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Dr. phil. Patricia Schwärzler

Dr. phil. Patricia Schwärzler

Dr. phil. Patricia Schwärzler

ZHAW School of Health Sciences
Institute of Public Health
Katharina-Sulzer-Platz 9
8400 Winterthur

+41 (0) 58 934 67 13
patricia.schwaerzler@zhaw.ch

Work at ZHAW

Position

Senior research associate and lecturer (research, teaching, evaluations)

Teaching

Lecturer for health personnel at BSc and MSc levels (scientific writing, qualitative methods, diversity, transculturality, transsectionality, gender, global/public health)

Education and Continuing education

Focus

- qualitative social science research (epistemology, methodology and analyses) - Anthropology of Health, cultural epidemiology - Global health, Public health, Urban health, Rural health, development cooperation - Transculturality, Transssectionality, Diversity, Gender - Sexual and reproductive health and rights, youth sexuality, HIV/AIDS, Mother-, newborn and child health - Interdisciplinarity, transdisciplinarity (GRIPP Getting research into Policy and Practice), interprofessionality - geografiic focus: Africa (specially central and western Africa)

Experience

  • Senior research associate and lecturer
    ZHAW, School of Health Professions
    06 / 2018 - today
  • International expert and consultant in Cameroon and Switzerland
    Independent
    04 / 2016 - 05 / 2018
  • Country representative in Cameroon
    Médecins du Monde Suisse, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
    10 / 2013 - 03 / 2016
  • Research associate and programme coordinator
    Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland
    10 / 2005 - 08 / 2013

Education

  • PhD / Epidemiology
    Swiss TPH (Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute), associated institute of the University of Basel, Switzerland
    09 / 2003 - 07 / 2013
  • M.A. / Social Anthropology (minors: Human Geography, German literature)
    University of Basel, Switzerland
    10 / 1987 - 06 / 1997

Continuing Education

  • CAS Higher and Professional Education
    School of Managment and Law SML, Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning ZID, ZHAW Winterthur, Switzerland
    07 / 2019
  • Course Results based Project Cycle Management
    Fédération neuchâteloise de coopération au développement (Latitude 21), Neuchâtel, Switzerland
    11 / 2015
  • Course certificate Public Health
    Swiss School of Public Health SSPH+
    10 / 2013
  • Certificate of attendance National Center for Competence in Research North-South (NCCR N-S)
    University of Bern, Switzerland
    06 / 2013
  • Certificate of attendance Peer mentoring 'Between medicine and culture'
    Programme fostering young female scientists at the Universities of Zürich, Basel and St. Gallen, Switzerland
    12 / 2007
  • Certificate Graduate School Gender Studies
    Center for Gender Studies, University of Basel, Switzerland
    04 / 2005

Membership of networks

Social media

Projects

Publications

Articles in scientific journal, peer-reviewed
Books and monographs, peer-reviewed
Book parts, peer-reviewed
Other publications

Publications before appointment at the ZHAW