence to read), habilitation thesis on medical pluralism in East Africa
Field research in Tanzania on development and pluralism in the health system
(Senior) Lecturer and research fellow at Bonn University
Coordinator and medical officer in humanitarian and rehabilitation aid in Kiziguro/Rwanda, Cologne, Bukavu/Zaire (DR Congo) and Aceh/Indonesia
Junior and senior house officer in surgery at hospitals in Germany
Studies of Medicine, Theology and Health Care Ethics at the universities of Bonn, Würzburg and Glasgow
Research Areas
- Health Systems & Governance
- Global Health Ethics & Human Rights
- Medical Anthropology, especially Healing and Health Seeking Behaviour
- Global Health History, especially in Africa (East & West) and Germany (West & East)
- Religion/Spirituality and Health
Projects
- NRW Forschungskolleg “One Health and Urban Transformation – identifying risks and developing sustainable solutions” (Ministerium für Kultur und Wissenschaft, 2017-2025)
- German Alliance for Global Health Research (GLOHRA), Global Health Academy (Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung, 2020-2025)
- German-West African Center for Global Health (G-WAC) (Auswärtiges Amt und DAAD, 2021-2025)
- „Sektorübergreifende Zusammenarbeit und Gesundheitsdienste während COVID19: Ein mehrstufige Mehr-Ebenen-Studie mit qualitativen und quantitativen Methoden in Ahmedabad, Indien“ (DFG, 2021-2023)
One Health System Strengthening in India (OHSSIN) (Strengthening Development Cooperation Partnerships: Global Health) (BMZ/GIZ, 2022-2023)
Teaching (outside the Medical Faculty Bonn)
- Katastrophenvorsorge & -management (KaVoMa), Master, Bonn University
- Second Track Intermed, Medical Education, Hamburg University
- Public Health, Master, Düsseldorf University
Memberships
- Global Health Alliance Germany/Deutschland GHA-D (Founding member 2011, speaker for the Working Group Research Platform 2017-2020)
- European Association for the History of Medicine and Health [EAHMH]
- Working Group/AG Medical Anthropology, German Society for Social and Cultural Anthropology/Deutsche Gesellschaft für Sozial- und Kulturanthropologie [DGSKA]
- Working Group Medical Development Cooperation/Arbeitskreis Medizinische Entwicklungszusammenarbeit AKME (Co-speaker 2017-2023)
- Global Surgery Germany/Deutsche Gesellschaft für globale Chirurgie [DTC]
Supervised Doctoral Dissertations and PhD Theses in Global Health
Léonie Karduck | Aachen, Medicine | Global Health research and education at medical faculties in Germany | Graduated as Dr. med. in 2022 |
Sandul Yasobant MPH | Bonn, Medicine | Research to explore Intersectoral Collaborations for One Health Approach: Health system study in India (NRW Foko One Health & Urban Transformation) | Graduated as PhD in 2020 |
Carolin van Schewick | Bonn, Medicine | Interreligiöse Kooperation in der Medizin: Eine Analyse von Initiativen im Gesundheitsbereich | Graduated as Dr. med. in 2020 |
Franziska Hommes | Aachen, Medicine | Humanitäre Hilfe und Entwicklungszusammenarbeit im Wandel. Eine Analyse von Diskursen und Aktivitäten deutscher Hilfsorganisationen im Gesundheitsbereich seit 1970 | Graduated as Dr. med. in 2018 |
Carola Rensch | Bonn, Medicine | Die internationalen Kooperationen der Bonner medizinischen Parasitologie unter Gerhard Piekarski (1910-1992) | Graduated as Dr. med. in 2017 |
Contact
E-Mail: master.globalhealth@ukbonn.de
Landline phone: +49 (0) 228 287 10317
You find us in Building 66 (Gebäude 66) on the Venusberg-Campus.
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Postal Address:
Section Global Health
Institute of Hygiene and Public Health
Venusberg-Campus 1
D-53127 Bonn