Health economics, with a focus on health economic evaluation and decision-analytic modelling
Epidemiology, outcomes research and Health Services Research
Design and analysis of observational and experimental (randomised) studies
Biostatistics, with a focus on risk model development, advanced multivariable regression modelling and multilevel modelling
Health Technology Assessment
Professional Experience
Since August 2003 and ongoing: Head of Research, Institute of Pharmaceutical Medicine (ECPM), University of Basel, Switzerland
Since 2010, Matthias is also Head of the Medical Economics Unit at the Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Prevention Institute of the University of Zürich, Switzerland
He is a member of the Steering Committee (Studienleitung) of the Postgraduate Programme in Public Health of the Universities of Basel, Bern and Zürich, Switzerland
He received the venia legendi in the field of "Health Economics – Public Health" from the Medical Faculty of the University of Zürich, Switzerland, in November 2009, and was awarded the title of Professor (Titularprofessor) in July 2016
July 2001 to July 2003: Head, Division of Medical Economics, Hirslanden Holding AG, Zürich, Switzerland
April 2000 to June 2001: Research fellow, Division of Medical Economics, University Hospital Zürich, Switzerland
April 1991 to March 2000: Nurse, internal intensive care unit, University Hospital Tübingen, Germany
Education
2006: PhD in Epidemiology, University of Basel, Switzerland
2002: Master of Public Health, Universities of Basel, Bern and Zürich, Switzerland
1997: Master of Arts (Magister artium) in Sociology and Political Sciences, University of Tübingen, Germany
1997: Specialist nurse in internal intensive care, University Hospital Tübingen, Germany
1991: Nurse, University Hospital Tübingen, Germany