Honors, awards and positions
1994 - 1995 ​Scholarship German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)​
2007 ​Hermann-Simon-Preis (DGPPN) for outstanding scientific work in the field of social psychiatry, epidemiology, health service research and rehabilitative psychiatry
​Since 2012 Board member of the German Association for Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics (DGPPN) for Public Mental Health
​Since 2011 Project leader, National S3 Treatment Guidelineon Psychosocial therapies in severe mental disorders (SMI) including corresponding patient version and online platform for patients and relatives https://www.thera-part.de/​​
​Since 2015 ​​Scientific advisory board member Committee Health Monitoring (GBEMON) of the Robert-Koch-Institute (RKI)​​​
​Since 2015 Board member of the International Federation of Psychiatric Epidemiology (IFPE)
​Since 2016 Board member of the Section Epidemiology and Social Psychiatry of the European Psychiatric Association (EPA)
​Since 2016 Review board member of the German Research Foundation (DFG): Clinical Neurosciences and Clinical Trials​
​Since 2017 Spokesperson of the University Center for Health Services Research (UZVF)
​2017 Researc​​h Award of the Hans and Ilse Breuer Foundation
​Since 2017 S​​pokesperson Division of Mental Health of the German Network for Health Services Research (DNVF)
​Since 2020 Co-Chair Division Public Mental Health German Society of Public Health​​
​Since 2020 Advisory Board Public Health of the Saxon State Ministry for Social Affairs and Social Cohesion ​​