Franziska Reiß

Franziska Reiß is a Scientist at the University of Hamburg's Faculty of Medicine, specifically within the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy at the Center for Psychosocial Medicine. Her work focuses on epidemiological and psychosocial aspects of mental health in children and adolescents, particularly exploring risk and protective factors during crises like the COVID-19 pandemic. She contributes to large-scale studies such as COPSY and BELLA, analyzing trends in mental health trajectories, socioeconomic influences, and health-related quality of life. Her research spans public health, child psychiatry, and healthcare equity, with a strong emphasis on longitudinal cohort studies and systematic reviews to inform policy and clinical practice.

Reiß collaborates with interdisciplinary teams across the Faculty of Medicine and affiliated institutions like the Center for Molecular Neurobiology Hamburg (ZMNH). She has presented findings at conferences including the DGSMP & DGMS Annual Meeting and the German Society of Psychology Congress, highlighting mental health disparities and the role of early intervention systems. Her expertise includes psychometric validation of health measurement tools, such as the KIDSCREEN questionnaire, and she actively engages in improving data collection methodologies for population-based studies.

Awarded recognition for her work in public health and mental epidemiology, Reiß maintains fluency in German and English. She is involved in the Academy of Biomedical and Health Sciences and contributes to the European Liquid Biopsy Society (ELBS) through collaborative research alliances.