Academic background

• Since 2022: PhD candidate in the Section for Oral Health at Heidelberg University Hospital
• 2019 – 2022 Master of Science in Health services research and implementation science in healthcare at the University of Heidelberg
• 2014 – 2019 Bachelor of Science in Interprofessional Healthcare at the University of Heidelberg
• 2016 – 2023 Speech-language therapist in part-time in an outpatient speech-language therapy practice
• 2013 – 2016 Training as a speech-language-therapist at the Academy for Health Professions Heidelberg

Research areas/interests

• Health Services research
• Implementation Science
• Oral Health
• Global Health
• Interprofessional Healthcare

Publications

• Litke NA, Poß-Doering R, Fehrer V, Köppen M, Kümmel S, Szecsenyi J, et al. Building climate resilience: awareness of climate change adaptation in German outpatient medical practices. BMC Health Serv Res. 2024;24(1):184.
• Fehrer V, Poß-Doering R, Weis A, Wensing M, Szecsenyi J, Litke N. Climate change mitigation: Qualitative analysis of environmental impact-reducing strategies in German primary care. Eur J Gen Pract. 2023;29(1):2232946.
• Litke N, Weis A, Koetsenruijter J, Fehrer V, Koeppen M, Kuemmel S, et al. Building resilience in German primary care practices: a qualitative study. BMC primary care. 2022;23(1):1-14.

Current projects

• DELIVER: DELiberative ImproVEment of oRal care quality (2022-2026)
  • Funding organization: EU Commission Horizon Europe
• DigIn2Perio: Digital Integrierte Versorgung von Diabetes Typ 2 und Parodontitis (2022-2026)
  • Funding organization: Innovation Fund Germany (G-BA)

Past projects

• RESILARE: Building resilience of primary care practices by developing and evaluating quality indicators (2021-2024)
  • Funding organization: Innovation Fund Germany (G-BA)