David Leopold, M. Sc.

Work and research specialisations:

• Gerontological care
• Digitalisation in the health care system
• Health care economics

2005 - 2008
Training to become a geriatric nurse at the St. Josef Spaichingen/ St. Franziskus Foundation geriatric care centre

2009 - 2011
Further training as a care service manager at the IN VIA Academy Paderborn

2009 - 2010
Team leader, St. Josef Spaichingen retirement home, Dr.-Karl-Hohner-Heim Trossingen/Stiftung St. Franziskus

2010 - 2013
House Manager/Deputy Regional Manager, St. Elisabeth Rottweil retirement centre/Stiftung St. Franziskus

2013 - 2017
Management in the health care system (B.A.) at the Catholic University of Freiburg

2016 - 2017
Consultant at the Association of Catholic Elderly Care in Germany (VKAD), Freiburg

2017 - 2020
Academic assistant at the IAF of the Catholic University of Freiburg in various research projects

Since 2017
Studying Pflegewissenschaft (M. Sc.) at the Philosophisch-Theologische Hochschule Vallendar

2018 - 2019
Visiting researcher at the University Medical Centre Freiburg

2020 - 2021
Project coordinator (DiBiWohn) at the IFG of Heidelberg University Since 2021: Academic assistant at the IAF of the Catholic University of Freiburg

Prizes and scholarships

• 2014-2017: Advancement scholarship - programme for gifted students, Foundation for the Promotion of Vocational Training (SBB)
• 2017: Study award from the Catholic University of Freiburg