Portrait of Prof Dr Tobias Esch

Prof. Dr. med.

Tobias Esch

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Faculty of Health  |  Institute for Integrative Health Care and Health Promotion

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Faculty of Health (School of Medicine)  |  Institute for Integrative Health Care and Health Promotion


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Since 2021
University Professor and Head of the Institute for Integrative Health Care and Health Promotion at Witten/Herdecke University (Medicine); Co-Chair Mind-Body Medical Research Council (MBMRC); Scientific Director of the Primary Care Clinic for Integrative Health Care and Health Promotion (UnIG)

2016-2020
University Professor and Head of the Institute for Integrative Health Care and Health Promotion at Witten/Herdecke University (Medicine); Vice Dean for Organisational Development at the Faculty of Health; Founder and Head of the Primary Care Clinic for Integrative Health Care and Health Promotion (UnIG)

2014-2018
Postdoctoral university lecturing qualification and teaching appointment at the University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen University Hospital, Institute of General Practice

2013-2015
Visiting Professor of Medicine (visiting professor) at Harvard Medical School (general practice)

2013-2014
Harkness Fellow in Heath Care Policy and Practice (Commonwealth Fund New York)

2010-2015
Head of Healthy University (Coburg University of Applied Sciences / Free State of Bavaria)

2006-2015
Professor at Coburg University (Integrative Health Promotion/Human Sciences)

2004-2005
Academic staff member at the Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin (general practice)

2004
Specialist in general practice, additional qualification in naturopathy

2001-2015
Research Associate (Visiting Scientist) at the State University of New York (Neurosciences)

2001-2002
Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Harvard Medical School (internal medicine, behavioural medicine)

1999-2004
Resident and academic staff (e.g. Witten/Herdecke University - neurology, internal medicine, integrative medicine, general practice, surgery)

1995-1999
Doctoral studies and research assistant at the University of Göttingen (medicine, health research)

1994-1995
Study of tropical medicine (Malaysia)

1991-1999
Medical studies at the University of Göttingen (medicine)

1989-1991
Nursing assistant (Bremen/Oncology)
 


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