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Luise Koch receives Laura Bassi Scholarship

We are delighted to announce that Luise Koch, doctoral researcher at the Professorship of Global Health, has been awarded the Laura Bassi Scholarship as part of the TUM Gender Equality Office's funding program for women in academia.

Luise Koch participates in the Oxford-Berkeley Summer Doctoral Programme 2025

We are pleased to share that Luise Koch, doctoral researcher at the Professorship of Global Health, participated in the prestigious Oxford-Berkeley Summer Doctoral Programme, hosted by the UC Berkeley School of Information from 14th to 25th of July 2025.

PhD-student Nikolay Lunchenkov co-developed WHO guideline for new long-acting HIV-prophylaxis

The World Health Organization (WHO) released today new guidelines recommending the use of injectable lenacapavir (LEN) twice a year as an additional pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) option for HIV prevention, in a landmark policy action that could help reshape the global HIV response. The guidelines…

Luise Koch and Prof. Steinert publish systematic review on technology-facilitated gender-based violence against politically active women and the psychological and political consequences and women’s coping behaviors

The team of the Professorship of Global Health and Maria Paula Russo Riva published the review in the journal "Trauma, Violence, & Abuse".

Luise Koch participates in Female Science Talents’ International Spring Gathering 2025

From May 12–15, 2025, Luise Koch took part in the International Spring Gathering 2025 of the Female Science Talents programme, hosted by the Falling Walls Foundation in Berlin.

Shruti Shukla, Ines Böhret, Manzura Jumaniyazova, and Prof. Dr. Janina Isabel Steinert published a realist synthesis on "How do gender transformative interventions reduce adolescent pregnancy in low- and middle-income countries"

The paper by Shukla et al. examines how gender transformative interventions (GTIs) reduce adolescent pregnancy in low- and middle-income countries through a realist synthesis approach. Adolescent pregnancy, driven by harmful gender norms and socio-economic factors, poses significant health and…

Luise Koch presents research at European Parliament Dialogue on Digital Safety

On 10 April 2025, Luise Koch from the Professorship of Global Health took part in the Leadership Dialogue on Digital Safety and Women in Politics at the European Parliament, co-hosted by Women Political Leaders, MEP Paulo do Nascimento Cabral, and supported by HateAid and Airbnb.

Prof. Janina Steinert and colleagues published a paper on Economic Abuse of Women in Low and Middle-Income Countries in Trauma, Violence, & Abuse

Dr. Sangeeta Chatterji (University of Edinburgh), Ariana Zane (University of Edinburgh), Prof. Julia O´Connor (University of Utah), and Prof. Janina Steinert published the paper "Economic Abuse in Low and Middle-Income Countries: A Scoping Review" in the journal Trauma, Violence, & Abuse. It…

Dr. Manuela Fritz gave a public talk in Freising as part of the “SRM TALKS”

Manuela Fritz gave a public talk on “Climate change and chronic diseases - Health challenges of the 21st century” on February 24, 2025 as part of the Sustainable Research Management Talks (SRM Talks) at the TUM campus Freising. In this talk, Dr. Manuela Fritz highlighted the challenges of climate…

Manzura Jumaniyazova presents research at the RGS Doctoral Conference in Dortmund

Manzura Jumaniyazova took part in the 18th Doctoral Conference of the Ruhr Graduate School in Economics and presented her research on “The Role of Gender in Early Childcare Practices in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis”.

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