Undergraduate and postgraduate education and work experience
- Since 2023 Professor at the Institute of Social Work and Health, specializing in «Health Promotion and Prevention in Social Work» and «Health Equity»
Head of MAS Health Promotion and Prevention
Co-head of CAS Health Promotion and Prevention: Promoting Equal Opportunities - Since 2010: Scientific collaborator at the FHNW University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland, School of Social Work
Career milestones
- 2003-2010: Head of Customer Centre, Swiss Health Observatory, Neuchâtel, where she was responsible for cantonal analyses and inquiries.
- 1999-2002: Scientific collaborator, Sucht Schweiz (Addiction Switzerland), Lausanne
- 2001-2002: Co-director of the AZZURRO project, Berne: Development and management of the alcohol-free meeting place of the Blaues Kreuz (Blue Cross)
Education
- 2019: PhD in Educational Science
- 1999: MA in social work, social research, social policy
Main focus
- Person-centered and needs-based case management in health-related social work. She is currently leading an SNF project to investigate the effectiveness of (outpatient and inpatient) case management in clinical social work, which is based on the realist evaluation approach and involves cooperation with 25 practice organizations (About the project - ALIMent II).
- Psychosocial health in school and educational contexts (preschool and school children, adolescents); Early detection and intervention for mental health problems in girls and young women
- Health equity; social inequality in health care
- Formative, summative, and conceptual evaluations of prevention and health promotion projects with a focus on mental health, physical activity, health equity, and structural change.
- Teaching: Shared module management and teaching activity in module BA243 "Health promotion and prevention as tasks of social work" in the specialisation Health and Disease
- Co-director of ResourcenPlus R+, a competence centre of the School of Social Work and the School of Education of the FHNW with two main themes: health at work and school and psychosocial health at school and in an educational context