Julia Katharina Schiele, M.Sc., is a research associate and doctoral candidate at the Department for Integrative Health Care and Prevention at University Hospital Augsburg. With a B.Sc. in Nutritional Sciences and an M.Sc. in nutritional therapy, she combines expertise in nutritional science with evidence-based integrative medicine. Her professional focus lies at the intersection of plant-based nutrition, mind-body medicine, Ayurveda, and forest therapy.

Her research centers on the development and evaluation of complex lifestyle interventions for prevention, stress regulation, and sustainable health behavior change. She has contributed to interdisciplinary projects on plant-based nutrition in mild cognitive impairment, burnout prevention among healthcare professionals, and teaching modules in the fields of TCIM, nutrition communication, and Ayurveda.

Methodologically, she works with mixed-methods designs, randomized studies, scoping reviews, and Delphi processes. Her research interests particularly include plant-based nutrition, resilience promotion, TCIM, forest therapy, and music therapy.