Klaus Klein, Dr.rer.nat. is Professor of Biology and of Health Education and Director of the Health Education Research Unit at the University of Cologne

University of Cologne

The University of Cologne is one of the oldest universities in Europe and, with over 44,000 students, one of the largest universities in Germany. The university is part of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, an association of Germany's leading research universities...

 in Cologne

Cologne

Cologne is Germany's fourth-largest city , and is the largest city both in the Germany Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants.Cologne is located on both sides of the...

, Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

. He was the first faculty member at any European university to hold the title of professor of health education.

A renowned researcher in the field of school health education, Dr. Klein has authored thirty books and more than 300 publications in scholarly journals. As an esteemed researcher on both national and international stages, he has helped attract more than $10 million dollars in outside research funding to the University of Cologne. He is chairman of the Society for Health Environment and Communication.

External links

• http://www.uni-koeln.de/ University of Cologne
• http://www.impetus.uni-koeln.de/themen-benin/gesellschaft-gesundheit.html Gesellschaft und Gesundheit