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professorial members

 

There are currently 19 professors from the Deggendorf Institute of Technology and TH Rosenheim who are members of the PRISMA Health doctoral centre and can supervise and assess doctoral projects.

 

Deggendorf Institute of Technology

 

Prof. Dr. med. habil Kathrin Burgmaier | kathrin.burgmaier@th-deg.de

- Professions Research   

- Psychosocial support

- Systemic and individual resilience

Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Melanie Kappelmann-Fenzl | melanie.kappelmann-fenzl@th-deg.de

- Molecular biology   

- Molecular pathology (focus: oncology)

- Biomedical data analysis

 



Prof. Dr. Dr. med. habil Mathias Burgmaier | mathias.burgmaier@th-deg.de

- Professions research

- Cardiovascular research

- Research in emergency medical services

 

Prof. Dr. phil. Christian Rester | christian.rester@th-deg.de

- Research-based nuzrsuibg and healthcare processes

- Studies on nursing and healthcare services research

- Development of practice frameworks for nursing, healthcare and therapy professions bvased on evidence

 


Prof. Dr. Georgi Chaltikyan | georgi.chaltikyan@th-deg.de

- Digital Health   

- AI for Health

- Precision Health (10P-Health)

 

Prof. Dr. rer. nat. habil Christian Rummel | christian.rummel@th-deg.de

- Brain Morphometry     

- Deep Learning     

- Normative Modeling



Prof. Dr. phd. Sabine Dittrich | sabine.dittrich@th-deg.de

- Diagnostik

- Public Health

- Health Infrastructure

Prof. Dr. Ing. Thomas Spittler | thomas.spittler@th-deg.de

- Digital preventive healthcare and transformation (focus: bio-psycho-social research)   

- Digital health literacy (focus: primary care)

- AI, virtual reality, recommender systems in healthcare (focus: digitalization and medical technology transformation)

 



Prof. Dr. habil Mouzhi Ge | mouzhi.ge@th-deg.de

- AI in Healthcare

- Quality of health-related data

- Health-aware recommender systems

 

Prof. Dr. Florian Wahl | florian.wahl@th-deg.de

- Trustworthy AI systems   

- Ambient and body-worn sensors

- Human-machine interaction

 



Prof. Dr. phil. Susanne Heininger | susanne.heininger@th-deg.de

- Professions Research   

- Systemic and individual resilience

- Psychosocial support

 

 

 

 

 
   

 

Technische Hochschule Rosenheim

 

Prof. Dr. phil. habil. Alp Aslan | alp.aslan@th-rosenheim.de

- Cognitive development in childhood   

- Episodic memory

- Cognition in old age, lifelong learning

Prof. Dr. phil. Katharina Lüftl | katharina.lueftl@th-rosenheim.de

- Qualitative methods   

- Patient and family education

- Preventive care for aging adults and in old age

 



Prof. Dr. rer. scient. med. Petra Bauerpetra.bauer@th-rosenheim.de

- Therapeutic sciences/physical therapy with a focus on neurorehabilitation

- Primary care for older adults with functional impairments

- (mobility-related) Participation

Prof. Dr. rer. pol. Sebastian Robert | sebastian.robert@th-rosenheim.de

- Digital Health   

- Decision support systems

- Artificial intelligence and machine learning

 



Prof. Dr. oec. publ. Franz Benstetter | franz.benstetter@th-rosenheim.de

Prof. Dr. habil. Michaela Schunk | michaela.schunk@th-rosenheim.de

- Needs-based, person-centred care   

- Ethically challenging healthcare issues

- Chronic diseases and need for care in old age

- Social-spatial and regional healthcare delivery design

 



Prof. Dr. phil. Sabine Ittlinger | sabine.ittlinger@th-rosenheim.de

- Bio-psycho-social research   

- Health profession and education research

- Healthcare practice research with a focus on patient-centred care

 

Prof. Dr. phil. nat. Ulrich M. Zißler  | ulrich.zissler@th-rosenheim.de

 

   

 

   

Doctoral candidates

We are very much looking forward to welcoming PhD students, hopefully as early as the 2026 summer semester. These PhD students will then be supervised by a primary supervisor at Deggendorf University of Applied Sciences and Rosenheim University of Applied Sciences.