Belgrade, Serbia
Ulrich Laaser, Professor Dr. med., D.T.M. & H., M.P.H. Twitter: @laaseru Head (since 1998), Section of International Public Health at the Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Bielefeld. Principal investigator of the Stability Pact Project on Public Health Training and Research in South Eastern Europe (2000-2010). Visiting professor at the School of Public Health in Belgrade, honorary professor in Sofia and Tirana. Member of the executive boards of the World Federation of Public Health Associations (president 2010-2012), of the Association of Schools of Public Health in the European Region (1991-1996, president 1993-1995), and of the German Association for Health Sciences and Public Health (since 1997, president 1997-2001). Co-editor of the book series on International Public Health, Hans Jacobs Editing Company, Lage, Germany, of the (German) Journal of Public Health, the (Bulgarian) Journal of Healthcare Management; associate editor of the (American) Journal of Public Health Policy. Degrees 1970 from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, USA (Master of Public Health) and 1969 from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (Diploma of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene). For the last decade various public health projects in South Eastern Europe, Central Asia, the Near East and in the Pacific Region.
Head (since 1998), Section of International Public Health at the Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Bielefeld, Germany. Principal investigator of the Stability Pact Project on Public Health Training and Research in South Eastern Europe (2000-2010). Visiting professor at the School of Public Health in Belgrade, honorary professor in Sofia and Tirana. Past member of the executive boards of the World Federation of Public Health Associations (WFPHA, president 2010-2012), of the Association of Schools of Public Health in the European Region (ASPHER, president 1993-1995), and of the German Association for Health Sciences and Public Health (president 1997-2001). Member of the Honours Committee of ASPHER and chair of the Advisory Board of the WFPHA (2015-2018). Co-editor of the book series on International Public Health, Hans Jacobs Editing Company, Lage, Germany; co-editor of the South Eastern European Journal of Public Health (www.seejph.com). Degrees 1970 from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, USA (Master of Public Health) and 1969 from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (Diploma of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene). Andrija Stampar Medalist, ASPHER (2008); German Hufeland Price (1979). For the last decade various public health projects in South Eastern Europe, Central Asia, the Middle East, West Africa, and in the Pacific Region.
To enhance the public health dimension in teaching, research and practice.
Teaching, research and practice of global public health.
Working for EU Technical Assistance to the Ministry of Health in Monrovia/Liberia to support the reduction of maternal mortality
To promote the practice of public health in North-Rhine Westphalia, Germany