Prof. Dr. habil. Michael Tiemann has been professor of sports science in the training-integrated bachelor's degree program in physiotherapy at the Leverkusen campus of the SRH University of Health since January 2016.
After completing his teacher training studies (secondary levels II/I) in sports science, social sciences and English at the University of Bielefeld, Prof. Dr. habil. Michael Tiemann worked as a research assistant at the Institute for Sports Science there. During this time, he worked on a research project on health promotion through physical activity and received his doctorate from the Faculty of Psychology and Sports Science in 1995 (Dr. phil., summa cum laude) with a dissertation on "Fitness training as health training".
This was followed by many years of work in the field of prevention and health promotion in the management of AOK NORDWEST in Dortmund and at the AOK-Bundesverband in Berlin. In these functions, Prof. Dr. habil. Michael Tiemann was responsible for the development, quality assurance and evaluation of target group-specific interventions and strategies for exercise-related prevention and health promotion. Furthermore, he led several research projects on the promotion of individual and public health (Public Health) as well as on digital prevention and rehabilitation aftercare (e.g. of back pain).
In addition to his work at the AOK, Prof. Dr. habil. Michael Tiemann has been a lecturer at various universities (Bielefeld, Frankfurt am Main, Leipzig, Karlsruhe) and non-university institutions (including the Association of Physical Therapy).
In 2007, Prof. Dr. habil. Michael Tiemann in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Karlsruhe (TH) with a paper on "Public Health and Health Sports" and was appointed as a private lecturer (granting of the venia legendi for the subject of sports science). This was followed in 2012 by his appointment as an associate professor at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT).
Prof. Dr. habil. Michael Tiemann is a member of numerous scientific advisory boards and expert committees, including those of the German Federal Ministry of Health (BMG), the German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB) and the German Gymnastics Federation (DTB), as well as an assessor on the board of the German Walking Institute (DWI) and, since 2019, an elected member of the Executive Committee of the International Sport and Culture Association (ISCA).
Email: michael.tiemann@srh.de
Sponsorships and awards
2011: Innovation Award of the Financial Times Deutschland in the context of the competition "Ideenpark Gesundheitswirtschaft 2011" for the project "Public Health and Health Sports".
2009: Honorary pin of the German Gymnastics Federation (DTB)
2000: Science Award of the Confédération Européenne Sport Santé (CESS)
1995: Dissertation award of the Westfälisch-Lippische Universitätsgesellschaft (WLU)
1991 - 1993: Doctoral sponsorship by the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes (German National Academic Foundation)
Research
Research interests:
Physical activity and public health / Public Health
Development, quality assurance and evaluation of target group / indication specific physical activity / health sport programs
Promotion of health resources and physical activity-related health competence / physical literacy
Physical activity-related health promotion, prevention and rehabilitation
Physical activity-related health services research
Digital health / e-health
Health management and health systems
Memberships
Elected member of the Executive Committee of the International Sport and Culture Association (ISCA)
Member of the board of the German Walking Institute (DWI)
Working group on exercise-related health services research in the German Network for Health Services Research (DNVF)
Commission Health of the German Association for Sports Science (dvs)
WG "Promotion of physical activity in everyday life" of the Federal Ministry of Health (BMG)
Expert committee of the German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB)
Scientific advisory board of the German Gymnastics Federation (DTB)
