Dr. Jürgen Barth

Position

• Senior Researcher at the University Bern, Department of Social and Preventive Medicine (Prof. Dr. M. Egger), Division of Social and Behavioural Health Research (Prof. Dr. Dr. Th. Abel), Schweiz. www.ispm.ch
• Head of the Research Group “Mental Health”

Academic Degrees

• 1993
  Dipl. Psych. (Diploma in Psychology)
  Universities of Eichstätt and Freiburg

• 1999
  Ph.D., Clinical Psychology
  University of Freiburg
  Tobacco prevention through fear: the effect of fear appeals in adolescents

• 2006
  Habilitation in Psychology
  Title „Psychosocial aspects in coronary heart disease: impact on aetiology, prognosis and treatment“

Academic Positions

• 1987-1989
  Research assistant at the Department of Clinical Psychology
  University of Eichstätt, Germany

• 1989-1993
  Research assistant at the Department of Rehabilitation Psychology
  University of Freiburg, Germany

• 1993-1994
  Research associate at the Department of Rehabilitation Psychology,
  University of Freiburg;
  Project: „Health counseling for persons with musculoskeletal disorders“ funded by Health Insurance (Head of the Division Prof. Dr. Dr. Koch)

• 1995-1997
  Research associate at the Department of Rehabilitation Psychology, University of Freiburg
  Project: “Health Psychology and fear appeals: aspects of the theoretical basis of preventive strategies and the organisation of health campaigns against addiction” funded by the National Center for Health Care, Cologne, Germany. (Head of the Division Prof. Dr. Dr. Bengel)

• 1999 – 10/2005
  Assistant Professor at the Department of Rehabilitation Psychology, University of Freiburg

• 1999- 2003
  Member of the “Statusconference Psychocardiology” University of Frankfurt (PD Dr. Jordan, Dr. Bardé, Prof. Dr. Zeiher)

• 10/2005
  Position as a Reader (Roehampton University, London), refused.

• 10/2005 – 9/2006
  Chair of the Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy University of Freiburg (time limited post)

• 1999 – 10/2006
  Head of the section “Psychosocial Rehabilitation” at the outpatient clinic of the Institute of Psychology

• Since 10/2006
  Senior Researcher at the University Bern, Department of Social and Preventive Medicine (Prof. Dr. M. Egger), Division of Social and Behavioural Health Research (Prof. Dr. Dr. Th. Abel), Schweiz.