Recently, Associate Professor Dr. Beate Jahn from the Department of Public Health, Health Services Research and Health Technology Assessment (HTA) at the Tyrolean private university UMIT TIROL received a great honor. She was elected president of one of the leading international professional societies in the field of medical decision making, the Society for Medical Decision Making (SMDM). With more than 1,000 members worldwide, the Society for Medical Decision Making is one of the most important international professional societies dealing with medical decision-making and healthcare. It connects experts from public health, medicine, epidemiology, health economics, psychology, sociology, ethics, law, data science, mathematics and communication. With this interdisciplinary approach, SMDM aims to improve the health of individuals and populations.
Assoc.-Prof. Dr. Beate Jahn feels very honored by the election and thanks the great trust that has been placed in her by being elected President. “As President, I will promote the successful implementation of the strategic SMDM goals with regard to patient involvement, sustainable and responsible use of artificial intelligence, collaboration with clinical specialist representatives and interest groups, and the international influence of our professional society. What is particularly important to me is the further training and development of our young scientists into managers, whereby I pay attention to the integration of diversity and different perspectives.”
Scientists from UMIT TIROL are at the top of the two top professional societies in the area of medical decision-making
Already in May, the head of the Department for Public Health, Health Services Research and Health Technology Assessment (HTA) at the Tyrolean private university UMIT TIROL, Univ.-Prof. Dr. Uwe Siebert, elected President of ISPOR – Association for Health Economics and Outcome Research. ISPOR, with its 19,000 members, has set itself the goal of improving decision-making for governments and other decision-makers in the healthcare sector in an interdisciplinary and science-based manner, thus providing the basis for the best possible health outcomes in an efficient manner. With Univ.-Prof. Dr. Uwe Siebert and Assoz.-Prof. Dr. Beate Jahn, for the first time in the history of SMDM and ISPOR, two presidents from one institution were elected to the two leading international professional societies in the field of medical decision-making.
“UMIT TIROL Health University is once again internationally visible as a provider of expertise in the health sciences”
The rector of the private university UMIT TIROL, Prof. Dr. habil. Sandra Ückert congratulates the team at the Department of Public Health, Health Services Research and Health Technology Assessment (HTA) on the election of Assoz.-Prof. Beate Jahn and Univ.-Prof. Dr. Uwe Siebert on their successes: “We are very proud that two of our scientists have been elected to these responsible positions in the two renowned professional societies. This is an award for the excellent scientific work that Univ.-Prof. Dr. Uwe Siebert and his team have made international contributions to evidence-based decision-making in healthcare over the past 25 years. Especially the election of Assoz.-Prof. Dr. Beate Jahn, who was mentored by Siebert at UMIT TIROL, shows that UMIT TIROL attaches great importance to the further development of young scientists. As Rector, I am very pleased that the UMIT TIROL Health University is once again becoming internationally visible as a provider of expertise in the health sciences with this election,” sums up Rector Prof. Dr. habil. Sandra Ückert.
Department head Univ.-Prof. Dr. Uwe Siebert is proud that scientists from his department are regularly entrusted with leadership positions in international professional societies. “We are pleased about the numerous congratulations from international experts combined with the express recognition of UMIT TIROL as a world-leading institution in the field of health decision science,” said Univ.-Prof. Dr. Uwe Siebert. Siebert also emphasized that the students at the private university UMIT TIROL also benefit greatly from these international networks and the associated interdisciplinary collaboration.
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