Urban Wastewater-Based Epidemiology

2022:
- PhD, Dr. rer. nat., Department of Geography, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn

2020:
- Researcher at the Institute for Urban Public Health, Essen University Hospital, Germany

2017 – 2020:
- Researcher at the Center for Development Research and doctoral candidate at the Geography Department, University of Bonn, and at the Institute for Hygiene and Public Health, University Hospital Bonn, Germany

2017:
- M.Sc. „Geography of Environmental Risks and Human Security”, United Nations University – Institute for Environment and Human Security & University of Bonn, Germany

2015:
- B.Sc. Geography, University of Bonn, Germany

12. Humboldtsteiner Tage: Jahrestagung des Arbeitskreises Medizinische Geographie und Geographische Gesundheitsforschung und der AG Räumliche Statistik, 2022:

Kleinräumige Unterschiede von SARS-CoV-2 RNA im urbanen Abwasser in Essen. Web: https://med-geo.de/index.php/jahrestagung-2022/

19th International Medical Geography Symposium (IMGS),

Socio-spatial variation of antibiotic use and antibiotic-resistant bacteria in a sewershed in the Ruhr Metropolis, Germany Web: https://imgs2022.org/conference-abstracts/

14th European Public Health Conference, 2021:

Antibiotic resistance in wastewater from socio-spatially different communities. Web: https://ephconference.eu/

One World – One Health. Antibiotic resistance as a global health problem. Symposium on the 40th anniversary of the BUKO Pharma Campaign, 2021:

Multi-resistant bacteria in the sewage system of a city in the Ruhr Metropolis. Web: https://bukopharma.de/konferenz/part2.html

6th World One Health Congress, 2020:

What drives antibiotic use in the community? A systematic review of determinants in the human outpatient sector.

COVID-19 as a caesura? Geographic perspectives on spaces, societies and technologies in the pandemic, 2020:

One Health in the context of coronavirus outbreaks -the central role of geography. Web: https://www.transient-spaces.org/online-symposium-covid-19-als-zasur/

5th International Symposium on the Environmental Dimension of Antibiotic Resistance 2019, Hong Kong:

Risk assessment of intra-urban dissemination of multidrug-resistant bacteria in the Ruhr Metropolis (Germany). Web: https://www.antibiotic-resistance.de/

20th International Symposium on Health-Related Water Microbiology 2019, Vienna, Austria:

Risk assessment of intra-urban dissemination of multidrug-resistant bacteria in the Ruhr Metropolis (Germany). Web: http://www.hrwm.eu/

German Congress of Geography, 2019:

Intra-urban dissemination of multidrug-resistant bacteria in socio-spatially contrasting districts of the city of Dortmund, Ruhr Metropolis. Web: https://dkg2019.geographie.uni-kiel.de/index.html

Talleb Y, Heinzelmann F, Haselhoff T, Schmidt T, Nafo I, Moebus S, Ickstadt K, Schmiege D. Socio-spatial characterization of sub-sewersheds for wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE): Developing and evaluating two estimators for population-related variables. Spatial and Spatio-temporal Epidemiology, 100759. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sste.2025.100759

Klassen O, Moebus S, Schmiege D. Wastewater analysis of chemical markers of public health concern at small spatial scales: A scoping review. PLOS Global Public Health, 5(9), e0005058. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0005058

Schmiege D, Salemi A, Högel C, Bettinger S, Schmidt TC, Moebus S. Impact of physicochemical parameters on nicotine metabolites and Bisphenol A in municipal wastewater: A pilot study in a German metropolitan area. Science of The Total Environment. 2025;967:178767. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2025.178767

Schröder J, Moebus S, Schmiege D. Gesundheit in und durch Smart Cities. IzR Informationen zur Raumentwicklung – Ein Kosmos neuer Stadtwelten? 2024; 51(1):[82-93 pp.]. https://biblioscout.net/article/99.140005/izr202401008201

Weber F-A, Schoth J, Jagemann P, Schmidt T, Widera M, Wilhelm A, Meyer F, Schmithausen R, Kraiselburd I, Moebus S, Schmiege D, Wintgens T, Linnemann V, Wolber J-L. WBEready–Wastewater-based epidemiology and preparedness: research needs for an adaptive monitoring in the Public Health Service. Das Gesundheitswesen. 2024;86(S 02). https://www.thieme-connect.com/products/ejournals/abstract/10.1055/s-0044-1781837

Anthonj C, Stanglow SN, Leinen A, Flacke J, Manga M, Schmiege D, Grunwald N. “A question of human dignity”. Identifying solutions to improve WASH for people experiencing homelessness. A case study from Germany. Water Security. 2024;22:100176. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasec.2024.100176

Schmiege D, Haselhoff T, Thomas A, Kraiselburd I, Meyer F, Moebus S. Small-scale wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) for infectious diseases and antibiotic resistance: A scoping review. International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health. 2024;259:114379. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheh.2024.114379

Schmiege D, Kraiselburd I, Haselhoff T, Thomas A, Gosch J, Doerr A, Schoth J, Teichgräber B, Moebus S, Meyer F. Analyzing community wastewater in sub-sewersheds for the small-scale detection of SARS-CoV-2 variants in a German metropolitan area. Science of the Total Environment, 898, 165458. 2023. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.165458

Schmiege D, Haselhoff T, Ahmed S, Anastasiou OE, Moebus S. Associations Between Built Environment Factors and SARS-CoV-2 Infections at the Neighbourhood Level in a Metropolitan Area in Germany. Journal of Urban Health. 2023. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11524-022-00708-5

World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe (Schmiege D., Shinee E., Grossi V., Schmoll O.) Drinking-water, sanitation and hygiene in the WHO European Region: highlights and progress towards achieving Sustainable Development Goal 6. Copenhagen: WHO Regional Office for Europe; 2022. https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/360428

Falkenberg T, Paris JMG, Patel K, Arredondo AMP, Schmiege D, Yasobant S. Operationalizing the One Health Approach in a Context of Urban Transformations. In: Gatzweiler FW, editor. Urban Health and Wellbeing Programme: Policy Briefs: Volume 3. Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore; 2022. p. 95-102. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-2523-8_14

World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe (Uprety S., Schmoll O., Lüthi C., Marks S., Howard G., Nikiforova N., Paderi V., Schmiege D., Shinee E.) Delivering safe sanitation for all: areas for action to improve the situation in the pan-European region. Copenhagen: WHO Regional Office for Europe; 2022. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO. https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/363512

Schmiege D, Falkenberg T, Moebus S, Kistemann T, Evers M. Associations between socio-spatially different urban areas and knowledge, attitudes, practices and antibiotic use: A cross-sectional study in the Ruhr Metropolis, Germany. PloS one. 2022;17(3):e0265204. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0265204

Falkenberg T, Schmiege D, Zacharias N. Spatial dimensions of One Health – the example of Antibiotic Resistance. In: Kistemann & Schweikart (Hrgs.): Sonderband der Schriftenreihe GGF (Geographische Gesundheitsforschung) des Vereins zur Förderung der Geographischen Gesundheitsforschung 2022. https://vggf.de/wp/index.php/schriftenreihe/

Schmiege D, Zacharias N, Sib E, Falkenberg T, Moebus S, Evers M, Kistemann T. Antibiotic resistance in wastewater from socio-spatially different communities. European Journal of Public Health. 2021;31(Supplement_3). https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckab165.627

Schmiege D, Zacharias N, Sib E, Falkenberg T, Moebus S, Evers M, Kistemann T. Prevalence of multidrug-resistant and extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli in urban community wastewater. Science of The Total Environment. 2021;785:147269. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.147269

Brückner A, Paris JMG, Schmiege D, Swoboda P. Urban transformation and the need for One Health. Recommendations for Ruhr Metropolis. 2020. https://www.zef.de/project-homepages/one-health/template-following/policy-briefs.html

Schmiege D. Don’t waste water: wastewater surveillance, antimicrobial resistance and One Health.; 2020. https://www.ukbonn.de/site/assets/files/16451/water_and_risk_vol30_low.pdf

Schmiege D, Evers M, Kistemann T, Falkenberg T. What drives antibiotic use in the community? A systematic review of determinants in the human outpatient sector. International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health. 2020;226:113497. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheh.2020.113497

Schmiege D, Evers M, Zügner V, Rickert B. Comparing the German enabling environment for nationwide Water Safety Plan implementation with international experiences: Are we still thinking big or already scaling up? International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health. 2020;228:113553. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheh.2020.113553

Schmiege D, Perez Arredondo AM, Ntajal J, Minetto Gellert Paris J, Savi MK, Patel K, Yasobant S, Falkenberg T. One Health in the context of coronavirus outbreaks: A systematic literature review. One Health. 2020;10:100170. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.onehlt.2020.100170

Schmiege D, Schmoll O, Demilecamps C. Inequalities in access to basic drinkingwater and sanitation services. Environmental health inequalities in Europe Second assessment report. Copenhagen: WHO Regional Office for Europe; 2019. https://www.who.int/europe/publications/i/item/9789289054157

Zügner V, Rickert B, Schmiege D. Erfahrungen von Wasserversorgungen mit Risikomanagement in Deutschland. energie | wasser-praxis. Ausgabe 08/19.2019. https://www.energie-wasser-praxis.de/heftarchiv/2019/8/

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