Judith Dams

Judith Dams is a Researcher and Head of a Working Group at the Institute of Health Economics and Health Care Research, part of the Faculty of Medicine at Universitätsklinikum Eppendorf Hamburg (UKE). Her work focuses on health economics, public health, and migration-related health outcomes. She leads studies on healthcare utilization patterns, cost-effectiveness analyses, and psychosocial medicine.

Her research spans topics including healthcare costs of PTSD, transgender health disparities, and rehabilitation strategies for older adults. Recent studies include evaluating home-based geriatric rehabilitation programs and analyzing migration determinants of healthcare access among asylum seekers.

• Key areas: Health Economics, Geriatrics, Migration and Health
• Methodologies: Cost-effectiveness modeling, clinical trials, systematic reviews
• Key collaborations: German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) studies, COMET trial for mental health interventions

Publications emphasize translating economic evaluations into policy-relevant insights, with focus on vulnerable populations like refugees and elderly patients. Her work bridges clinical practice and health system economics through interdisciplinary research teams.