Fr. Dr. Eva Annette Rehfuess, , BA MA(Oxon) PhD

Marchioninistr. 15, 81377 München
Telefon: +49 (0)89 / 7095-7494
E-Mail: rehfuess@ibe.med.uni-muenchen.de

Zimmer: K U1 818

1995 – 1998 Biologiestudium an der Universität Oxford

1999 – 2000 Robert Bosch Stiftungskolleg für internationale Aufgaben mit Stagen bei der Weltgesundheitsorganisation in Genf und an den Ministerien für Umwelt und Bildung in Tel Aviv und Jerusalem

2000 – 2001 Weiterentwicklung des globalen UV Indexes und von Konzepten zur Hautkrebsprävention bei Kindern, INTERSUN-Programm, Abteilung für Umwelt und Gesundheit, Weltgesundheitsorganisation in Genf

2001 – 2007 Konzeptionierung und Umsetzung der Globalen Initiative zu Indikatoren für Kind, Umwelt und Gesundheit, Abteilung für Umwelt und Gesundheit, Weltgesundheitsorganisation in Genf

2002 – 2009 Aufbau, Leitung und Umsetzung eines Programms zu Indoor Air Pollution – Luftverschmutzung in Entwicklungsländern, Abteilung für Umwelt und Gesundheit, Weltgesundheitsorganisation in Genf

2003 – 2008 Ph.D. in Epidemiologie und Public Health zu „Solid fuel use and child health in Africa: a causal analysis" am Institut für Epidemiologie und Public Health, Imperial College London

seit 2009 Senior Scientist am Institut für Medizinische Informationsverarbeitung, Biometrie und Epidemiologie der LMU

seit 2011 Habilitation im Bereich Evidence-Based Public Health an der Medizinischen Fakultät der LMU

Forschungsbereiche

• Methoden für Evidence-Based Public Health
• Systematische Reviews komplexer Interventionen
• Indoor air pollution – Luftverschmutzung in Entwicklungsländern
• Determinanten von Kindergesundheit in Entwicklungsländern
• Wirksamkeit und Umsetzung des UV Index

Andere relevante Tätigkeiten

• Sprecherin des Fachbereichs Public Health des Deutschen Netzwerks Evidenzbasierte Medizin
• Methods Consultant der Cochrane Public Health Review Group
• Mitglied der GRADE Working Group
• Mitglied der Health Working Group der Global Alliance on Clean Cookstoves
• Mitglied der Household Air Pollution Working Group des Global Burden of Disease Projects 2010
• Associate Editor der Fachzeitschrift Energy for Sustainable Development
• Editorial Adviser der Fachzeitschrift Bulletin of the World Health Organization (2009)

• Modulorganisation und Lehre zu Global Public Health im Rahmen der Masterstudiengänge Public Health und Epidemiologie, LMU
• Lehre zu klinischer Diagnose (L5) und Regressionsverfahren (L6) im medizinischen Curriculum München (MeCuM), LMU

Originalarbeiten:

Voss P, Rehfuess EA. Quality appraisal in systematic reviews of public health interventions: an empirical study on the impact of choice of tool. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health (accepted subject to minor revision).

Turley R, Saith R, Bhan N, Rehfuess EA, Carter B. Slum upgrading strategies and their effects on health and socio-economic outcomes. Cochrane Database Systematic Reviews 2012 (protocol).

Puzzolo E, Stanistreet D, Pope D, Bruce N, Rehfuess EA. What are the enabling and limiting factors influencing the large-scale uptake by households of cleaner and more efficient energy technologies, covering cleaner fuel and improved solid fuel cookstoves? EPPI Centre, University of London 2011 (protocol).

Malla MB, Bruce N, Bates L & Rehfuess EA. Applying global cost-benefit analysis methods to indoor air pollution mitigation interventions in Nepal, Kenya and Sudan: insights and challenges. Energy Policy 39:7518-7529.

Italia N, Rehfuess EA. Is the Global Solar UV Index an effective instrument for promoting sun protection? A systematic review. Health Education Research (epub ahead of print).

Andersen LM, Petticrew M, Rehfuess EA, Ueffing E, Armstrong E, Baker P, Francis D & Tugwell P. Using logic models to capture complexity in systematic reviews. Research Synthesis Methods (epub ahead of print).

Rehfuess EA, Briggs DJ, Joffe M, Best N (2010). Bayesian modeling of household solid fuel use: insights towards designing effective interventions to promote fuel switching in Africa, Environmental Research 110(7):725-732.

Pope DP, Mishra V, Thompson L, Siddiqui AR, Rehfuess EA, Weber MW, Bruce NG (2010). Systematic review and meta-analyses of risk of low birth weight and stillbirth associated with indoor air pollution in developing countries. Epidemiological Reviews 32(1):70-81.

Rehfuess EA, Tzala L, Briggs DJ, Joffe M, Best N. (2009) Solid fuel use and cooking practices as a major risk factor for ALRI mortality among African children. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 63(11):887-892.

Rehfuess EA, Bruce N, Bartram J. (2009) More health for your buck: health sector functions to secure environmental health. Bulletin of the World Health Organization 87(11):805-884.

Carai S, Serdiuk I, Rehfuess EA, Weber MW. (2008) Prävention und Behandlung von Kinderkrankheiten in Entwicklungsländern: Halbzeit für die Millenniumentwicklungsziele. Flugmedizin, Tropenmedizin, Reisemedizin 15(3):134-142.

Hutton G, Rehfuess EA, Tediosi F. (2007) Evaluation of the costs and benefits of interventions to reduce indoor air pollution. Energy for Sustainable Development 11(4):34-43.

Kjellström T, Friel S, Dixon J, Corvalan C, Rehfuess EA, Campbell-Lendrum D, Gore F, Bartram J. (2006) Urban environmental health hazards and urban equity. Journal of Urban Health: Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine 84(1): 86-97.

Mehta S, Gore F, Prüss-Üstün A, Rehfuess EA, Smith KR. (2006)  Modelling household solid fuel use towards reporting of the millennium development goal indicator. Energy for Sustainable Development 10(3):36-45.

Rehfuess EA, Mehta S, Prüss-Üstün A. (2006) Assessing household solid fuel use – multiple implications for the millennium development goals. Environmental Health Perspectives 114(3):373–378.

Editorials/Letters:

Rehfuess EA, Zeeb H, Wildner M. (2011) Evidence-Based Public Health – methodisch orientiert und international vernetzt in die Zukunft. Gesundheitswesen 73:268-269.

Rehfuess EA, Bruce N, Prüss-Üstün A. (2011) GRADE for the advancement of public health. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 65:559.

Rehfuess EA, Hutton G. (2007) Investing in cleaner cooking fuels and better stoves pays off. Energy for Sustainable Development 11(4):28.

Rehfuess EA. (2007) United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development - a missed opportunity for action on indoor air pollution? Energy for Sustainable Development 11(2):82-83.

Rehfuess EA, Corvalan C, Neira M. (2006) 4000 deaths a day from indoor air pollution must no longer be ignored. Bulletin of the World Health Organization 84(7):508.

Meves A, Repacholi MH, Rehfuess EA. (2003) Global Solar UV Index: a physician's tool for fighting the skin cancer epidemic. International Journal of Dermatology 42:846-849.

Meves A, Repacholi MH, Rehfuess EA. (2003) Promoting safe and effective sun protection strategies. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology 49(6):1203-1204.

Bücher und Buchkapitel:

Desai M, Rehfuess EA, Mehta S, Smith KR. Indoor smoke from solid fuels. In: Prüss-Üstün A (ed). Environmental burden of disease guide on housing. Bonn, WHO, in press.

Rehfuess EA, Bruce NG, Smith KR (2011) Solid fuel use: health effect. In: Nriagu JO (ed.) Encyclopedia of Environmental Health, volume 5, pp. 150–161. Burlington, Elsevier.

Bruce NG, Rehfuess EA, Smith KR (2011) Household energy solutions in developing countries. In: Nriagu JO (ed.) Encyclopedia of Environmental Health, volume 3, pp. 62–75. Burlington, Elsevier.

Bonjour S, Prüss-Üstün A, Rehfuess EA. (2007) Indoor air pollution: national burden of disease estimates. Geneva, WHO. (English, French, Spanish)

Rehfuess EA, Craig S. (2006) The UV Index in practice. In: Ringborg U, Brandberg Y, Breitbart EW, Greinert R (eds). Skin cancer prevention. Marcel Dekker.

Hutton G, Rehfuess EA. (2006) Guidelines for conducting cost-benefit analysis of household energy and health interventions to improve health. Geneva, WHO.

Hutton G, Rehfuess EA, Tediosi F, Weiss S. (2006) Evaluation of the costs and benefits of household energy and health interventions at global and regional levels. Geneva, WHO.

Hutton G, Rehfuess EA, Tediosi F, Weiss S. (2006) Evaluation of the costs and benefits of household energy and health interventions at global and regional levels. Summary. Geneva, WHO.

Rehfuess EA. (2006) Fuel for life: household energy and health. Geneva, WHO. (English, French, Spanish)

Bruce N, Rehfuess EA, Mehta S, Hutton G, Smith KR. (2006) Indoor air pollution. In: Jamison DT et al. (eds). Disease control priorities in developing countries. 2nd ed. New York, Oxford University Press.

Rehfuess EA. (2004) From theory to action: implementing the WSSD Global Initiative on Children's Environmental Health Indicators. Geneva, WHO.

Gordon B, Mackay R, Rehfuess EA. (2004) Inheriting the world: the atlas of children's health and the environment. Geneva, WHO. (English, Japanese)

Hufford D, Rehfuess EA. (2003) Sun protection and schools: how to make a difference. Geneva, WHO. Rehfuess EA. (2003) Sun protection: a primary teaching resource. Geneva, WHO.

Rehfuess EA. (2003) Sun, heat and cold. In: Guidelines for Safe Recreational Water Environments: Coastal and Fresh-waters Vol. 1. Geneva, WHO.

Rehfuess EA. (2002) Global solar UV index: a practical guide. A joint recommendation of World Health Organization, World Meteorological Organization, United Nations Environment Programme, International Commission for Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection. Geneva, WHO. (English, French, Spanish, Italian)

Rehfuess EA, von Ehrenstein OS. (2002) Ultraviolet radiation. In: Tamburlini G, von Ehrenstein OS, Bertollini R (eds). Children’s health and environment: A review of the evidence. A joint report from the European Environment Agency and the WHO Regional Office for Europe. Luxembourg, European Environment Agency.

Rehfuess EA. (2002) Kinderumwelt – Kindergesundheit: Zeit zum Handeln. In: Bundesamt für Strahlenschutz. Forum Kinder, Umwelt und Gesundheit. München, Bundesamt für Strahlenschutz Eigenverlag.