Education

• 1967 First degree in Economics (Diplom-Volkswirtin), University of Munich
• 1972 Degree in Statistics (Doctor of Philosophy), Harvard University
• 1977 Degree in Medical Statistics (Professor), University of Mainz

Professional positions

• 1972–1978 Research Assistant in Statistics; University of Dortmund, University of Mainz
• since 1978 Professor of Statistics and of Methods in Psychology, University of Mainz
• 1997–2000 Head of Research and Development, Center of Survey Research, Mannheim
• since 2003 Professor of Statistics, Department of Mathematical Sciences at Chalmers University of Technology and University of Gothenburg

Selected services to the profession

• 1993–2001 Coordinating member of the European Science Foundation network HSSS
• 1993–2003 Editorial Advisor for the Springer Series of Statistics
• 1995–1996 President, German Region of the International Biometric Society
• 2000–2001 President, International Biometric Society
• 2001–2004 Chair of the Life Science Committee of the International Statistical Institute
• 2008–2009 President, Institute of Mathematical Statistics
• 2007–2010 Associate Editor of Bernoulli

Selected recognitions

• 1968–1972 Stipends of the Fulbright Commission, of the International Peace Scholarship Fund and of Harvard University
• 1984–1985 Fulbright Scholar, Department of Statistics, Princeton University
• 1992 Max Planck-Research Prize, jointly with Sir David Cox, Oxford
• 2001 Short term Research Fellowship, Australian National University
• 2001–2002 Invited Research Fellow at Harvard’s Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study
• 2011–2012 Senior Scientist Research Award, International Agency for Research on Cancer

Professional affiliations

She was elected as member of the International Statistical Institute (1982) and of the German Academy of Sciences (2002); as fellow of the American Statistical Association (1989) and of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (2001).