Research areas

• Global health
• Health services research: quality improvement for oral healthcare
• Health economics: workforce planning

Academic background

• Since 2022: Doctoral student (Dr.med.dent.), Heidelberg University, Germany
• 2016-2021 Dentistry – state examination, University Heidelberg
  • 2019-2020 Dentistry, Université de Montpellier, France (ERASMUS)

Publications

• Põld, A., Kientega, D. F., Garé, J. V., & Lorenz, M. (2024). A qualitative exploration to inform an oral health training for disability care workers in Burkina Faso. Nursing Open, 11, e2249.
• Melo, P., Frey-Furtado, L., Correia, D. et al. Pressing issues for oral care quality improvement: findings from the EU DELIVER project. BMC Public Health 24, 2173 (2024).
• Listl S, Bostanci N, Byrne M, et al. Deliberative Improvement of Oral Care Quality: The Horizon Europe DELIVER Project. JDR Clinical & Translational Research. 2024;9(2):185-189.

Michael’s full list of publications can be found on his ORCiD-profile (external link): https://orcid.org/0009-0002-7738-8624

Current projects

• DELIVER: DELiberative ImproVEment of oRal care quality (2022-2026)
  • Funding organization: EU Commission Horizon Europe