On September 9, Barbara Stacherl successfully completed her dissertation entitled “Spatial Healthcare Access: Measurement, Health-Related Outcomes, and Healthcare Utilization” with summa cum laude at Bielefeld University.

Barbara submitted and defended her dissertation as part of the Public Health doctoral program.

The committee consisted of Prof. Odile Sauzet (primary supervisor, Bielefeld University), Assoc. Prof. Anna-Theresa Renner (secondary supervisor, Vienna University of Technology), Prof. Oliver Razum (Bielefeld University), and Prof. Anna Oksuzyan (Bielefeld University).

We congratulate Barbara on this outstanding achievement!