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Meeting of the NAKO study center management at BIPS in Bremen
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- Epidemiological Methods and Etiological ResearchBiometry and Data ManagementNews
Read moreOn April 23 and 24, 2023, a meeting of the NAKO study center management took place at the Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology - BIPS in Bremen. The purpose of this meeting was to discuss ongoing research work and plan…
Digital health in Germany: An edition of the Bundesgesundheitsblatt highlights future potential
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- Prevention and EvaluationPress
Read moreThe latest issue of the Bundesgesundheitsblatt focuses on the digital transformation in the healthcare sector. Under the title "Digital population-based health in Germany - examples from research at the Leibniz Science Campus Digital Public…
Researchers call for better linkage of health data during discussions with members of the Bundestag
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- Epidemiological Methods and Etiological ResearchBiometry and Data ManagementPress
Read moreNFDI4Health and experts from politics, science, and healthcare met in Berlin on 13 March 2024 to discuss the topic of record linkage – the linkage of health data from diverse sources for an individual. The participants consider the meeting…
Federal Chancellery appoints BIPS Director to the "Health and Resilience" Expert Council
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- Biometry and Data ManagementPress
Read moreFederal Chancellor Olaf Scholz welcomed the members of the new Expert Council on Health and Resilience to the inaugural meeting at the Federal Chancellery today. BIPS Director Prof. Dr. Iris Pigeot is also member of the council.
BIPS junior scientist wins prize for the best presentation at the 70th Biometric Colloquium
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- Biometry and Data ManagementNews
Read morePegah Golchian, a young scientist at BIPS, caused quite a stir at the 70th Biometric Colloquium. With her presentation on "Adversarial Random Forests for the Imputation of Missing Values", she was able to convince the jury and win the…
More than one billion people live with obesity today, according to a global analysis with BIPS participation
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- Epidemiological Methods and Etiological ResearchBiometry and Data ManagementNewsResearch results
Read moreA study recently published in the Lancet, in which BIPS was involved, provides new insights into the global rise in obesity and the simultaneous decline in underweight. The research findings point to a worrying global health trend and call…
New Secretary of the International Biometric Society - German Region comes from BIPS
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- Biometry and Data ManagementNews
Read moreDr. Ronja Foraita, Head of the Division "Statistical Methods for Genetic and Molecular Epidemiology" at the Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology - BIPS, was elected Secretary of the International Biometric Society…
Prof. Dr. Hajo Zeeb takes over as Chairman of the German Society for Public Health
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- Prevention and EvaluationNews
Read moreLast Thursday, Prof. Dr. Hajo Zeeb was elected 1st Chairman of the German Society for Public Health (DGPH) in Düsseldorf. Zeeb heads the Department of Prevention and Evaluation at the Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and…
NFDI4Health presents progress at the NFDI evaluation symposium
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- Prevention and EvaluationBiometry and Data ManagementNews
Read moreOn 6 February 2024, NFDI4Health was invited to the NFDI evaluation symposium in Bonn. The members demonstrated their remarkable progresses in building a FAIR infrastructure for personal health data. The event resulted in an exciting…
Data Train Kick-off event 2024
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- Biometry and Data ManagementNews
Read moreData Train is a training program that teaches skills of data literacy to scientists of all career levels. The hybrid course is a key element of the NFDI4Health training approach and aims at building the next generation of data-savvy…