Health Science Expert Anne Christin Rahn appointed

Dr. Anne Christin Rahn has been made Junior Professor of Health and Care Systems with special focus on international comparison at the Department of Health Services Research. She was previously a postdoctoral researcher at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf.

After training as a nurse, Rahn worked in nursing at the University Medical Centre Schleswig-Holstein. In 2007, she began studying to become a teacher and completed her studies in 2012 with the first State Examination. Within the same time she earned a Master's degree in Health Sciences at the University of York (England). She then worked as a research assistant at the University of Hamburg, where she also received her PhD. In 2016 she took up a post as a lecturer at the Medical School Hamburg (MSH).

In her research Rahn focuses on decision coaching in multiple sclerosis - a special form of counselling aimed at helping MS patients make informed immunotherapy decisions. She is also currently preparing a systematic review of responses to immunotherapies.