has been head of the Institute for Health Services Research and Clinical Epidemiology in the Department of Medicine at the Philipps University of Marburg since 2016. He previously held the chair for health systems research at the University of Witten/Herdecke (from 2009) and a professorship for public health at the University of Düsseldorf (from 2000). After studying medicine and public health as well as a DFG research scholarship at the Institute for Health Policy Studies at UCSF and a postdoctoral fellowship in health services research completed there, his research focus was consolidated in the area of quality assessment and evaluation of health policy measures. He has been advising self-government partners on questions of quality assurance and assessment for many years and is a member of the IQTIG scientific advisory board. Prof. Geraedts has been a board member of the DNVF since 2018.