Management Board

Prof. Dr. Iris Pigeot (scientific director)
Dr. Frauke Günther (managing director)
Dr. Norman Wirsik (managing director)
Prof. Dr. Ulrike Haug (deputy scientific director)


Heads of Departments

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Ahrens ("Epidemiological Methods and Etiological Research")
Prof. Dr. Krasimira Aleksandrova (deputy head "Epidemiological Methods and Etiological Research")

Prof. Dr. Ulrike Haug ("Clinical Epidemiology")

Prof. Dr. Hajo Zeeb ("Prevention and Evaluation")
Prof. Dr. Daniela Fuhr (deputy head "Prevention and Evaluation")

Prof. Dr. Iris Pigeot ("Biometry and Data Management")
Prof. Dr. Vanessa Didelez (deputy head "Biometry and Data Management")

Dr. Frauke Günther ("Administration")
Dr. Norman Wirsik ("Administration")


Public Relations

Rasmus Cloes



Works Council

Stephan Gesche (chair)
Stephanie Preyer-Reupsch (deputy chair)

Equal Opportunities Officer

Dr. Heike Gerds
Dr. Ronja Foraita (deputy)

Representative of Disabled Employees

PD Dr. Oliver Riedel
Heidi Menßen (deputy)


Data Protection Officer

Alexander Knaust
datenschutz nord GmbH (betrieblicher Datenschutzbeauftragter)

Research Ethics Committee

Contact person: Alexander Knaust

Representatives of Safety

Dr. Christoph Buck
Dr. Kathrin Günther (laboratory)


Structured Doctoral Program

Prof. Dr. Vanessa Didelez
Dr. Sarah Forberger (senior dissertation representative)
Dr. Maike Wolters (senior dissertation representative)
Luca Bergen (representative of the doctoral students)
Chungwan Lo (representative of the doctoral students)