Astrid is a physician and associate researcher in the SALUS project. Astrid studied Medicine (State Examination), as well as Philosophy and History (Bachelor of Arts) at the University of Münster. She also obtained her Ph.D. at the Institute for Ethics, History, and Theory of Medicine at the University of Münster, focusing on the use of advance directives in psychiatry.

From 2016 to 2020, she worked as a research associate at the Institute for Medical Ethics and History of Medicine in Bochum. Since 2020, she has been undergoing specialist training to become a board-certified specialist in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, initially at St Joseph Hospital Berlin-Weißensee, and since 2023 at the Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy at Charité Campus Benjamin Franklin.

Her research interests primarily revolve around advance directives in psychiatry and palliative medicine approaches in psychiatry.