Center for Life Ethics
Schaumburg-Lippe-Straße 7
D-53113 Bonn

 

+49 228 73 66100

 

lifeethics@uni-bonn.de

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Project Coordination PreTAD
Project Virtual Brain Twin


(currently on maternal leave)

Dr.
Annika Baumeister

Biography

Annika Baumeister studied Health Economics at the University of Cologne. She went on to complete her doctorate in the Interdisciplinary Program Health Sciences (IPHS) at the Medical Faculty of the University of Cologne, with her research focusing on 'Health Literacy in the Context of Migration: Analysis of Determinants and Effectiveness of Interventions to Improve Health Literacy in Migrants'. Prior to commencing her academic career, she worked as a nurse in the field of inpatient healthcare.

Since October 2022, she has been engaged as a coordinator and research associate in the project ‘The Predictive Turn in Alzheimer's Disease: Ethical, Clinical, Linguistic and Legal Aspects (PreTAD)’. Since January 2024, she has also been a research associate in the project ‘Virtual Brain Twin for Personalised Treatment of Psychiatric Disorders’, which is funded by the European Commission.

Her research interests include the investigation of determinants of health literacy in different contexts and interventions to promote health literacy, digitalisation and technologisation in health care, as well as predictive medicine and related health science issues.

Contact

Location

Center for Life Ethics

Schaumburg-Lippe-Straße 7

53113 Bonn

Vita

Academic Background

2018–2024

PhD Health Sciences – Interdisciplinary Program of Health Sciences (IPHS), University of Cologne

 

2014–2017

Master of Science Health Economics, University of Cologne

 

2011–2014

Bachelor of Science Health Economics, University of Cologne

 

2006–2009

Exam Nursing, Kliniken der Stadt Köln gGmbH

Curriculum Vitae

Since 10/2023

Research Associate Center for Life Ethics/Hertz Chair TRA 4, University of Bonn

 

2020–2022

Research Associate ceres (Cologne Center for Ethics, Rights, Economics, and Social Sciences of Health), University of Cologne

BMBF-Project: Gender-specific health literacy of individuals with a migration background (GLIM), funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)

 

2017–2020

Research Associate Ethics Research Unit, University Hospital Cologne

BMBF-Project: Systems medicine and health literacy in the context of mental disorders (SysKomp), funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)

2015–2017 Research Assistant Research Unit Ethics, University Hospital Cologne

BMBF-Project: Systems medicine and health literacy in the context of mental disorders (SysKomp)

 

2015–2016

Research Assistant Vice Dean's Office for Gender and Academic Development, University of Cologne

Project: International conference "Gender-specific health literacy - a future concept for public health?

 

2009–2011

Nurse in Internal Medicine/Nephrology, Kliniken der Stadt Köln gGmbH

Academic Teaching

Winter term 2020/2021 and Summer term 2020
Elective block History and Ethics of Medicine "Facets of Health Literacy in a Diverse Society”, University of Cologne

 

Winter term 2018/2019
CERES Lecture series "Healthier than ever? Facets of health in modern society", University of Cologne

 

Summer term 2018
Elective block History and Ethics of Medicine "Dying and Letting Die", University of Cologne

 

Memberships

Cochrane Collaboration
German Network Health Literacy e.V.
Alzheimer's Association International Society to Advance Alzheimer's Research and Treatment (ISTAART)

Publications

Books/Book chapters

  • Gerards M, Baumeister A, Hübner C, Ribaldi F, Cantero-Fortiz Y, Braun J, Boada M, Frisoni G, Jessen F, Schmitz-Luhn B, Schwegler C, & Rostamzadeh A. The predictive turn in Alzheimer’s disease – Ethical, clinical, linguistic and legal aspects: study protocol of the PreTAD project. 2024. [Manuscript submitted for publication].
  • Baumeister A, Schwegler C, & Woopen C. Facetten von Gesundheitskompetenz in einer Gesellschaft der Vielfalt, Schriften zu Gesundheit und Gesellschaft – Studies on Health and Society, vol. 6: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg; 2024. doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-65586-3
  • Baumeister A, Schwegler C, & Woopen C. Facetten von Gesundheitskompetenz in einer Gesellschaft der Vielfalt  ̶  Einleitung. In: Baumeister A, Schwegler C, Woopen C (Eds.), Facetten von Gesundheitskompetenz in einer Gesellschaft der Vielfalt. Schriften zu Gesundheit und Gesellschaft – Studies on Health and Society, vol. 6: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg; 2024. p. V-XIX. doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-65586-3
  • Baumeister A, Mantell PK, Woopen C (2022). Gesundheitskompetenz im Kontext psychischer Erkrankungen: Konzeptanalyse, Forschungsstand, Interventionsansätze. In: Rathmann K, Dadaczynski K, Orkan O, Messer M (Hrsg.) Gesundheitskompetenz. Springer Reference Pflege – Therapie – Gesundheit. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. Doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-62800-3_38-1

Papers

  • Baumeister A, Aldin A, Chakraverty D, Hübner C, Adams A, Monsef I, Skoetz N, Kalbe E, Woopen C. (2023). Interventions for improving health literacy in migrants. Cochrane Database Systematic Reviews. 11(11):CD013303. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD013303.
  • Baumeister A, Aldin A, Chakraverty D, Huebner C, Adams A, Monsef I, Skoetz N, Kalbe E, Woopen C. Interventions for improving health literacy in migrants. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (in peer review)
  • Chakraverty D, Baumeister A, Aldin A, Seven ÜS, Monsef I, Skoetz N, Woopen C, Kalbe E (2022). Gender differences of health literacy in persons with a migration background: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ Open. 12e056090. DOI:10.1136/bmjopen-2021-056090
  • Baumeister A, Chakraverty D, Aldin A, Seven ÜS, Skoetz N, Kalbe E, Woopen C (2021). “The system has to be health literate, too” - perspectives among healthcare professionals on health literacy in transcultural treatment settings. BMC Health Serv Res 21, 716. doi.org/10.1186/s12913-021-06614-x
  • Chakraverty D, Baumeister A, Aldin A, Jakob T, Seven ÜS, Woopen C, Skoetz N, Kalbe E. (2020). Gender-Specific Aspects of Health Literacy: Perceptions of Interactions with Migrants among Health Care Providers in Germany. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(7), 2189. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17072189.
  • Mantell, PK, Baumeister, A, Christ, H, Ruhrmann, S, Woopen, C. (2019). Peculiarities of health literacy in people with mental disorders: A cross-sectional study. International Journal of Social Psychiatry. DOI: 10.1177/0020764019873683.
  • Baumeister A, Aldin A, Chakraverty D, Monsef I, Jakob T, Seven ÜS, Anapa G, Kalbe E, Skoetz N, Woopen C. (2019). Interventions for improving health literacy in migrants [Protocol]. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Issue 4. Art. No.: CD013303. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD013303.
  • Aldin A, Chakraverty D, Baumeister A, Monsef I, Noyes J, Jakob T, Seven ÜS, Anapa G, Woopen C, Kalbe E, Skoetz  N. (2019). Gender differences in health literacy of migrants: a synthesis of qualitative evidence [Protocol]. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Issue 4. Art. No.: CD013302. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD013302.

Presentations/Abstracts

  • Hübner C, Baumeister A, Gerards M, Cantero-Fortiz Y,  Marquie M, Ribaldi F, Schmitz-Luhn B, Wittrock J, Boada M, Frisoni G, Jessen F, Rostamzadeh A, Woopen C, Schwegler C. (2023). Exploring Narrative Identity via Linguistic Positioning in the Context of Alzheimer’s Dementia Risk Prediction – an Ethical and Linguistic Analysis. Alzheimer's & Dementia: the journal of the Alzhiemer's Association. 19 (S19). DOI: 10.1002/alz.076284.
  • Gerards M, Baumeister A, Hübner C, Ribaldi F, Marquie M, Cantero-Fortiz Y,  Schmitz-Luhn B, Wittrock J, Schwegler C, Boada M, Frisoni G, Woopen C, Jessen F, Rostamzadeh A. (2023). Dementia Risk Estimation: Individual Needs and Preferences– Preliminary Data of the PreTAD‐Study. Alzheimer's & Dementia: the journal of the Alzhiemer's Association. 19 (S18). DOI: 10.1002/alz.079557.
  • Baumeister A, Hübner C, Schwegler C, Gerards M, Cantero-Fortiz Y, Marquie M, Ribaldi F, Wittrock J, Boada M, Frisoni G, Jessen F, Rostamzadeh A, Schmitz-Luhn B, Woopen C. (2023). “I would constantly watch myself”. Individual Attitudes and Needs towards Dementia Risk Prediction and Risk Disclosure in Interviews (PreTAD): Alzheimer's & Dementia: the journal of the Alzhiemer's Association. 19 (S19). DOI: 10.1002/alz.076422.
  • Baumeister A. (2023) Vortrag auf Einladung der Österreichischen Plattform Gesundheitskompetenz (ÖPGK), gehalten im Rahmen der 8. ÖPGK Konferenz. Wien, 11.10.2023
  • Baumeister A, Chakraverty D, Aldin A, Huebner C, Adams A, Monsef I, Skoetz N, Kalbe E, Woopen. (2023). Gesundheitskompetenz in der medizinischen Versorgung von Menschen mit Migrationshintergrund: Perspektiven von Behandelnden. Vortrag im Rahmen des 22. Deutschen Kongress für Versorgungsforschung (DKVF). Berlin, 04.-6.-10.2023.
  • Baumeister A, Aldin, A, Chakraverty, D, Seven, ÜS, Anapa, G, Jakob, T, Skoetz N, Kalbe E, Woopen, C. (2019). Building bridges takes time: Views of healthcare professionals on health literacy and migration. Vortrag im Rahmen der European Public Health Conference, November 20–23, 2019. European Journal of Public Health, 29(4), ckz185-065.
  • Aldin A, Chakraverty D, Baumeister A, Monsef I, Jakob T, Seven ÜS, Anapa G, Kalbe E, Woopen,C, Skoetz N. (2019). Gender-specific health literacy of individuals with a migrant background: A mixed-method approach. Vortrag im Rahmen der European Public Health Conference, November 20–23, 2019. European Journal of Public Health, 29(4), November 2019, ckz185.358, doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckz185.358.
  • Chakraverty D, Baumeister A, Aldin A, Monsef I, Jakob T, Seven ÜS, Skoetz N, Woopen C, Kalbe, E. (2019). Gender differences of health literacy in first and second generation migrants: A systematic review. Poster im Rahmen der European Public Health Conference, November 20–23, 2019. European Journal of Public Health, 29(4), ckz186-045.
  • Baumeister A, Chakraverty D, Aldin A, Monsef I, Jakob T, Seven ÜS, Anapa G, Kalbe E, Skoetz N, Woopen C. (2019). Considering aspects of equity and diversity in the assessment of interventions for improving health literacy in migrants: preliminary results. Vortrag im Rahmen des 26. Cochrane Colloquium, October 22–25, 2019, Santiago, Chile. Abstract Nr. 30551.
  • Aldin A, Chakraverty D, Baumeister A, Monsef I, Jakob T, Seven ÜS, Anapa G, Kalbe E, Skoetz N, Woopen C. (2019). Conducting a qualitative evidence synthesis of trial-sibling studies to inform an intervention review: experiences and preliminary results from two Cochrane Reviews. Vortrag im Rahmen des 26. Cochrane Colloquium, October 22–25, 2019, Santiago, Chile. Abstract Nr. 30546.
  • Baumeister A, Chakraverty D, Aldin A, Jakob T, Seven ÜS, Anapa G, Kalbe E, Skoetz N, Woopen C. (2019). Gesundheitskompetenz in der medizinischen Versorgung von Menschen mit Migrationshintergrund: Perspektiven von Behandelnden. Vortrag im Rahmen des 18. Deutscher Kongress für Versorgungsforschung (DKVF). October 9–11, 2019, Berlin. Düsseldorf: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House; 2019. Doc19dkvf043. DOI: doi: 10.3205/19dkvf043.
  • Chakraverty D, Baumeister A, Aldin A, Skoetz Nicole, Woopen C, Kalbe E. (2019). Genderspezifische Gesundheitskompetenz im Kontext von Migration: Ein Mixed-Methods-Ansatz. Vortrag im Rahmen der gemeinsamen Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Medizinische Soziologie (DGMS) und der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Sozialmedizin und Prävention (DGSMP), September 16–18, 2019, Düsseldorf.
  • Baumeister A, Mantell P, Jünger S, Woopen C. (2019) Gesundheitskompetenz von Menschen mit psychischen Gesundheitsstörungen: Systematisches Review. Posterbeitrag. In: Schaeffer D, Berens E-M, Bauer U, Okan O (Hrsg.): 2. Internationales Symposium Gesundheitskompetenz – Forschung, Praxis, Politik. May 2–3, 2019. Abstractband. Bielefeld, Universität Bielefeld.
  • Chakraverty D, Baumeister A, Aldin A, Fried K, Hübner C, Seven ÜS, Anapa G, Jakob T, Skoetz N, Woopen C, Kalbe E. (2019). Gesundheitskompetenz und Migration: Perspektiven von FachexpertInnen aus dem Gesundheitswesen. Posterbeitrag. In: Schaeffer D, Berens E-M, Bauer U, Okan O, eds. 2. Internationales Symposium Gesundheitskompetenz – Forschung, Praxis, Politik. May 2–3, 2019. Abstractband. Bielefeld: Universität Bielefeld.  
  • Mantell P, Baumeister A, Christ H, Ruhrmann S, Woopen C. (2019). Besonderheiten der Gesundheitskompetenz bei Menschen mit psychischen Erkrankungen. Vortrag. In: Schaeffer D, Berens E-M, Bauer U, Okan O, eds. 2. Internationales Symposium Gesundheitskompetenz – Forschung, Praxis, Politik. May 2–3, 2019. Abstractband. Bielefeld: Universität Bielefeld.  
  • Baumeister A, Mantell P, Woopen C. (2018). Preferences of people with mental health problems in favour of or against risk determination – A qualitative approach”. Vortrag im Rahmen der International Conference Qualitative Research in Mental Health (QRMH/), September 20–22, 2018, Berlin.
  • Baumeister A, Chakraverty D, Aldin A. (2018). Gesundheitskompetenz, Gender und Migration. Workshop  im Rahmen der Tagung „Raus aus der Schublade!“ Gender in Vielfalt, LVR-Klinikverbund, October 2, 2018, Köln.
  • Baumeister A. (2017). It’s all about health literacy? Zur Rolle der Gesundheitskompetenz für die Gesundheitsversorgung, Vortrag im Rahmen der Ringvorlesung — Forum Medizin & Ethik, Uniklinik RWTH Aachen, July 1, 2019, Aachen.
  • Baumeister A. (2017). Gender-spezifische Gesundheitskompetenz von Individuen mit Migrationshintergrund (GLIM), Projektvorstellung im Rahmen der gemeinsamen Jahreskonferenz der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Epidemiologie, e.V. (DGEpi), der deutschen Gesellschft für medizinische Soziologie e.V. (DGMS) und der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Sozialmedizin und Prävention e.V. (DGSMP) „Gemeinsam forschen – gemeinsam handeln“ , September 5–8, 2017, Lübeck.
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