Frauke Mattner

Prof. Dr. Frauke Mattner serves as Chairholder of Hygiene and Environmental Medicine within the Faculty of Health's Department of Human Medicine. Her leadership position places her at the critical intersection of clinical medicine and environmental health sciences, directing research that directly impacts hospital infection control protocols and medical education standards.

Her research program focuses on:

• Applied hospital hygiene systems
• Environmental transmission of pathogens
• Infection epidemiology in surgical settings
• Virological and microbiological risk assessment
• Clinical integration of hygiene protocols across medical specialties

The department maintains a clinically embedded research team comprising medical specialists spanning microbiology, virology, anesthesiology and orthopedic surgery. This multidisciplinary composition enables direct translation of hygiene research into operating theater protocols and surgical training curricula. Located at Ostmerheimer Str. 200, 51109 Cologne with direct phone access (+49 221 8907-8677), the department functions as both academic research unit and operational hospital hygiene authority.