Contact
TU Braunschweig
Peter L. Reichertz Institute for Medical Informatics
Muehlenpfordtstr. 23
Room: IZ 440
38106 Braunschweig
Germany
Phone: +49 (0) 531 / 391 - 9501
Fax: +49 (0) 531 / 391 - 9502
eMail: reinhold.haux@plri.de
Degrees
- master degree ('Diplom') in medical informatics from the Universities of Heidelberg and Applied Sciences Heilbronn, Germany, in 1978
- Ph.D. degree (Dr.rer.biol.hum.) from the Faculty for Theoretical Medicine, University of Ulm, Germany, in 1983
- postdoctoral lecture qualification ('Habilitation') for medical informatics and statistics from the Medical Faculty of RWTH Aachen University, Germany, in 1987
Positions
| 1978 - 1984 | research assistant, Institute for Medical Documentation, Statistics and Data Processing, University of Heidelberg, Germany |
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| 1984 - 1987 | research assistant, Institute for Medical Statistics and Documentation, RWTH Aachen University, Germany |
| 1987 - 1989 | associate professor of medical informatics, Medical Faculty, University of Tuebingen, Germany |
| 1989 - 2001 | full professor of medical informatics, Medical Faculty, and director of the Department of Medical Informatics, University of Heidelberg, Germany |
| 2001 - 2004 | full professor of medical informatics at the University for Health Sciences, Medical Informatics and Technology (UMIT) at Innsbruck, later Hall in Tyrol, Austria, director of the Institute of Health Information Systems |
| 2004 - 2021 | full professor of medical informatics, Department of Computer Science, until 2007 director of the Institute for Medical Informatics, University of Braunschweig - Institute of Technology (TU Braunschweig), Germany |
| 2007-2017 | director of the Peter L. Reichertz Institute for Medical Informatics of TU Braunschweig and Hannover Medical School |
| since 2008 | adjunct faculty for medical informatics at Hannover Medical School |
| since 2021 | professor emeritus |
Research Fields
- health enabling technologies
- health information systems and management
- medical data management - analysis and representation of medical data
- synergy and intelligence: extended interaction of living and non living entities
Author and editor of more than 600 publications. Supervisor of more than 50 doctoral theses. Extensive number of third party funded projects.
Educational Fields
- information management, health information systems
- medical documentation - analysis and representation of medical data
- curricula in medical informatics / biomedical and health informatics
Author of various text books. Lectures given at Universities in Amsterdam, Athens, Braunschweig, Heidelberg, Heilbronn, Innsbruck, Prague and Tuebingen.
Academic Self-Administration (excerpt)
- dean of Carl-Friedrich-Gauß-Faculty (2011-2013) and member of the senate (2013-2015) at TU Braunschweig
- chair of the founding council (2000-2002) and founding president (2002-2004) of UMIT
- chair of the joint commission on computer science at the University of Heidelberg (1992-1994)
Editorships (excerpt)
- Methods of Information in Medicine (editor, 2001-2015, senior consulting editor 2016-2021)
- IMIA Yearbook of Medical Informatics (editor, 2001-2007, since 2009 advisory board member)
- Applied Clinical Informatics (since 2021 senior editor)
- Artificial Intelligence in Medicine (editorial board, 1994-2016)
- International Journal of Medical Informatics (editorial board, 1993-2003, 2008-2016)
- Journal of Medical Systems (editorial board, 2011-2017)
Scientific Associations and Academies of Sciences (excerpt)
- Braunschweig Scientific Society (Braunschweigische Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft, BWG): president (2023-2025)
- International Academy of Health Sciences Informatics (IAHSI): president (2018-2020)
- International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA): president (2007-2010), member of the Board (1999-2012, 2018-2020), chairperson of Working Group Health and Medical Informatics Education (1995-2000)
- German Assoc. f. Med. Inf., Biometry and Epidemiology (GMDS): member of the Board (1990-1995)
- German Assoc. f. Computer Science (GI): chair, Med. Inform. Special Interest Group (1992-1995)
Other Activities (excerpt)
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Association): elected reviewer for medical informatics and biometry (1992-2000) and member of the Committee for Computing (1995-2001)
- chairperson or member of IT strategy boards, among others of the Heidelberg (1989-2001) and Erlangen University Medical Centers (1999-2001), of TILAK (2002-2004), of Braunschweig Medical Center (2005-2017), and of Hannover Medical School (2007-2010), as well as of the eHealth Board of the Lower Saxony Ministry for Economics (2009-2017), of the Steering Committee for cross-sectoral care of Lower Saxony’s Metropol Region (established by the Ministries of Economics, Research, and Social Affairs) (2017-2018), and of the World Health Organization’s eHealth Technical Advisory Group (2013-2017)
- advisory functions in science, economy and politics, among others member of the Scientific Board of OFFIS, Oldenburg (1998-2006), chairperson of the Founding Council of UMIT, Innsbruck (2000-2002), member of the Sc. Advisory Board of the Braunschweig Informatics and Technology Center (2008-2015), member of the Int. Advisory Board of the King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh (2008-2011), of the Cyprus Int. Institute for Environmental and Public Health’s Scientific Advisory Board of Cyprus University of Technology and Harvard School of Public Health, Lemesos (2010-2012), of the Board of ckc ag, Braunschweig (2011-2017), and of the Board ‘Future Forum Lower Saxony‘ of Lower Saxony's Government (2014-2017)
Honours (excerpt)
- Medal, Faculty for Mathematics and Physics, Charles University of Prague, Czech Republic (1995, 1999)
- International Associate, American College of Medical Informatics (1999)
- Honorary Professor, Medical Faculty of the University of Heidelberg, Germany (2002)
- Full Member, Class Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Braunschweig Scientific Society (2009)
- Honorary Fellow, International Medical Informatics Association (2010)
- Recipient of the ‘IMIA Award of Excellence‘ (2013)
- Member, International Academy of Health Sciences Informatics (2017)
- Life-time Honorary Fellow, Greek Biomedical and Health Informatics Association (2019)
Publications, More Information
A list of publications can be viewed here. More information about my professional development can be found here and here (in German).