Lara joined the Climate Change and Health Working Group as part of the Climate Resilience Department in March 2022 as a doctoral researcher. She investigates prenatal weather shock exposures in relation to postnatal health in the project “How do prenatal and postnatal circumstances interact in shaping health? An interdisciplinary approach using quasi-experiments”.
Lara holds a master degree in Medical Sciences - Public Health Sciences, with a specialization in epidemiology of the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden. Her research interests include early child development, (mental) health as well as environmental epidemiology, including impacts of weather and natural surroundings, on health.
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03.2022 – ongoing |
Doctoral position at Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research |
Potsdam (DE) |
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September 2019 to June 2021 |
Master studies, Public Health – Epidemiology, Karolinska Institutet Stockholm MA-Thesis: “Neighbourhood greenness and nature visits in relation to mental health, anxiety, and depression during the COVID-19 pandemic”
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Stockholm (SE) |
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October 2016 to August 2019 |
Undergraduate studies, Public Health, University of Bremen BA-Thesis: “Financial Strain and Mental Health, exploring effect modification in an aging, European population” |
Bremen (DE) |
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05.2019 – 07.2019 |
Voluntary engagement at Red Cross Bremen |
Bremen (DE) |
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10.2018 – 04.2019 |
Internship at Erasmus MC Rotterdam |
Rotterdam (NL) |
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04.2018 – 07.2018 |
Tutor of Epidemiology at University of Bremen |
Bremen (DE) |
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12.2017 – 06.2018 |
Voluntary engagement at Innere Mission Bremen |
Bremen (DE) |
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09.2017 – 10.2017 |
Internship at Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology |
Bremen (DE) |
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10.2016 – 03.2018 |
OTA at Avanti GmbH |
Bremen (DE) |
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01.2016 – 10.2016 |
OTA at Franziskus Hospital |
Berlin (DE) |
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07.2014 – 12.2015 |
OTA at the German Heart Centre Berlin |
Berlin (DE) |
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June 2011 to May 2014 |
German Hospital Federation controlled professional training (3 years) as Operation Technical Assistant (OTA), Sankt Gertrauden- Hospital and German Heart Centre Berlin, Germany |
Berlin (DE) |
How do prenatal and postnatal circumstances interact in shaping health? An interdisciplinary approach using natural experiments
