ZA Michael Lorenz

With my research I want to contribute to building better oral health systems. I believe that oral health is integral to well-being and as such everybody should be able to attain and sustain oral health. By adapting our health systems we can achieve a more equitable and inclusive society.

Research

Research areas: Global health, Health services research: quality improvement for oral healthcare and Health economics: workforce planning.

Oral Public Health at Heidelberg University Hospital

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

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)

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

ZA Michael Lorenz

Publications

Current projects