Dr. Berit Brandes

  • 03/2021 PhD degree at the University of Bremen (Title: Evaluation of a complex intervention for health promotion in daycare facilities)
  • since 07/2019 Research Assistant at the Leibniz-Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology - BIPS
  • 07/2017 - 07/2019 Research Assistant at the Center for Clinical Psychology and Rehabilitation, University of Bremen
  • 02/2013 - 07/2017 Research Assistant at the Leibniz-Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology - BIPS
  • 10/2014 - 12/2016 Master of Science (MSc) in Clinical Psychology, Faculty for Human and Health Sciences, University of Bremen
  • 10/2009 - 10/2012 Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Psychology, Faculty for Human and Health Sciences, University of Bremen
  • 08/2007 - 02/2008 Semester abroad at Concordia University, Faculty of Fine Arts, Montréal, Canada
  • 10/2005 - 07/2009 Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Digital Media, Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Sciences, University of Bremen

ORCID ID: 0000-0002-9313-6593

  • Prevention and health promotion
  • Physical activity and health

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    Selected BIPS-Publications

  • Articles with peer review

  • Coyle-Asbil H, Burk L, Brandes M, Brandes B, Buck C, Wright MN, Vallis LA. Energy expenditure prediction in preschool children: A machine learning approach using accelerometry and external validation. Physiological Measurement. 2024;45(9):095015.
    https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6579/ad7ad2
  • Klinger-König J, Erhardt A, Streit F, Völker MP, Schulze MB, Keil T, Fricke J, Castell S, Klett-Tammen C, Pischon T, Karch A, Teismann H, Michels K, Greiser KH, Becher H, Karrasch S, Ahrens W, Meinke-Franze C, Schipf S, Mikolajczyk R, Führer A, Brandes B, Schmidt B, Emmel C, Leitzmann M, Konzok J, Peters A, Obi N, Brenner H, Holleczek B, Velásquez IM, Deckert J, Baune BT, Rietschel M, Berger K, Grabe HJ. Childhood trauma and somatic and mental illness in adulthood: Findings of the NAKO health study. Deutsches Ärzteblatt International. 2024;121(1):1-8.
    https://doi.org/10.3238/arztebl.m2023.0225
  • Sell L, Brandes M, Brandes B, Zeeb H, Busse H. Determinants promoting and hindering physical activity in primary school children in Germany: A qualitative study with students, teachers and parents. Frontiers in Public Health. 2024;12:1280893.
    https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1280893
  • Weber A, van Hees VT, Stein MJ, Gastell S, Steindorf K, Herbolsheimer F, Ostrzinski S, Pischon T, Brandes M, Krist L, Marschollek M, Greiser KH, Nimptsch K, Brandes B, Jochem C, Sedlmeier AM, Berger K, Brenner H, Buck C, Castell S, Dörr M, Emmel C, Fischer B, Flexeder C, Harth V, Hebestreit A, Heise JK, Holleczek B, Keil T, Koch-Gallenkamp L, Lieb W, Meinke-Franze C, Michels KB, Mikolajczyk R, Kluttig A, Obi N, Peters A, Schmidt B, Schipf S, Schulze MB, Teismann H, Waniek S, Willich SN, Leitzmann M, Baurecht H. Large-scale assessment of physical activity in a population using high-resolution hip-worn accelerometry: The German National Cohort (NAKO). Scientific Reports. 2024;14:7927.
    https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-58461-5
  • Brandes B, Sell L, Buck C, Busse H, Zeeb H, Brandes M. Use of a toolbox of tailored evidence-based interventions to improve children's physical activity and cardiorespiratory fitness in primary schools: Results of the ACTIPROS cluster-randomized feasibility trial. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. 2023;20:99.
    https://doi.org/10.1186/s12966-023-01497-z
  • Brandes M, Brandes B, Sell L, Sacheck JM, Chinapaw M, Lubans DR, Woll A, Schipperijn J, Jago R, Busse H. How to select interventions for promoting physical activity in schools? Combining preferences of stakeholders and scientists. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. 2023;20:48.
    https://doi.org/10.1186/s12966-023-01452-y
  • Vonneilich N, Becher H, Bohn B, Brandes B, Castell S, Deckert A, Dragano N, Franzke C-W, Führer A, Gastell S, Greiser H, Keil T, Klett-Tammen C, Koch-Gallenkamp L, Krist L, Leitzmann M, Meinke-Franze C, Mikolajczyk R, Moreno Velásquez I, Obi N, Peters A, Pischon T, Reuter M, Schikowski T, Schmidt B, Schulze MB, Sergeev D, Stang A, Völzke H, Wiessner C, Zeeb H, Lüdecke D, von dem Knesebeck O. Associations of migration, socioeconomic position and social relations with depressive symptoms - Analyses of the German National Cohort baseline data. International Journal of Public Health. 2023;68:1606097.
    https://doi.org/10.3389/ijph.2023.1606097
  • Brandes B, Busse H, Sell L, Christianson L, Brandes M. A scoping review on characteristics of school-based interventions to promote physical activity and cardiorespiratory fitness among 6- to 10-year-old children. Preventive Medicine. 2022;155:106920.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2021.106920
    https://repository.publisso.de/resource/frl:6431668
  • Breau B, Brandes B, Wright MN, Buck C, Vallis LA, Brandes M. Association of individual motor abilities and accelerometer-derived physical activity measures in preschool-aged children. Journal for the Measurement of Physical Behaviour. 2021;4(3):227-235.
    https://doi.org/10.1123/jmpb.2020-0065
    https://repository.publisso.de/resource/frl:6428750
  • Brandes B, Buck C, Wright MN, Pischke CR, Brandes M. Impact of "JolinchenKids - fit and healthy in daycare" on children's objectively measured physical activity: A cluster-controlled study. Journal of Physical Activity & Health. 2020;17(10):1025-1033.
    https://doi.org/10.1123/jpah.2019-0536
    https://repository.publisso.de/resource/frl%3A6422936
  • Steenbock B, Wright MN, Wirsik N, Brandes M. Accelerometry-based prediction of energy expenditure in preschoolers. Journal for the Measurement of Physical Behaviour. 2019;2(2):94-102.
    https://doi.org/10.1123/jmpb.2018-0032
    https://repository.publisso.de/resource/frl%3A6426272
  • Book chapters

  • Brandes B, Busse H, Helmer S, Müllmann S. Gesundheitliche Chancengleichheit in der digitalen Gesundheitsförderung und Prävention am Beispiel des Settings Schule. In: Dockweiler C, Stark AL, Albrecht J, editors. Settingbezogene Gesundheitsförderung und Prävention in der digitalen Transformation. Interdisziplinäre Perspektiven. Baden-Baden: Nomos. 2023. S. 153-174.
    https://doi.org/10.5771/9783748913641
  • Brandes M, Pischke CR, Steenbock B, Zeeb H, Pigeot I. Fitness-Tracker - Zukunft für Prävention? In: Rebscher H, Kaufmann S, editors. Präventionsmanagement in Gesundheitssystemen - Gesundheitsförderung, Vorsorge, Früherkennung: Das medizinische und ökonomische Spannungsfeld von Evidenz, Nutzen und Risiken. Heidelberg: medhochzwei. 2016. S. 409-425.
  • Presentations at scientific meetings/conferences

  • Coyle-Asbil H, Burk L, Wright MN, Buck C, Brandes B, Brandes M, Vallis LA. Comparison of machine learning techniques for estimating energy expenditure in preschool children from Germany and Canada through accelerometry assessment. 9th International Conference on Ambulatory Monitoring of Physical Activity and Movement (ICAMPAM) of the International Society for the Measurement of Physical Behaviour (ISMPB), 18-21 June 2024, Rennes, France.
  • Brandes B, Busse H, Sell L, Zeeb H, Brandes M. Auswahl geeigneter Interventionen zur Bewegungsförderung an Schulen - Perspektiven von Stakeholder:innen und Wissenschaftler:innen. "Poly-Pill Bewegung - Chancen, Risiken und Nebenwirkungen", Jahrestagung der Deutschen Vereinigung für Sportwissenschaft (dvs), Kommission Gesundheit, 14.-16. September 2022, Tübingen.
  • Brandes M, Busse H, Sell L, Christianson L, Brandes B. Promoting physical activity in primary school children: A scoping review to characterize and evaluate interventions from the last decade according to the Health Promoting Schools Framework. ISBNPA XChange Initiative, 8-10 June 2021, online presentation.
  • Steenbock B, Wirsik N, Brandes M. Calibration of the GENEActiv wrist- and hip-worn accelerometer for prediction of activity-related energy expenditure in preschoolers. 5th International Conference on Ambulatory Monitoring of Physical Activity and Movement (ICAMPAM), 21-23 June 2017, Bethesda, USA.
  • Wirsik N, Steenbock B, Brandes M. Comparability of different accelerometers and sites for activity-related energy expenditure prediction in preschool children. 5th International Conference on Ambulatory Monitoring of Physical Activity and Movement (ICAMPAM), 21-23 June 2017, Bethesda, USA.
  • Steenbock B, Pischke CR, Schönbach J, Pöttgen S, Brand T. The effectiveness of primary prevention interventions promoting physical activity and healthy eating in preschool children. 7th European Public Health Conference (EUPHA), 19-22 November 2014, Glasgow, United Kingdom.
  • Presentations at scientific meetings/conferences (invited)

  • Brandes B. Folgen der COVID-19 Maßnahmen auf Bewegungsverhalten und körperliche Gesundheit. Dreiländerkongress für kardiologische Rehabilitation der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Prävention und Rehabilitation von Herz-Kreislauferkrankungen (DGRP), 18.-19. November 2022, Freiburg.
  • Posters at scientific meetings/conferences

  • Brandes B, Buck C, Sell L, Busse H, Zeeb H, Brandes M. Using a toolbox of tailored evidence-based physical activity interventions to improve children's physical activity and cardiorespiratory fitness at primary schools: Results of the ACTIPROS feasibility study. 22nd Annual Meeting of the International Society for Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity (ISBNPA), 14-17 June 2023, Uppsala, Sweden.
  • Brandes M, Brandes B, Sell L, Sacheck JM, Chinapaw M, Lubans DR, Woll A, Schipperijn J, Jago R, Zeeb H, Busse H. How to select interventions for promoting physical activity in primary schools? Combining preferences of stakeholders and scientists using a Delphi study. 22nd Annual Meeting of the International Society for Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity (ISBNPA), 14-17 June 2023, Uppsala, Sweden.
  • Brandes B, Busse H, Sell L, Zeeb H, Brandes M. Bewegungsförderung in der Lebenswelt Schule: Vorläufige Ergebnisse der ACTIPROS-Pilotstudie. "Poly-Pill Bewegung - Chancen, Risiken und Nebenwirkungen", Jahrestagung der Deutschen Vereinigung für Sportwissenschaft (dvs), Kommission Gesundheit, 14.-16. September 2022, Tübingen.

For further publications please follow this link:

  • Abstract winner
    ISBNPA XChange Initiative (2021)
  • 1st ISPAHACK Advanced Data Analysis Workshop & Data Challenge
    International Society for Physical Activity and Health (2018)

06/2022: Guest lecture (in German) entitled "Objective Measurement of Physical Activity" (Master of Public Health), University of Bremen, Bremen
12/2017: Guest lecture (in German) entitled "Evaluation of the implementation and of health effects of "JolinchenKids - Fit and healthy in daycare" " (Faculty of medicine), University of Hamburg, Hamburg
01/2017: Guest lecture (in English) entitled "E-Health and M-Health interventions for Obesity Prevention" (Bachelor & Master of Public Health), University of Bremen, Bremen
12/2016: Guest lecture (in German) entitled "Evaluation of the implementation and of health effects of "JolinchenKids - Fit and healthy in daycare" " (Faculty of medicine), University of Hamburg, Hamburg

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