From 2016 to 2019, she was deputy chair of the Patient Safety Action Alliance (APS), and chair since 2019. She is a specialist in anesthesiology and Chief Patient Safety Officer at Essen University Hospital, after serving for many years as Head of Quality Management and Clinical Risk Management at Essen University Hospital. Her key areas of expertise include political work, implementation of the WHO Global Action Plan for Patient Safety, Germany Recognizes Sepsis, Patients for Patient Safety, quality management, and clinical risk management.