Dr. Steffen Dreger

• Radiation Epidemiology, Radiation Protection in Medicine
• Data Linkage Methods (Primary, Register, and Health Insurance Claims Data)
• Research Data Management, Federated Data Analysis, Pooling, Biomarkers
• Health Geography, Spatial Analysis

• German Society for Epidemiology (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Epidemiologie / DGEpi)

• Cross-departmental Center B: Data Science
• Health effects of cardiac fluoroscopy and modern radiotherapy in paediatrics

Selected BIPS-Publications

• Articles with peer review

• Thierry-Chef I, Timmermann B, Journy N, Bernier MO, McNally R, Dabin J, Brualla L, Haghdoost S, Sarukhan A, Haustermans K, De Wit I, Isebeart S, Lassen Y, Henriksen LT, Høyer M, Toussaint L, Boissonnat G, Thariat J, Demoor-Goldschmidt C, Haddy N, Bolle S, Fresneau B, Dreger S, Zeeb H, Andreassi MG, Campolo J, Picano E, Jahnen A, Ronckers CM, Maduro J, Kjaerheim K, Døhlen G, Robsahm TE, Olerud H, Thevathas U, Østerås BH, Schneider U, Walsh L, Dumas A, Jackson A, Rage E, De Saint-Hubert M, Hardy R, Bäumer C, Steinmeier T, Botzenhardt S, Wette M, Ortiz R, Chumak V. Health effects of ionising radiation in paediatrics undergoing either cardiac fluoroscopy or modern radiotherapy (the HARMONIC project). The European Physical Journal Nuclear Sciences & Technologies. 2023;9:22.
  https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2023009
• Willems P, Carr Z, Dreger S, Zeeb H, Tchillian-Teng N, Smith V, Van Bladel L. Survey on national practices regarding iodine thyroid blocking in 2016-2017. Environmental Advances. 2022;8:100252.
  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envadv.2022.100252
• Ahmad F, Böckmann M, Khan Z, Zeeb H, Khan MN, Ullah S, Dreger S, Ul Haq Z, Forberger S. Implementing smokeless tobacco control policy in Pakistan: A qualitative study among Naswar supply chain actors. Tobacco Control. 2021;30(5):548-552.
  https://doi.org/10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2020-055748
• Dreger S, Wollschläger D, Schafft T, Hammer GP, Blettner M, Zeeb H. Cohort study of occupational cosmic radiation dose and cancer mortality in German aircrew, 1960-2014. Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 2020;77(5):285-291.
  https://doi.org/10.1136/oemed-2019-106165
  https://repository.publisso.de/resource/frl%3A6421454
• Harbron RW, Thierry-Chef I, Pearce MS, Bernier MO, Dreuil S, Rage E, Andreassi MG, Picano E, Dreger S, Zeeb H, Olerud H, Thevathas U, Kjaerheim K, Døhlen G, Jahnen A, Hermen J, Chumak V, Bakhanova E, Voloskyi V, Borrego D, Lee C, Dabin J. The HARMONIC project: Study design for assessment of cancer risks following cardiac fluoroscopy in childhood. Journal of Radiological Protection. 2020;40(4):1074-1090.
  https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6498/aba66d
• Fassmer A, Luque Ramos A, Boiselle C, Dreger S, Helmer S, Zeeb H. Tabakkonsum und Inanspruchnahme medizinischer Leistungen im Jugendalter - Eine Analyse der KIGGS Daten. Das Gesundheitswesen. 2019;81(1):17-23.
  https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0042-116590
• Khan Z, Suliankatchi RA, Heise T, Dreger S. Naswar (smokeless tobacco) use and the risk of oral cancer in Pakistan: A systematic review with meta-analysis. Nicotine and Tobacco Research. 2019;21(1):32-40.
  https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntx281
• Wollschläger D, Hammer GP, Schafft T, Dreger S, Blettner M, Zeeb H. Estimated radiation exposure of German commercial airline cabin crew in the years 1960-2003 modeled using dose registry data for 2004-2015. Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology. 2018;28(3):275-280.
  https://doi.org/10.1038/jes.2017.21
• Khan Z, Dreger S, Syed MHS, Pohlabeln H, Kahn S, Ullah Z, Rehman B, Zeeb H. Oral cancer via the bargain bin: The risk of oral cancer associated with a smokeless tobacco product (Naswar). PLOS ONE. 2017;12(7):e0180445.
  https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0180445
• Yoshida K, Krille L, Dreger S, Hönig L, Merzenich H, Yasui K, Kumagai A, Ohtsuru A, Uetani M, Mildenberger P, Takamura N, Yamashita S, Zeeb H, Kudo T. Pediatric computed tomography practice in Japanese university hospitals from 2008-2010: Did it differ from German practice. Journal of Radiation Research. 2017;58(1):135-141.
  https://doi.org/10.1093/jrr/rrw074
• Dreger S, Krille L, Maier W, Pokora R, Blettner M, Zeeb H. Regional deprivation and non-cancer related computed tomography use in pediatric patients in Germany: Cross-sectional analysis of cohort data. PLOS ONE. 2016;11(4):e0153644.
  https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0153644
• Pfinder M, Dreger S, Christianson L, Lhachimi SK, Zeeb H. The effects of iodine blocking following nuclear accidents on thyroid cancer, hypothyroidism and benign thyroid nodules: A systematic review. Journal of Radiological Protection. 2016;36(4):R112-R130.
  https://doi.org/10.1088/0952-4746/36/4/R112
• Pokora R, Krille L, Dreger S, Lee C, Günster C, Zeeb H, Blettner M, on behalf of the KICT consortium. Computed tomography in Germany - Results and insights from a cohort study and health insurance data (AOK). Deutsches Ärzteblatt International. 2016;113(43):721-728.
  https://doi.org/10.3238/arztebl.2016.0721
• Buck C, Dreger S, Pigeot I. Anonymisation of address coordinates for micro-level analyses of the built environment: A simulation study. BMJ Open. 2015;5(3):e006481.
  https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2014-006481
• Dreger S, Pfinder M, Christianson L, Lhachimi SK, Zeeb H. The effects of iodine blocking following nuclear accidents on thyroid cancer, hypothyroidism, and benign thyroid nodules: Design of a systematic review. Systematic Reviews. 2015;4:126.
  https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-015-0106-3
• Dreger S, Pöttgen S, Samkange-Zeeb F, Merzenich H, Ningo A, Breckow J, Zeeb H. Retrospective assessment of self-reported exposure to medical ionizing radiation: Results of a feasibility study conducted in Germany. BMC Research Notes. 2015;8:300.
  https://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-015-1268-8
• Khan Z, Müller S, Ahmed S, Tönnies J, Nadir F, Samkange-Zeeb F. Quantitative review of oral cancer research output from Pakistan. Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention. 2015;16(11):4733-4739.
  https://doi.org/10.7314/APJCP.2015.16.11.4733
• Krille L, Dreger S, Schindel R, Albrecht T, Asmussen M, Barkhausen J, Berthold D, Chavan A, Claussen C, Forsting M, Gianicolo E, Jablonka K, Jahnen A, Langer M, Laniado M, Lotz J, Mentzel H-J, Queißer-Wahrendorf A, Rompel O, Schlick J, Schneider K, Schumacher M, Seidenbusch M, Spix C, Spors B, Staatz G, Vogl T, Wagner H-J, Weisser G, Zeeb H, Blettner M. Risk of cancer incidence before the age of 15 years after exposure to ionising radiation from computed tomography: Results from a German cohort study. Radiation and Environmental Biophysics. 2015;54(1):1-12.
  https://doi.org/10.1007/s00411-014-0580-3
• Khan Z, Tönnies J, Müller S. Smokeless tobacco and oral cancer in South Asia: A systematic review with meta-analysis. Journal of Cancer Epidemiology. 2014;2014:394696.
  https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/394696
• Müller S, Exeter DJ, Petousis-Harris H, Turner N, O'Sullivan D, Buck C. Measuring disparities in immunisation coverage among children in New Zealand. Health & Place. 2012;18(6):1217-1223.
  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2012.08.003
• Zeeb H, Müller S. Gesundheit nach Fukushima. Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz. 2011;54(7):886-890.
  https://doi.org/10.1007/s00103-011-1335-9

• Letters

• Pfinder M, Dreger S, Christianson L, Lhachimi SK, Zeeb H. Response to Dr Baverstock's letter to the editor. Journal of Radiological Protection. 2017;37(4):953-954.
  https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6498/aa870e

• Books

• Bowles D, Götz M, Kehrbach A, Nerlich-Bronowicki C, Post A, Uecker S-M, Wessolowski-Müller, Gesa, Becker W, Jung F, Kellner C, Mohammadzadeh Z, Sawallisch F, Tempel G, Janke E, Meißner U, Dreger S, Grill S, Kollhorst B, Luttmann S, Pohlabeln H, Zeeb H. Landesgesundheitsbericht Bremen 2019. Bremen: Eigenverlag. 2019.
  https://www.gesundheit.bremen.de/gesundheit/berichte_zur_gesundheit-4571

• Book chapters

• Zeeb H, Dreger S, Wollschläger D, Blettner M. Flugreisen, Strahlung und Gesundheit. Landsberg am Lech. 2021.
• Zeeb H, Dreger S, Wollschläger D, Blettner M. Flugreisen, Strahlung und Gesundheit. Landsberg am Lech. 2020.

• PhD-Theses

• Dreger S. Record-Linkage Studien in der Strahlenepidemiologie - Möglichkeiten, Herausforderungen und Perspektiven. Bremen: Universität Bremen; 2023.
  https://doi.org/10.26092/elib/2015

• Presentations at scientific meetings/conferences

• Gill S, Emmel C, Schmidt B, Günther K, Schipf S, Meinke-Franze C, Thierry S, Sowarka N, Zeeb H, Dreger S. Erfassung der medizinischen Strahlenexposition - Ergebnisse und Erfahrungen einer der ersten vollständig implementierten Level-3-Studien in der NAKO Gesundheitsstudie. Online-Vortrag. 2021.
• Wollschläger D, Dreger S, Schafft T, Blettner M, Zeeb H. Mortality of German commercial airline crew exposed to ionizing radiation 1960-2014: Dose-response analysis taking into account uncertainties. Ulm. 2019.
• Dreger S, Wollschläger D, Schafft T, Hammer GP, Blettner M, Zeeb H. Berufliche Strahlenexposition und Mortalität beim fliegenden Personal in Deutschland: Ergebnisse einer großen Kohortenstudie unter Nutzung von Dosisregisterdaten, 1960-2014. Bremen. 2018.
• Zeeb H, Dreger S, Wollschläger D, Schafft T, Hammer GP, Blettner M. Berufliche Strahlenexposition und Mortalität beim fliegenden Personal in Deutschland: Ergebnisse einer großen Kohortenstudie unter Nutzung von Dosisregisterdaten, 1960-2014. Speyer. 2018.
• Buck C, Dreger S, Pigeot I. Verrauschung von Adressdaten zur Verwendung in der räumlichen Epidemiologie. Potsdam. 2015.
• Krille L, Pokora R, Dreger S, Zeeb H, Blettner M, on behalf of the KICT consortium. Risk of cancer incidence before the age of fifteen years after exposure to ionising radiation from computed tomography? Results from a German cohort study. Munich. 2015.
• Khan Z, Müller S, Ahmed S, Tönnies J, Nadir F, Samkange-Zeeb F. A quantitative review of oral cancer research output from Pakistan. Lahore, Pakistan. 2014.
• Krille L, Müller S, Schindel R, Zeeb H, Blettner M. Cancer risk after pediatric CTs - Results from a German cohort study. Göttingen. 2014.
• Kudo T, Yoshida K, Krille L, Müller S, Hönig L, Merzenich H, Uetani M, Mildenberger P, Takamura N, Yamashita S, Zeeb H. Pediatric CT practice - Comparison between three hospitals in Japan and Germany. Kobe, Japan. 2014.
• Müller S, Yoshida K, Krille L, Hönig L, Merzenich H, Uetani M, Mildenberger P, Takamura N, Yamashita S, Zeeb H, Kudo T. Exposure to medical ionizing radiation: Pediatric CT practice patterns in Japan and Germany. Ulm. 2014.
• Exeter DJ, Buell H-E, Müller S, Petousis-Harris H, Turner N. The association between immunisation coverage and vaccine preventable diseases in New Zealand. Durham, UK. 2011.
• Exeter DJ, Müller S, Petousis-Harris H, Turner N. Immunization coverage disparities in New Zealand: A geographical perspective. Durham, UK. 2011.
• Müller S, Exeter DJ, Petousis-Harris H, Turner N. Disparitäten von Durchimpfungsraten in Neuseeland: Eine geographische Perspektive. Mainz. 2011.
• Turner N, Exeter DJ, Müller S, Petousis-Harris H. Improving immunisation coverage by identifying at-risk groups. Christchurch, New Zealand. 2010.

• Presentations at scientific meetings/conferences (invited)

• Krille L, Dreger S, Zeeb H. Methodological limitations of studies on cancer risks in children exposed to computed tomography and their possible counter-actions. Nagasaki, Japan. 2015.
• Zeeb H, Müller S. Epidemiological investigations of aircrew - An occupational group with low-level cosmic radiation exposure. Antwerp, Belgium. 2013.
• Zeeb H, Müller S. Computertomographie und Kinderkrebs - Epidemiologie. München. 2012.

• Other presentations/speechs (invited)

• Zeeb H, Müller S. Konzeptions- und Vorbereitungsmaßnahmen deutscher Hochschulen zur Etablierung gemeinsamer Forschungsstrukturen mit Partnern im asiatisch-pazifischen Forschungsraum. Bonn. 2014.

• Posters at scientific meetings/conferences

• Dreger S, Gill S, Emmel C, Schmidt B, Günther K, Schipf S, Meinke-Franze C, Tierry S, Sowarka N, Zeeb H. Assessing medical radiation exposure within the prospective German National Cohort (GNC). Düsseldorf. 2022.
• Dreger S, Emmel C, Günther K, Schipf S, Thierry S, Zeeb H. Assessing medical radiation exposure - Results from the German National Cohort. Stockholm, Sweden. 2019.
• Dreger S, Wollschläger D, Schafft T, Hammer GP, Blettner M, Zeeb H. Mortality from cancer and other causes in German Airline Crew: Results from a third follow-up study using dose registry data, 1960-2014. Lyon, France. 2018.
• Bogner K, Hammer GP, Dreger S, Schafft T, Wollschläger D, Blettner M, Zeeb H. Validierung der geschätzten Strahlenexposition von Piloten in der FLIPKO-Kohorte mittels Daten des Strahlenschutzregisters. Lübeck. 2017.
• Dreger S, Krille L, Maier W, Pokora R, Blettner M, Zeeb H. Regional deprivation and computed tomography use in pediatric patients in Germany. Maastricht, The Netherlands. 2015.
• Dreger S, Krille L, Maier W, Pokora R, Blettner M, Zeeb H. Regionale Deprivation und CT-Untersuchungshäufigkeiten bei Kindern: Umgang mit Datenverknüpfungen zwischen individuellem und aggregiertem Niveau. Potsdam. 2015.
• Krille L, Dreger S, Pokora R, Zeeb H, Blettner M. Risk of cancer incidence before the age of fifteen after exposure to computed tomography - A German cohort study. Maastricht, The Netherlands. 2015.
• Exeter DJ, Buell H-E, Müller S, Petousis-Harris H, Turner N. The impact of herd immunity on vaccine preventable disease hospitalizations. Edinburgh, United Kingdom. 2011.

• Further Publications