2nd Bochum Symposium for Diversity Medicine

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Dear colleagues,
dear interested parties!

We cordially invite you to the 2nd Bochum Symposium for Diversity Medicine on 14 November 2025 at Beckmanns Hof at Ruhr-Universität Bochum.

Under the topic "Diversity Medicine: Luxury or Necessity? Recognising and avoiding inappropriate care", we would like to address various aspects of diversity medicine and engage in a scientific exchange.

CME points will be applied for from the Westphalia-Lippe Medical Association.

Scientific poster contributions on the main topics of gender-sensitive medicine, socio-economic status, ethnicity and cultural identity or other topics are very welcome (please register by 31 October 2020). 
We would especially like to invite young researchers to discuss their results with us, to discuss their findings with us.

We look forward to welcoming you! 
Kind regards,

Prof Dr Marie von Lilienfeld-Toal 
Prof Dr Ina Otte 
Dr Nino Chikhradze 
Institute for Diversity Medicine

Programme

10:00 a.m. Welcome 10:10 a.m. 

Lecture session 1: 
Diversity medicine - different perspectives 
Chair: Sophie Schuller, Tobias Sachs 

Prof Dr Julia Krabbe: 
Gender and AI in occupational medicine - first insights from the application of ChatGPT in the context of occupational diseases 

Prof. Dr Uta Kiltz: 
Rheumatism and outcome: Which influencing factors are relevant? 

Alexander Hahne, M.A.: 
Impulses for talking about the body - when diversity is a matter of course 

Prof Dr Georgios Paslakis: 
Intersectional perspectives on mental illness 

12:10 p.m. Poster session 1 

13:20 Lunch break 

14:05 Lecture session 2: 
Diversity medicine - gender sensitivity 
Chair: Dr Laura Wortmann, 
Prof. Dr Ina Otte Dr phil. 

Dominique Autschbach & Franziska Jagoda 
The ParGenDa research partnership: Participatory identification of key research questions on gender-sensitive psychosocial interventions for people with dementia and their carers 

Prof Dr Arzu Oezcelik: 
Gender-sensitive aspects in transplantation 

Jannis Steinke, M.A.: 
Medicine - a transitional technology on the way towards immortality? Transhuman visions and megalomaniac masculinity 

15:35 Coffee break 

15:50 Poster session 2 

Simultaneously: Lecture session 3: Palliative care 
Chair: Dr Nino Chikhradze, 
Christina Braunheim 

Anastasia Suslow: 
Good and cost-effective palliative care in Westphalia Lippe - a mixed-method study 

Dr Nino Chikhradze: 
Outpatient palliative care at the interface between AAPV and SAPV in Westphalia Lippe - a qualitative study 

Anastasia Suslow & Dr Nino Chikhradze: 
Informal care in outpatient palliative care in Westphalia Lippe - a qualitative study 

17:20 Poster award ceremony and outlook 

Speakers and chairpersons 

Prof Dr Marie von Lilienfeld-Toal 
Dr Nino Chikhradze 
Tobias Sachs, 
M. Sc. Christina Braunheim, M. A. 
Ruhr-University Bochum 
Institute for Diversity Medicine 

Prof Dr Ina Otte 
Ruhr-University Bochum 
Institute for Diversity Medicine 
Department of Health Services Research 

Prof Dr Julia Krabbe 
Ruhr University-Bochum 
Institute for Prevention and Occupational Medicine 

Prof Dr Georgios Paslakis 
Ruhr-Universität Bochum I Campus OWL, University Clinic for Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy 

Prof Dr med Uta Kiltz 
Rheumatism Centre Ruhr Area in Herne and Ruhr University Bochum 

Alexander Hahne, M. A. 
Hamburg I Consultant for Sexual Health 

Prof Dr Arzu Oezcelik 
University of Duisburg-Essen and 
University Hospital Essen 

Jannis Steinke, M. A. 
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf 
Doctoral candidate in media and cultural studies 

Franziska Jagoda, M. Sc. Dr phil. 
Dominique Autschbach 
University of Witten/Herdecke 
Project ParGenDa 

Sophie Schuller, M. A. 
Walk-in-Ruhr I Project Coordination 

Dr Laura Wortmann, M.D. 
University of Bielefeld 
Gender-sensitive medicine working group