Dr. Stefan Scholz

Work Experience

Post-Doc @ Martin-Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany
Feb 2022 - Current

Scientific coordinator in the Modeling Network on Severe Infectious Diseases (MONID), responsible for organizing of summer schools, poster sessions and strategic questions of the network.

Mathematical Modeller @ Immunisation Unit, Robert Koch-Institute, Berlin
Mar 2019 - Jan 2022

I was responsible for the development of mathematical models to evaluate vaccination strategies against Influenza, Measles, Invasive Meningococcal Disease and COVID-19.

Research Associate / PhD Student @ Department for Health Economics and Health Management, Bielefeld University
Oct 2011 - Feb 2019

During my time in Bielefeld I was involved in a variety of projects ranging from a European project on prime care and rare disease to the evaluation of obesity programe and vaccine models.

Research Associate / PhD Student @ Center for Health Economic Research (CHERH), Leibniz-University Hanover
Mar 2012 - Dec 2014

Focus on modeling projects for infectious disease, including invasive pneumococcal disease and HIV.

Parental leave

Full time
Oct 2022 - Dec 2022
Part time
Mar 2022 - Sep 2022
Full time
Sep 2021 - Dec 2021
Part time
Jan 2020 - Oct 2020
Full time
April 2019 - May 2019

Education

PhD in Public Health, @ Faculty of Public Health, Bielefeld University
2013 - 2021

Thesis: "Uncertainty in health economic modeling -- Applying statistical and data science methods" (summa cum laude)

Master of Science, Statistical Sciences @ Faculty of Business Administration and Economics, Bielefeld University
2011 - 2016

Thesis: "Simulation of the transmission of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) - a differential-equation model for syphilis"

Master of Science, Public Health @ Faculty of Public Health, Bielefeld University
2010 - 2011

Thesis: "Analysing the efficiency of hospital planning in Germany"

Bachelor of Science, Health Communication @ Faculty of Public Health, Bielefeld University
2006 - 2009

Thesis: "Operative controlling tools in hospitals"

Studies abroad

University of New South Wales School of Public Health and Community Medicine Sydney, Australia
May 2017 - Dec 2017

Research stay

University of Sheffield School of Health and Related Research (ScHaRR) Sheffield, UK
Sep 2010 - Feb 2011

ERASMUS exchange semester

Funding

Principal Investigator

KoMMI project, special research funds, Robert Koch-Institute
2019

Eliciting contact behavior for mathematical models of infectious diseases, generating data of the German general population via a large contact survey of 2,000 persons.

Co-Investigator

Influenza Modeling, third-party funding, Robert Koch-Institute
2015

Model-based project evaluating the cost-effectiveness of a routine childhood vaccination against influenza.

Awards

Best Dissertation Award, Techniker Krankenkasse
2022
Best Poster Award @ Annual Meeting of the German STI Society (DSTIG), Berlin
2016
Travel Scholarship, German Society for Health Economics (DGGÖ)
2015

Teaching

Summer Schools & Workshops

Infectious Disease Modeling, Summer School
Sep 2022

Summer School for PhD-students of the German Network Modeling Severe Infectious Diseases

Uncertainty in Health Economic Modeling, pre-conference workshop @ Annual meeting of dggö
Sep 2022

Costing in the German health care system pre-conference workshop @ Annual meeting of dggö
Sep 2022

University courses

Health Economic Technology Assessment @ Master of Public Health, Faculty of Public Health, Bielefeld University
Oct 2010 - Mar 2019

Quantitative Data Analysis @ Master of Education in Health Care, Faculty of Health, University of Applied Sciences Münster
Oct 2016 - Mar 2017

Applied Methods of Health Economics @ Master of Public Health, Faculty of Public Health, Bielefeld University
Oct 2014 - Mar 2015

Engagement

Elected member of the extended board, German Society for Health Economics (DGGÖ)
since 03/2021
Member, donor club (bone marrow donor center)
since 2016
Co-organizer, Berlin statistical colloquium (lecture series)
2019 - 2022
Co-chairman, "Committee for economic evaluation" German Society for Health Economics (DGGÖ)
03/2018 - 03/2021
Founding chairman, "junior researchers" German Society for Health Economics (DGGÖ)
03/2011 - 03/2014