Prof. Dr. Isabel Baumann

Work at ZHAW

Position

Professorship in Public Health, Member of the Work Council of the School of Health Sciences

Focus

Health and employment; Labor market and social policy, public health; Retirement; Heat events and health; Health Promotion and primary prevention; Social inequality

Teaching

• Course "Quantitative research methods", Bachelor studies in Health promotion and primary prevention
• Course "Health Systems and Digital Health", Bachelor studies in Biomedical Laboratory Diagnostics

Experience

Teaching assistant and PhD student
University of Lausanne, Institute of Social Sciences
10 / 2010 - 08 / 2015

Education and Continuing education

Education

• PhD / Social Sciences
  University of Lausanne
  10 / 2010 - 08 / 2015
• Licence/MA / Social Sciences
  University of Fribourg
  10 / 2003 - 02 / 2009

Continuing Education

• Good Clinical Practice
  UZS
  03 / 2025
• CAS Higher Education and Training
  ZHAW
  07 / 2020

Network

Membership of networks

• Centre interfacultaire de gérontologie et d'études des vulnérabilités (CIGEV), Université de Genève
• LIVES Centre - Swiss Centre of Expertise in Life Course Research
• Swiss Platform Ageing Society

ORCID digital identifier

ORCID ID: 0000-0002-8813-9722

Projects

• Home care workers’ health risks of exposure to heat waves / Co-project leader / ongoing
• Why do some older workers with adverse health conditions remain in the labor force while others exit early? / Co-project leader / completed
• Health inequalities and the prolongation of working life / Project leader / completed
• The impact of delayed retirement on health outcomes / Project leader / completed
• Digital Parent Advisor / Team member / completed
• Evaluation Via Pilot-Project Fall Prevention / Team member / completed

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