Prof. Dr. oec. troph.
Eva Münster, MPH postgrad.
Professor
Faculty of Health (School of Medicine) | Professorship of general medical care research in vulnerable population groups
member
Ethics Committee
Eva Münster is a professor at the Chair of General Practice Health Services Research for Invasive Populations.
The tasks of the professorship are to promote interdisciplinary research and communication of research results
- for groups of people not in the public eye
- for diseases and their risk factors that receive too little attention from science
Research
Accordingly, the following research priorities have been established to date:
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Health and diseases as well as barriers in medical care for
over-indebted citizens
young people
prisoners and prison staff
patients with severe multiple disabilities at medical care centres for people with disabilities (MZEBs)
homeless people
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Vitamin B6 deficiency
Vitamin D deficiency
Glaucoma
Addiction and dependency disorders
Resume
Currently
Professor of General Practice Research in Vulnerable Populations
Institute of General Practice and Outpatient Healthcare
Chair of General Practice I and Interprofessional Care at Witten/Herdecke University
Previously
Education and professional activities at
Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Technical University of Munich
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
Federal Association of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers
Witten/Herdecke University
Co-founder of the Over-Indebtedness Research Network (2024)
Co-founder of the State Poverty Conference in Rhineland-Palatinate (2010) ‘As poverty grows, so must the forces to combat it.’
Head of the Interdisciplinary Working Group on Poverty and Debt at the University of Mainz (2006–2014)
Teaching
Doctoral training
Press expert for
Health, illness, health system problems and excessive debt, poverty
Further information
Memberships
German Society for General Medicine
German Nutrition Society
German Society for Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Awards
German Alzheimer's Association: Research funding for the project ‘General practitioner dementia diagnostics for people with a migrant background’ with Dr Johannes Just, Rieke Schnakenberg and Prof. Dr Klaus Weckbecker (2016)
News
Illness is the most common reason for over-indebtedness for the first time - Witten/Herdecke University calls for stronger prevention
Understanding over-indebtedness before it makes you ill - how research can help
Witten/Herdecke University calls for more research into over-indebtedness and proposes solutions.
Financial burden of cancer: Witten/Herdecke University calls for solutions to support those affected
Prof Dr Eva Münster researches the topic of over-indebtedness at Witten/Herdecke University. On World Cancer Day, she calls for more targeted help for those affected.