Team


The HEP team is comprised of physicians, Sports Science scholars, sports therapists and students in the field of Sports Science.

Below, Professor Thomas Hilberg, M.D., Ph.D., and his team would like to introduce themselves.




Professor Thomas Hilberg, M.D., Ph.D., university professor
- Chair Director for Sports Medicine at the University of Wuppertal
- Project Director






Dr. med. Meike Hoffmeister
- Consultant of orthopaedics and casualty surgery in the faculty of Sports Medicine at the University of Wuppertal







Stephanie Straaten, M.D.
- Consultant of general medicine and surgery in the faculty of Sports Medicine at the University of Wuppertal






Dörte Czepa, Certified Sports Science scholar
- Research Assistant in the faculty of Sports Medicine at the University of Wuppertal
- Project coordination
- Sports therapist




Sandra Göhler, Certified Sports Science scholar
- Doctoral studies scholarship holder in Sports Medicine at the University of Wuppertal
- Sports therapist




Dipl.-Sportwiss. Alexander Brunner
- Research Assistant in the faculty of Sports Medicine at the University of Wuppertal Universität Wuppertal
- Sports therapist





MAS* Jan Kirstein
- Research Assistant in the faculty of Sports Medicine at the University of Wuppertal
- Physiotherapist
(*Master of Advanced Studies Sports Physiotherapy)





Dipl.-Sportwiss. Franziska Stäuber
- Research Assistant in the faculty of Sports Medicine at the University of Wuppertal
- Sports therapist