Background
Geyer, Siegfried was born on September 19, 1956 in Jugenheim, Rheinland- Pfalz, Germany.
Geyer, Siegfried was born on September 19, 1956 in Jugenheim, Rheinland- Pfalz, Germany.
Abitur in Gymnasium, Ingelheim, Germany, 1976. Diploma in Sociology, University Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, 1984. Doctor of Philosophy, University Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, 1989.
Habilitation, University Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany, 1998.
Assistant professor, department social psychology University Mannheim, 1984—1985. Assistant professor, department medical sociology University Marburg, Germany, 1985—1992, University Düsseldorf, 1992—1998. Medical sociology lecturer, department general medicine Hannover Medical School, Germany, 1998—2002, professor, medical sociology, 2002—2005, temporary director, department general medicine, 2003—2005, professor & director, medical sociology unit, since 2005.
Member of German Society Medical Sociology (member executive committee 1998—2000), European Society Health & Medical Sociology (president 2003-2007, member executive committee 2007-2008), American Sociological Association.