Raphael Bertsch

Raphael Bertsch is a Research Associate at the Institute of General Practice, Family Medicine and Preventive Medicine at Paracelsus Medical University. His work focuses on primary care research, preventive medicine strategies, and socioeconomic factors influencing cardiometabolic health outcomes.

• Role: Research Associate
• Institution: Paracelsus Medical University
• Contact: raphael.bertsch@pmu.ac.at

Research interests span three main domains:

• Public health interventions targeting cardiometabolic risks through neighborhood-level socioeconomic analysis
• Medical education research examining career motivations of young physicians in general practice
• Geospatial health mapping of cardiovascular disease and diabetes prevalence in aging urban populations

His publications demonstrate increasing research output from 2022-2025, with methodological diversity including epidemiological analyses, medical education surveys, and community-based intervention studies. Key themes cluster around primary care optimization, health equity, and workforce development.

Scientific Recognition:

• Awarded Posterpreis (Poster Prize) in 2022 for research on medical trainee career trends