Gamze Güzel-Freudenstein

Prof. Dr. Gamze Güzel-Freudenstein is a faculty member at Hochschule Fulda, serving in the Department of Nursing and Health under the Faculty of Health Sciences. She has been a Professor since October 2014, contributing to academic and research activities in occupational and social medicine.

Her educational background includes a medical degree from the Universities of Göttingen and Marburg (1987–1993) and a doctoral thesis in pediatric cardiology from Georg-August-Universität Göttingen in 1995. Her professional experience spans internal medicine, occupational health, and preventive care, with key roles at institutions such as Volkswagenwerk Baunatal, Klinikum Kassel, and the Social Insurance for Agriculture, Forestry, and Horticulture in Kassel.

• Field: Occupational and Social Medicine
• Research Focus: Cross-sectoral prevention concepts and public health strategies

Her teaching responsibilities include modules on occupational and social medicine, public health strategies, and prevention. She has been actively engaged in national expert groups, including the German Society for Occupational and Environmental Medicine and advisory committees at the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs.

She is a member of several professional organizations:

• Deutsche Gesellschaft für Arbeits-, Umwelt- und Sozialmedizin
• Ausschuss für Arbeitsmedizin and Arbeitskreis Betriebliches Gesundheitsmanagement, Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Soziales
• Arbeitsgruppe Beruf und Multiresistente Erreger (MRE), Bayerische Landesarbeitsgemeinschaft multiresistente Erreger (LARE)

Prof. Güzel-Freudenstein has previously taught at the Ergotherapieschule Lippoldsberg, Bildungszentrum für Pflegeberufe Kassel, and the Administrative Seminar of the Social Insurance for Agriculture. Her office is located in Building 53, Room 146, Leipziger Straße 123, 36037 Fulda, with office hours by appointment via email.