The Health Research Network is part of the Executive Board of the Ludwigshafen University of Business and Society. The liaison and network coordinator Dr. Kuhn works closely with the university management, Prof. Dr. Gunther Piller.

Prof. Dr. Gunther Piller, President of the Ludwigshafen University of Business and Society

The President represents the university externally, is head of department and chairs the university senate. His areas of responsibility are university policy, research and  transfer, committee work and representing the university.

Dr. rer. cur. Andrea Kuhn, M.A. Nursing Science, B.A. Nursing & Health Promotion, Nursing Specialist RN

Dr. Andrea Kuhn is the coordinator of the Health Research Network. In 2023, she completed her doctorate on the ethical mandate of nursing chambers. She studied nursing and health promotion at the Protestant University of Applied Sciences Darmstadt and subsequently nursing science. Prior to this, she worked as a nurse for twenty years, mainly in the intensive care sector. She has extensive experience in the various areas of nursing, particularly in ethics, the nursing chamber system and education.

She has been a research assistant at the Ludwigshafen University of Business and Society since 2013. She initially headed the office of the founding conference for the establishment of a nursing chamber in Rhineland-Palatinate. Since 2015, she has been building up the university's health research network.

Her main areas of research and work

• Career development in nursing
  • Job satisfaction & Career retention
  • Professional policy
• Nursing ethics & Professional ethics
  • Ethical support in the nursing profession
  • Organizational ethics
• Nursing chamber system
  • Professional regulations in the health professions
  • Ethics in nursing chambers
• Health promotion in nursing care