Christine Hitzke

Christine Hitzke is a Scientific Staff member at the Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine within the University Hospital Zurich's Faculty of Medicine. She holds a PhD in Environmental Science from ETH Zurich (2005), a MAS in Work and Health (2003), and an MSc in Environmental Science (2000) from ETH Zurich.

• Key Roles: Occupational Hygienist, Safety Engineer, Exposure Assessment Specialist
• Institutional Affiliation: University Hospital Zurich (Epidemiology Department, Occupational and Environmental Medicine Team)

Her research focuses on:

• Occupational Health: Workplace safety measurements, chemical/physical/biological hazard risk analysis
• Environmental Medicine: Mercury soil contamination studies, human biomonitoring, planetary health integration
• Respiratory Diagnostics: Non-invasive methods for occupational/environmental disease assessment
• Construction Consultancy: Safety protocol development for new facilities

Recent publications analyze mercury exposure pathways (2018-2021), indoor air humidification impacts on respiratory infections (2021), and environmental risk modeling using kriging approaches (2018). Her work combines technical expertise in hazard measurement with public health oriented research projects.