Prof. Dr. Walter Bruchhausen
Co-Director, Bonn; Co-Lead RGs Community Engagement + Zoonosis
Walter Bruchhausen (born May 11, 1963 in Bonn ) is a German doctor, theologian, philosopher and university lecturer who researches and teaches, among other things, global health.
After working as a doctor in Germany, Senegal, Rwanda and Zaire and East Congo, he became a research assistant, assistant, senior assistant and associate professor at the universities of Bonn, Aachen and Cologne. In 2004 he was the first in Germany to habilitate in the history, anthropology and ethics of medicine. He has been teaching Global Health since 2010, later also in Hamburg and Düsseldorf in addition to his own universities. In 2020 he was appointed to the new endowed professorship for Global Health – Social and Cultural Aspects at the University Hospital in Bonn and has since headed the Global Health section there.