Prof. Dr. Daniela Fuhr

Prof Daniela Fuhr is Deputy Head of the Department of Prevention and Evaluation since July 2022. She also holds an Honorary Professorship at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM). Daniela Fuhr read psychology and public health and joined the World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva before she started to work at LSHTM in 2012. At LSHTM, Daniela Fuhr conducted research in Global Mental Health and lead several randomized controlled trials to test effectiveness of task-shared psychological interventions for psychological distress, depression and alcohol misuse among diverse population groups. This included mothers with depression in India and Pakistan and conflict-affected populations in Europe, Africa and the middle-East. Her expertise are in the development and implementation of scalable psychological interventions. Currently, she leads the development and implementation of a new transdiagnostic psychological intervention addressing psychological distress and alcohol misuse among conflict-affected populations in Uganda and Ukraine. Prof Daniela Fuhr is co-editor in Chief of the BMC Journal Conflict and Health.

-Common mental disorders
-Alcohol misuse
-Scalable psychological interventions
-Populations exposed to adversities
-Global Health

    Selected BIPS-Publications

  • Articles with peer review

  • Fuhr D, Wolf-Ostermann K, Hoel V, Zeeb H. Digitale Technologien zur Verbesserung der psychischen Gesundheit. Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz. 2024;67(3):332-338.
    https://doi.org/10.1007/s00103-024-03842-4
  • van der Boor C, Andersen LS, Massazza A, Tol WA, Taban D, Roberts B, Ssebunnya J, Kinyanda E, May C, Nadkarni A, Fuhr D. Using theory of change to plan for the implementation of a psychological intervention addressing alcohol use disorder and psychological distress in Uganda. Global Mental Health. 2024;11:e6.
    https://doi.org/10.1017/gmh.2023.93
  • van der Boor C, Taban D, Tol WA, Akellot J, Neuman M, Weiss HA, Greco G, Vassall A, May C, Nadkarni A, Kinyanda E, Roberts B, Fuhr D. Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a transdiagnostic intervention for alcohol misuse and psychological distress in humanitarian settings: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial in Uganda. Trials. 2024;25:148.
    https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-024-07980-7
  • Fuhr D, Sikander S, Vanobberghen F, Weobong B, Rahman A, Weiss HA. Predictors of spontaneous remission and recovery among women with untreated perinatal depression in India and Pakistan. Global Mental Health. 2023;10:e34.
    https://doi.org/10.1017/gmh.2023.26
  • Nadkarni A, Massazza A, Guda R, Fernandes LT, Garg A, Jolly M, Andersen LS, Bhatia U, Bogdanov S, Roberts B, Tol WA, Velleman R, Moore Q, Fuhr D. Common strategies in empirically supported psychological interventions for alcohol use disorders: A meta-review. Drug and Alcohol Review. 2023;42(1):94-104.
    https://doi.org/10.1111/dar.13550
  • Stevenson K, Fellmeth G, Edwards S, Calvert C, Bennett P, Campbell OMR, Fuhr D. The global burden of perinatal common mental disorders and substance use amongst migrant women: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Lancet Public Health. 2023;8(3):e203-e216.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/S2468-2667(22)00342-5

  • Book chapters

  • Fuhr D, Wensing M. Evidence to practice: Implementing evidence-based prevention programs. In: Ahrens W, Pigeot I, editors. Handbook of epidemiology. 3. Auflage. New York, USA: Springer. 2025.
    https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6625-3_93-1

For further publications please follow this link:

Intervention and Implementation Research
Partcipatory Research Methods
Global Mental Health

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Daniela Fuhr

Contact

Phone:
+49 (0)421 218-56-754
e-mail:
fuhr(at)leibniz-bips.de