Valeska Fehrer, M.Sc.

There is no health, without oral health!

Research

Research areas: Health Services research, Implementation Science, Oral Health, Global Health and Interprofessional Healthcare.

Oral Public Health at Heidelberg University Hospital

Audience at a lecture in the historic Alte Aula at Heidelberg University

Academic Background

Since 2022: PhD candidate in the Section for Oral Public 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

Lin C, Fehrer V, O’Malley L, Thompson W, Listl S, Lorenz M, et al. Quality Improvement in General Dental Practice: Situational Analysis for the United Kingdom and Germany. JDR Clinical & Translational Research. 2026;11(1):73-84.
Akter S, Fehrer V, Lorenz M, Jeurissen P, Listl S. Situational Analysis of European and International Oral Health Policy Making for Quality Improvement. JDR Clinical & Translational Research. 2026;11(1):85-97.
Lin C-Y, Thompson W, O’Malley L, Listl S, Fehrer V, Byrne M. Patient Reported Outcome Measures and Patient Reported Experience Measures for Dental Practice Quality Improvement Via Deliberative Stakeholder Consultation in the United Kingdom. International Dental Journal. 2025;75(6):103961.
Hennrich P, Fehrer V, Müller A, Daniels-Stumpf J, Jepsen S, Listl S. Recruiting Dental Practices for Research: Insights from a Practice-Based Trial in Germany. JDR Clinical & Translational Research. 2025; 23800844251357877.
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.

Valeska Fehrer, M.Sc.

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