Prof. Dr. Dr.

Deputy Director
Email abel[at]ispm.unibe.ch

Field of work

• Social determinants of health and risk behaviours 
• Empirical methods of public health 
• Lifestyle and health culture

Publications (pdf, 51KB)

Curriculum Vitae

• 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)