Prof. Hanna Gehling
+49 661 9640-
Midwifery
Fulda University of Applied Sciences
Building
53,
Room
248
Leipziger Straße 123
36037 Fulda
CV
- 09/2023: Appointment to professorship at Fulda University of Applied Sciences in the Department of Health in Midwifery Science
- 11/2019 - 04/2020: Qualification as a state-certified full-time teacher at nursing schools.
- Since 04/2019: Doctorate at the Hannover Medical School (Dr. rer. biol. hum.) under Prof. (habil.) Dr. Mechthild M. Groß
- 07/2018 - 08/2023: Teaching midwife, course leader and deputy head of school at the midwifery school in Gießen
- 05/2015 - 06/2018: research associate, course coordinator and lecturer in the teaching and research unit of midwifery science at the Hannover Medical School
- 11/2012 - 03/2015: European Master of Science Midwifery at the Hannover Medical School (MHH)
- 11/2011 - 03/2012: Post-qualifying Bachelor of Sciences Midwifery at Glasgow Calledonean University (online)
- 09/2010 - 08/2011: Voluntary service as Clinical Midwife Instructor and Supervisor at Blantyre College of Health Sciences, Blantyre, Malawi
- 03/2010 - 09/2010: Employed as a midwife at St. Marien Hospital, Frankfurt (Main), Germany
- 02/2010: Voluntary service as midwife at B.K.L. Walawalkar Hospital, Diagnostic and Research Centre Dervan, India
- 2006 - 2010: Worked as a Staff Midwife at the National Maternity Hospital (NMH) Holles Street in Dublin, Ireland
- 2003 - 2006: Professional training as a midwife
Teaching Areas
- Midwifery Science
- Evidence-based practice
- Inter- and intraprofessional practice
- Early Labour
- Critical thinking in midwifery practice
Areas of Research
- Birth onset in primiparous women
- Care seeking behaviour in rural Africa
Memberships
- German Society of Midwifery Science (DGHWi)
- German Association of Midwives (DHV)
- QMNC
- Early Labour Research Group
Publications
Articles in peer-reviewed journals
- Gehling H, Edmonds JK, Zinsser L, Gross MM. Describing the transition from late pregnancy into early labour - A prospective cohort study. Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare 2023 Sep;37:100895. doi: 10.1016/j.srhc.2023.100895. epub 2023 Aug 1.
- Thairu L, Gehling H, Hamer D, Lunze K. Care-seeking behaviour for newborns in rural Zambia. Matern Child Health J. 2022 Jun;26(6):1375-1383. doi: 10.1007/s10995-021-03329-7. epub 2022 Jan 14.