Maximilian Von Heyden

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Maximilian von Heyden is a researcher and social entrepreneur with a foundation in public health and social work. His work spans medical psychology, sexology, and sexual medicine. As the Director of Health Communication at the Institute of Sexology and Sexual Medicine, Charite – Universitatsmedizin Berlin, he is responsible for communication strategies to direct those at risk of CSA/M towards preventive and therapeutic programs like “Kein Tater warden”. Additionally, Maximilian chairs the non-profit FINDER and co-founded the ACT Prevention Alliance to End Childhood Sexual Trauma, the MIND Foundation, and OVID Health Systems. In 2023, his leadership in adopting and implementing evidence-based prevention strategies, alongside supporting high-quality research evaluation, earned him the “Leading European Prevention Science Practitioner Award” from the European Society for Prevention Research.