Patricia Tollmann (M.Sc.) studied Speech therapy (B.Sc.) and Evidence-based Health Care in Bochum. After having worked as a speech therapist, she works as a research assistant at the Department of Applied Health Sciences, University of Applied Sciences (HS Gesundheit) Bochum, Germany in various research projects since 2020. Her research focuses on health promotion in municipal and urban settings. Additionally, she works since 2021 as Scientific Officer at the Federal Centre for Health Education (BZgA) in a project concerning municipal health promotion and climate adaptation.