Prof. Dr. med. Mirjam Faissner, M.A.

Professional Experience

Since 2026: Professor of Theory and Ethics in the Life Sciences, Institute for History of Medicine and Science Studies, University of Lübeck, Lübeck (GER)

2023-2026: Research Associate at the Institute of the History of Medicine and Ethics in Medicine, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin (GER)

2021-2023: Research Associate at the Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Preventive Medicine at the LWL University Hospital, and at the Institute for Medical Ethics and History of Medicine at Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum (GER)

2019: Medical Resident at the Department of Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Ev. Krankenhaus Alsterdorf, Hamburg (GER)

Education

2019 – 2020: M.A. Philosophy of Medicine and Psychiatry, King’s College London (UK).

2015 – 2019: MD Thesis (Dr. med.) at the Centre for Psychosocial Medicine at Hamburg University (GER).

2018: Medical state examination and license to practice medicine

2013 – 2017: B.A. in Philosophy (major subject), French Literature (minor subject) at Hamburg University (GER)

2011 – 2018: Medical studies at Hamburg University, with clinical placements in Strasbourg and Paris (France), Galle (Sri Lanka), Melbourne (Australia)