Professor Daniel Kotz, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf

Daniel Kotz was born in Germany and studied physiotherapy (BSc), Health Sciences (MSc) and Epidemiology (MSc cum laude) in the Netherlands. After obtaining his PhD at Maastricht University in 2008 he was granted a Kootstra Talent Fellowship. Since then he has been working as a Postdoctoral Fellow and later as an Assistant Professor at Maastricht University/CAPHRI School for Public Health and Primary Care, and as an honorary research fellow at the University College London and the University of Edinburgh. His main research areas are tobacco addiction, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and methodology and statistics in clinical epidemiology.

He has published his work in leading journals in the categories general medicine (Lancet), respiratory medicine (Thorax, Chest, European Respiratory Journal), public health/epidemiology (Addiction, Tobacco Control), and allergy (Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology). His current work-related activities include: Assistant Editor of the Journal of Clinical Epidemiology; Board member and Communication Officer of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco Europe; secretary of the scientific committee of CAPHRI; co-founder of the Journal Club Mesch.

Daniel Kotz was born in Germany and studied physiotherapy (BSc), Health Sciences (MSc) and Epidemiology (MSc cum laude) in the Netherlands. After obtaining his PhD at Maastricht University in 2008 he was granted a Kootstra Talent Fellowship. Since then he has been working as a Postdoctoral Fellow and later as an Assistant Professor at Maastricht University/CAPHRI School for Public Health and Primary Care, and as an honorary research fellow at the University College London and the University of Edinburgh. His main research areas are tobacco addiction, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and methodology and statistics in clinical epidemiology.

He has published his work in leading journals in the categories general medicine (Lancet), respiratory medicine (Thorax, Chest, European Respiratory Journal), public health/epidemiology (Addiction, Tobacco Control), and allergy (Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology). His current work-related activities include: Assistant Editor of the Journal of Clinical Epidemiology; Board member and Communication Officer of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco Europe; secretary of the scientific committee of CAPHRI; co-founder of the Journal Club Mesch.