Arbeitsbereiche
Early Stage Researcher at the Helmholtz Zentrum München (GmbH), Institute of Epidemiology
Kontakt
E-Mail:
C.Slesinski@campus.lmu.de
Research
Project Title
Self-rated health among German national cohort study (NAKO) participants:
The influence of socioeconomic status and neighborhood built and physical environments on levels of and inequities in self-rated health
Research Interest
My research interests emerged from a focus on wholistic health as defined by the World Health Organization. A population free from “disease and infirmity” but lacking “complete physical, mental and social well-being,” is not healthy, according to the WHO.
Scholars over several decades have documented how self-rated health (SRH) is an important and reliable indicator of current health status, overall wellbeing, and quality life, while also being a predictor of mortality especially among older populations.
My research will examine levels of and inequities in SRH across NAKO study participants and sites. By combining NAKO data with built and physical environment data for these sites, the study will investigate whether neighborhood greenness, green landscape, proximity to parks, noise levels, air quality, and walkability have a relationship with levels of SRH. I will also assess whether any effect of socioeconomic status on SRH is modified by neighborhood built and physical environments.
The findings from this study will inform municipal planning and policy efforts, and efforts to reduce health inequities, as well as future cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses of NAKO data.
Supervisors
Prof. Dr. Annette Peters
Prof. Dr. Eva Rehfuess
Prof. Dr. Gabriele Bolte
Dr. Alexandra Schneider
Curriculum Vitae
EDUCATION
2022 – Present: PhD Candidate in Medical Research: Epidemiology & Public Health, LMU Munich, Germany
2020 – 2021: Graduate Certificate in Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Drexel University Dornsife School of Public Health, USA
2016: Certificate in Business Spanish, University of Wisconsin - Madison
2010 – 2012: MSPH, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, USA
2004 – 2008: BA (Magna cum laude), St. Mary’s College of Maryland, USA
WORK EXPERIENCE
2023 – Present: Wissenschaftliche mitarbeiterin (scientist), Helmholtz Zentrum München (GmbH), Institute of Epidemiology, Environmental Risks Group
2017 – 2022: Senior Program Manager for Global Urban Health, Drexel Urban Health Collaborative, USA
2014 – 2017: Program Officer, Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs, USA
2012 – 2014: Health Communications Fellow, National Vaccine Program Office, US Department of Health and Human Services, USA
2011 – 2012: Health Programs Fellow, “Yo quiero, yo puedo,” Mexico City, Mexico
2008 – 2010: Governance Program Assistant, American Educational Research Association, USA
HIGHLIGHTED PUBLICATIONS
S. Claire Slesinski, Katherine Indvik, Tonatiuh Barrientos-Gutierrez, Andrea Bolinaga, Waleska Teixeira Caiaffa, Francisco Diez-Canseco, J. Jaime Miranda, Daniel A. Rodriguez, Olga L. Sarmiento, José G. Siri, & Alejandra Vives Vergara. "Research Translation to Promote Urban Health in Latin America: The SALURBAL Experience." Journal of urban health (2024): 1-18.
Sofía Baquero, Felipe Montes, Ivana Stankov, Olga L. Sarmiento, Pablo Medina, S. Claire Slesinski, Francisco Diez-Canseco, Maria Fernanda Kroker-Lobos, Waleska Teixeira Caiaffa, Alejandra Vives Vergara, Marcio Alazraqui . "Assessing cohesion and diversity in the collaboration network of the SALURBAL project." Scientific reports 13, no. 1 (2023): 7590.
S. Claire Slesinski, Andrea Cortínez-O’Ryan, Katherine Indvik, Mónica Mazariegos, Lídia Maria de Oliveira Morais, Dèsirée Vidaña Pérez, Health in All Urban Policies: Evidence from Latin American Cities In: Inclusive Cities: Healthy Cities for All. Edited by: Nora Libertun de Duren, Inter-American Development Bank (2022).
Diez Roux, A.V., Barrientos-Gutierrez, T., Caiaffa, W.T., Miranda, J.J., Rodriguez, D., Sarmiento, O.L., S. Claire Slesinski, and Vergara, A.V., 2021. Urban health and health equity in Latin American cities: what COVID-19 is teaching us. Cities & health, 5(sup1), pp.S140-S144.
Jennifer Kolker, S. Claire Slesinski, Amy Carroll-Scott, and Jonathan Purtle, Dissemination of Urban Health Research to Maximize Impact In: Urban Public Health. Edited by: Gina S. Lovasi, Ana V. Diez Roux, and Jennifer Kolker, Oxford University Press (2021).
Langellier, Brent A., Jill A. Kuhlberg, Ellis A. Ballard, S. Claire Slesinski, Ivana Stankov, Nelson Gouveia, Jose D. Meisel, Maria Fernanda Kroker-Lobos, Olga L. Sarmiento, Waleska Teixeira Caiaffa, & Ana V. Diez Roux. "Using community-based system dynamics modeling to understand the complex systems that influence health in cities: The SALURBAL study." Health & place 60 (2019): 102215.