Since 1995:
Professor for public health at the ISPM at the University of Bern
1993 – 1995:
Professor for public health and epidemiology in the department of medicine at the Ludwig-Maximillians-University Munich, Germany
1986 – 1993:
Research assistant and lecturer in medical sociology in the department of medicine at the Philipps-University Marburg, Germany
(med. habil.)
1984 – 1986:
Teaching and research assistant in the department of sociology at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA
(Ph.D. in Sociology)
1976 – 1984:
Student and graduate scholarship at the Justus Liebig University in Giessen, Germany
(Dr.phil., sports science)
