Volker Hess

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Volker Hess (born January 9, 1962 in Peiting ) is a German doctor . He is professor for the history of medicine and ethics in medicine at the Charité in Berlin and director of the Institute for the history of medicine and ethics in medicine at the Charité .

Career

Hess studied human medicine and philosophy at the universities of Berlin and Konstanz . In 1992 he received his doctorate with a thesis on medical semiotics . In 1993, Hess became a research assistant at the Institute for the History of Medicine at the Free University and completed his habilitation in 1999 in the subject of the history and theory of medicine. In the summer of 2003 he was offered the chair for the history of medicine at the Humboldt University (successor to Prof. Schneck). Volker Hess has been director of the institute since summer 2004.

Scientific work

Hess is the author of numerous original works in magazines and edited volumes as well as the author of several monographs and textbooks. His research interests include the history of medical practices and techniques in the 19th and 20th centuries, the history of biological medicines and drug regulation, and the cultural history of psychiatry . Hess dealt with clinical drug research in the GDR or the history of medical records, leprosy slips and vaccination certificates, forensic reports and specialist medical reports.

Professional societies, editors

Hess is

  • since 2006 chairman of the Association for the History of Psychiatry in Berlin
  • since 2004 chairman of the Berlin Society for the History of Medicine
  • since March 2008 Chair of the Research Networking Program "DRUGS" funded by the European Science Foundation
  • Co-editor of Isis from 2014 to 2017. Published by the University of Chicago Press on behalf of the History of Science Society
  • Medical historical journal. Medicine and the Life Sciences in History. Co-editor since January 2014.
  • Series of publications on the history of medicine at the Brandenburg Historical Commission. Edited by Thomas Beddies, Volker Hess and Kristina Hübener. Bebra publishing house, Berlin
  • Treatises on the history of medicine and the natural sciences (series of publications). Edited by Johanna Bleker and Volker Hess. Matthiesen, Husum
  • Gender codes. Transcriptions between knowledge and gender (series of publications). Edited by Christina von von Braun, Volker Hess and Inge Stephan. Transcript, Bielefeld

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Volker Hess | Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin / Charité Medical University Berlin - Academia.edu. Retrieved March 3, 2020 .
  2. ^ Benjamin Marcus: Head of the institute. Retrieved March 3, 2020 .
  3. ^ Benjamin Marcus: Head of the institute. Retrieved March 3, 2020 .
  4. ↑ List of publications by Prof. Dr. med. Volker Hess. Retrieved March 3, 2020 .
  5. ↑ Volker Hess | Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin / Charité Medical University Berlin - Academia.edu. Retrieved March 3, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Hess, Volker
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German physician and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH January 9, 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH Peiting