Report of December 5, 2011
The SOEP Survey Committee welcomes new member Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Bärbel-Maria Kurth. She is the Director of the Department of Epidemiology and Health Reporting at the Robert Koch Institute, and serves on both the Supervisory Board and the Scientific Advisory Committee of the Helmholz Center for Infection Research in Braunschweig on appointment by the Federal Minister of Education and Research. She has been a member of the German Data Forum since 2011. Her research focuses on statistical methods, epidemiological methods, health reporting and health monitoring, health surveys, epidemiology of health care, risk communication and risk assessment, and policy advice.