Martin Raab
- Phone: +41 61 284 82 79
- Fax: +41 61 284 81 03
- Email: martin.raab@unibas.ch
- Profession: Senior Public Health Specialist (MPH)
- Position: Head of Health Technology Unit and Project Manager
- Department/Unit:
Professional Activities
- Project Management and Consultancies in the field of Health Technology Planning and Assessment, Physical Resource Management in Health Systems, Technical Training and Maintenance Management, Telemedicine, Information and Communication Systems in resources constraint settings.
- Teaching at the Bern University of Applied Science, at the University of Heidelberg and at the Swiss Tropical Institute.
Higher Education & Qualifications
- Master of Public Health (MPH) degree at the Swiss Inter-University Programme of the Basel University, Zurich University and Bern University (2010)
- Continuous education in Technology Management, Health Technology Assessment and Information and Communication Systems in Health Care
- Giessen University of Applied Science, Giessen, Hesse: Study of ‘Health Technology’ with specialisation in 'Bio-Medical Engineering'.
Work Experience
- 1997 to date : Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Head of Health Technology and Telemedicine Unit, scientific collaborator and project manager at the Swiss Centre for International Health
Major responsibilities: Advisoryservices, project planning, monitoring and project steering
Expertise: Health Systems Development with focus on Technology in Health Care - 1992-1995 : Senior Advisor in the project'Training of Hospital Technicians and Implementation of a systematicMaintenance Management Scheme’; Amman, Jordan.
Major responsibilities: Establishing thebiomedical department of the Medical Engineering Training Centre, setting uptechnical service units, implementing a Planned Preventive Maintenance Schemefor clinical equipment in Jordanian hospitals, conducting a cost-benefit study,advisory services to the Ministry of Health. - 1991 : Specialist Advisor (Technology inHealth Care) at GTZ headquarters, in Eschborn, Germany. In charge of project planning and monitoring.
- 1989-1991 : Project Assistant in theproject 'Training of HospitalTechnicians' in Diourbel, Senegal'
Major responsibilities: Drawing upteaching modules and the development of a computer program for a PlannedPreventive Maintenance scheme.