Johannes Siegrist#
| Membership Number: | 1994 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | GOVERNANCE, INSTITUTIONS AND POLICIES |
| Elected: | 2000 |
| Main Country of Residence: | GERMANY |
Present and Previous Positions
- Since 1992 Professor of Medical Sociology and Director of the Postgraduate Training Program on Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Heinrich Heine-University Duesseldorf, Germany
- 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))
Fields of Scholarship
- 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
Honours and Awards
- 1979 Hans Roemer Award (German College of Psychosomatic Medicine
- 1994 Belle van Zuylen Chair (University of Utrecht, Netherlands
- 1998 Honorary member European Society of Health and Medical Sociology
- 2000 Elected Member Academia Europaea London
- 2001 Salomon Neumann Award German Society of Social Medicine and Prevention
- 2003 Fellow European Academy of Occupational Health Psychology
- 2003 Honorary Member German Society of Medical Sociology
- 2004 Research Award European Society of Health and Medical Sociology
- 2004 Corresponding Member, Heidelberg Academy of Sciences
