Silke Pawils

Silke Pawils is a researcher at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE) in the Department of Medical Psychology under the Faculty of Medicine. Her work focuses on child protection, mental health, trauma research, and psychosocial interventions, with particular attention to vulnerable populations including refugees, children of mentally ill parents, and those in substance abuse contexts.

• Key Research Areas: Child Protection, Mental Health, Trauma, Substance Abuse, Health Promotion
• Memberships: German Society for Social Medicine and Prevention (DGSMP), Interdisciplinary Psychotraumatology Workgroup (ASIP), German Society for Child Protection in Medicine (DGKiM)

Her recent publications (2025-2020) include studies on child protection for chronically ill children, psychological interventions for refugees, digital media use in preschoolers, postpartum depression, and school-based trauma interventions. She has co-authored systematic reviews on topics like school nurses' roles and secondary traumatic stress among interpreters.

Her methodological expertise spans cluster-randomized trials, longitudinal data analysis, and development of psychosocial assessment tools. She has contributed to policy discussions on child welfare systems, federal health promotion, and interdisciplinary communication in healthcare settings.

For contact, she can be reached via email at s.pawils@uke.de at location W26, 2nd Floor, UKE.