Karl Lauterbach is a German scientist and politician. He is professor of health economics and epidemiology at the University of Cologne. Lauterbach studied human medicine at the RWTH Aachen University, University of Texas at San Antonio, and University of D�sseldorf, where he graduated. From 1989?1992 he has studied health policy and management as well as epidemiology at the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston, graduating with a Doctor of Science in 1992. From 1992?1993 he has held a fellowship at the Harvard Medical School. Since 1998 Lauterbach has been director of the institute of health economy and clinical epidemiology at the University of Cologne, and he was appointed adjunct professor at the Harvard School of Public Health in 2008. He was a member of the Sachverst�ndigenrat zur Begutachtung der Entwicklung im Gesundheitswesen from 1999 until he was elected into the Bundestag in September 2005. He also was a member of the R�rup-Kommission, a committee of experts that was established to review the financing of the social insurance systems. Lauterbach joined the SPD in 2001. 

February 21st, 1963 in Düren (Age 61)