Research Area
Early Stage Researcher at the IBE - Chair for Biometry and Bioinformatics
Contact
Ludwig-Maximilians Universität Munich
Marchioninistr. 15
81377 Munich
Room:
K U1 820
Phone:
+49 (0)89 / 4400 - 74481
Fax:
+49 (0) 89/4400-77491
Email:
anna_janina.stephan@med.uni-muenchen.de
Research Interest
Since October 2015, I am a PhD candidate in the field of Medical Research - Epidemiology and Public Health at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) in Munich with a special focus in epidemiology of ageing. The working title of my PhD project is: “The concept of deficit accumulation and its predictors” and I hope that this project will contribute to a better understanding of how people differ in their health trajectories in older age, providing potential starting points for the development of preventive approaches. In this context, I am working with data from large population-based cohort studies, and also had the opportunity to gain insight in the process of data collection and quality assurance for these types of studies. My current methodological interests lie in longitudinal data analysis, especially generalised linear mixed models and survival analysis.
Additionally, I have worked on projects in the field of health services research since 2015, applying qualitative and quantitative methods to help develop complex interventions targeting quality of life in vertigo patients and nursing home residents.
Supervisor
Prof. Dr. Eva Grill, MPH
Academic milestones
| 2014 | Master of Public Health, Ludwig-Maximilians-University (LMU) Munich Thesis: "The association of leisure and household physical activity with deficit accumulation as a summary measure for health status in a population of older adults: results from the cross-sectional KORA-Age study". |
| 2012 | Bachelor of Arts in Politics and Administrative Science, University of Konstanz Thesis: "Eine explorative Untersuchung der Unternehmensperspektive auf kritische Erfolgsfaktoren in Auslandsentsendungen“(translated title: „An explorative analysis of the corporate perspective on critical success factors in foreign assignments". |
Scholarships
| 2013-2014 | Scholarship: Deutschlandstipendium of the Louise Blackborne foundation at the LMU Munich |
Academic Professional experience
| 2017-present | Scientist at the Institute for Medical Information Processing, Biometry and Epidemiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University München |
| 2015-2016 | Scientist at the German Center for Vertigo and Balance Disorders, Klinikum der University, Munich |
| 2015 | Scientist at the Institute for Medical Information Processing, Biometrics and Epidemiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich |