Consultant, Project Manager

eHealth and health policy analysis, strategic consulting for health policy development and implementation, business model development, socio-economic impact assessment, method development in health technology assessment (HTA), public sector consulting eHealth, healthcare and research policy development, ICT and innovation research policy development

Dr. rer. pol. (PhD) Political Science, Freie Universität Berlin (2003-2008)
M.A. Political Science (Dipl.-Pol.), Freie Universität Berlin (1998-2000)
Political Science and Economics, San Diego State University (1997-1998)
B.A. Political Science, Public Law, and History, Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg (1995-1997)

Fellow German National Academic Foundation (2002-2005)
UN/OSCE Mission in Kosovo (2001 and 2002)
OSCE Election Observer in Ukraine, Georgia, Serbia, FYROM, Bosnia, Kosovo (2000-2006)
Viviance New Education GmbH, E-Learning, Potsdam (2000-2001)
Joined empirica in September 2008

• VPHOP – Osteoporotic Virtual Physiological Human, large-scale integrating project on simulation models for osteoporosis diagnosis and treatment
  http://www.vphop.eu
• VPH-Share – large VPH project designed to build and support robust workflows for a set of clinically motivated scenarios
• ARGOS eHealth – Transatlantic Observatory for Meeting Global Health Policy Challenges through ICT-Enabled Solutions
  http://argos.eurorec.org
• NMS Physiome - Tools to develop the NeuroMusculoSkeletal Physiome
  http://www.nmsphysiome.eu
• SmartPersonalHealth – European Initiative to promote awareness about personal health systems interoperability
  http://sph.continuaalliance.org

• Hunter, P., Chapman T., Coveney P.V., de Bono, B., et al. (forthcoming). A Vision and Strategy for the VPH. In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.
• Thiel, R., K. A. Stroetmann, et al. (2009). "Designing a socio-economic assessment method for integrative biomedical research: the Osteoporotic Virtual Physiological Human project." Stud Health Technol Inform 150: 876-80.
• Thiel, R., K. A. Stroetmann, et al. (2009). Who Benefits from Integrative Biomedical Research? The Socio-Economic Assessment Method of VPHOP International Conference on Computational Bioengineering (ICCB) 2009. Bertinoro, Italy.
• Thiel, R., (2010). Nested Games of External Democracy Promotion. VS Verlag/Springer Science, Wiesbaden, 318 pp.
• Thiel, R., (2001). Diffusion von Demokratie. Exogene Einflüsse auf Regimetransitionen. Deutscher Universitäts-Verlag, Wiesbaden, 136 pp.
• Thiel, R., K. A. Stroetmann (2010). Increasing HTA input to decision-making with tools from political science: the veto player approach. Health Technology Assessment international (HTAi), 7th Annual Global Conference, Dublin, Ireland.
• Thiel, R., K. A. Stroetmann, et al. (2010). Impact assessment of biomedical computer simulations: the Osteoporotic Virtual Physiological Human Project, Technology Assessment international (HTAi), 7th Annual Global Conference, Dublin, Ireland.