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Prof. Dr. phil. Sven Schneider, M.A.

  • 1992-2001: Studies and PhD at Heidelberg University
  • 2001: Dissertation "Lifestyle and Mortality”
  • 2001-2005: Orthopedic Clinic of Heidelberg University, Head of the Epidemiology Research Group
  • 2006-2007: German Cancer Research Center, Deputy Head of the Department of Cancer Prevention and WHO Collaborating Centre for Tobacco Control
  • 2007 and 2008 venia legendi in "Social Epidemiology" at the Medical Faculties of Heidelberg University
  • Since 2007: Head of the Division Child and Youth Health (since 2022: at the Center for Preventive Medicine and Digital Health CPD) of the Mannheim Medical Faculty of Heidelberg University

Reviewer for the German Research Foundation (DFG), the Alexander-von-Humboldt-Foundation, the German Cancer Aid, the Swiss Federal Office of Public Health, the Swiss National Science Foundation, the Swiss Cancer League, Cancer Research UK, ZiF Bielefeld and for numerous international and national journals.

Member of the board of the German Society for Social Medicine and Prevention (DGSMP) (2016 - 2019), speaker of the working group “Social Epidemiology” of the German Society for Social Medicine and Prevention (DGSMP) (2014 - 2019), active member of the German Society for Epidemiology (DGEpi), the German Society for Social Medicine and Prevention (DGSMP), the German Society for Medical Sociology (DGMS) (until 2019), the German Society for the Promotion of Medical-Meteorological Research (GFMMF), and the German Alliance for Climate Change and Health (KLUG).

curriculum vitae

Projects

  • DFG Research Unit 2723 "Understanding the institutional context of health inequalities among young people"
  • National Cancer Aid Monitoring 2015-2019 (for German Cancer Aid)
  • PrevEND Study — Preventing and Monitoring of Electronic Nicotine Delivering System (ENDS) use
  • GOAL study — German Young Olympic Athletes' Lifestyle and Health Management Study (for the German Federal Institute of Sports Science)
  • ÄSP-kardio study — Physicians' Survey on the Prevention of Cardiovascular Diseases (for the DFG)

Research Interests

Child and adolescent health, including:

  • Climate change and health
  • Health inequalities
  • Impacts of the living environment on health
  • Skin cancer prevention and UV exposure
  • Tobacco use and prevention
  • Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes)
  • Sports and physical activity

Methodological expertise

  • Representative population studies (cross-sectional and longitudinal)
  • Fieldwork management for CAPI and PAPI studies
  • Systematic reviews
  • Quantitative and qualitative methods

Third-party funding

Obtained external funding from the following institutions, including:

  • German Research Foundation
  • German Federal Ministry of Health
  • German Cancer Aid
  • Landesstiftung of Baden-Württemberg
  • German Federal Institute for Sports Science
  • Research Fund of the Orthopedic Department of Heidelberg University
  • EU-overhead
  • EURO-SKIN Funding

Prizes and awards

  • Poster award 2020 of Deutsche Adipositas-Gesellschaft
  • Winner of the 1st place of the Science Award 2019 of the Association of German Basketball Doctors e. V.
  • Laureate as first author of the "Paper of highest public interest 2014" of the Elsevier publishing house
  • Several poster awards (2004: DGSS, 2009: DGEpi, 2009: DGSMP, 2010: GMDS, 2011: DGMS and DGSMP)

Selected Publications

Gesundheitsrisiko Klimawandel – Neue Herausforderungen für Sport, Beruf und Alltag
Schneider S (Herausgeber)
Hogrefe Verlag, Bern, 2024, 456 S.
ISBN 978-3-456-86286-6.
DOI: 10.1024/86286-000

How can outdoor sports protect themselves against climate change-related health risks? – A prevention model based on an expert Delphi study
Schneider S, Niederberger M, Kurowski L, Bade L
J Sci Med Sport. 2024
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsams.2023.11.002

Sport and climate change - how will climate change affect sport?
Schneider S, Mücke HG.
Ger J Exerc Sport Res. 2023
DOI: 10.1007/s12662-021-00786-8

Physical Activity, Climate Change and Health - A Conceptual Model for Planning Public Health Action at the Organizational Level
Schneider S, Winning A, Grüger F, Anderer S, Hoffner R, Anderson L.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022;19(8):4664
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19084664

Nudging and boosting children’s restaurant menus for healthier food choice: a blinded quasi‑randomized controlled trial in a real life setting
Schneider S, Markovinovic J, Mata J.
BMC Public Health. 2022;22(78)
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-021-12365-5

Determinants of soft drink consumption among children and adolescents in developed countries – A systematic review
Schneider S, Schilling L, Osenbrügge N.
Cent Eur J Public Health. 2021;29(4):290-300
DOI: 10.21101/cejph.a6755

Fatal and Non-Fatal Heroin-Related Overdoses: Circumstances and Patterns
Schneider S, Richter C, Niethammer R, Beisel L.
Substance Use & Misuse. 2021;56(13):1997–2006
DOI: 10.1080/10826084.2021.1963986

Better air but not for all? Changes in second-hand smoke exposure at workplaces in 29 European countries over 10 years
Schneider S, Lunau T, Eikemo TA, Kotz D, Bambra C, Kuntz B, Dragano N.
Eur J Public Health. 2021;31:708-714
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckab035

Relations between sweetened beverage consumption and individual, interpersonal, and environmental factors: a 6-year longitudinal study in German children and adolescents
Schneider S, Mata J, Kadel P.
Int J Public Health. 2020;65(5):559-57
DOI: 10.1007/s00038-020-01397-0

Obesity à la carte? Children’s meal options in German full-service restaurants
Schneider S, Hilger-Kolb J, Rüsing L.
Public Health Nutr. 2020;23(1):102-111
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980019002398

Exposed children, protected parents; Shade in playgrounds as a previously unstudied intervention field of cancer prevention
Schneider S, Bolbos A, Kadel P, Holzwarth B.
Int J Environ Health Res. 2020;30(1):13-25
DOI:  10.1080/09603123.2019.1572105

The complete list of publications can be found here here.

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