Dr. Malte Braitmaier
- 09/2024 PhD degree, University of Bremen
- since 08/2018 research associate at BIPS
- 08/2017 – 07/2018 biostatistician at GCP Service International
- 12/2016 – 07/2017 Georg-Christoph-Lichtenberg scholar as mathematical modeller at the Carl-von-Ossietzky University Oldenburg
- 10/2014 – 08/2016 course of study for ‘Medical Biometry & Biostatistics‘ at the University of Bremen, degree: M.Sc.
- 10/2011 – 08/2014 course of study for ‘Biology‘ at the University of Bremen, degree: B.Sc.
Articles with peer review
- Braitmaier M, Didelez V. Emulierung von Target Trials mit Real World Daten - Ein allgemeines Prinzip, um den Herausforderungen von Beobachtungsdaten zu begegnen. Prävention und Gesundheitsförderung. 2024; (Epub 2022 Jul 29).
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11553-022-00967-9 - Riedel O, Braitmaier M, Dankhoff M, Haug U, Klein M, Zachariassen W, Hoyer J. Alcohol use disorders after bariatric surgery: A study using linked health claims and survey data. International Journal of Obesity. 2024;48(11):1656-1663.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41366-024-01606-3 - Riedel O, Braitmaier M, Dankhoff M, Hornschuch M, Klein M, Zachariassen W, Hoyer J. Quality of life in bariatric patients up to twelve years after surgery - Results from a nationwide retrospective cohort study. Obesity Research & Clinical Practice. 2023;17(4):353-360.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orcp.2023.08.001
https://repository.publisso.de/resource/frl:6453534 - Riedel O, Braitmaier M, Langner I. Dementia in health claims data: The influence of different case definitions on incidence and prevalence estimates. International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research. 2023;32(2):e1947.
https://doi.org/10.1002/mpr.1947 - Tan EH, Robinson DE, Jödicke A, Mosseveld M, Bodkergaard K, Reyes C, Moayyeri A, Voss A, Marconi E, Lapi F, Reinold J, Verhamme K, Pedersen L, Braitmaier M, De Wilde M, Far Ruiz M, Aragón M, Bosco-Levy P, Lassalle R, Prieto-Alhambra D, Sanchez-Santos M. Drug utilization analysis of osteoporosis medications in seven European electronic health databases. Osteoporosis International. 2023;34(10):1771-1781.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00198-023-06837-0 - Braitmaier M, Kollhorst B, Heinig M, Langner I, Czwikla J, Heinze F, Buschmann L, Minnerup H, García-Albéniz X, Hense H-W, Karch A, Zeeb H, Haug U, Didelez V. Effectiveness of mammography screening on breast cancer mortality - A study protocol for emulation of target trials using German health claims data. Clinical Epidemiology. 2022;14:1293-1303.
https://doi.org/10.2147/CLEP.S376107 - Braitmaier M, Schwarz S, Kollhorst B, Senore C, Didelez V, Haug U. Screening colonoscopy similarly prevented distal and proximal colorectal cancer: A prospective study among 55-69-year-olds. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 2022;149:118-126.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2022.05.024 - Reinold J, Braitmaier M, Riedel O, Haug U. Potential of health insurance claims data to predict fractures in older adults: A prospective cohort study. Clinical Epidemiology. 2022;14:1111-1122.
https://doi.org/10.2147/CLEP.S379002 - Riedel O, Braitmaier M, Langner I. Stability of individual dementia diagnoses in routine care: Implications for epidemiological studies. Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety. 2022;31(5):546-555.
http://doi.org/10.1002/pds.5416 - Schink T, Princk C, Braitmaier M, Haug U. Use of combined oral contraceptives and risk of venous thromboembolism in young women: A nested case-control analysis using German claims data. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology. 2022;129(13):2107-2116.
https://doi.org/10.1111/1471-0528.17268 - Heinig M, Braitmaier M, Haug U. Prescribing of menopausal hormone therapy in Germany: Current status and changes between 2004 and 2016. Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety. 2021;30(4):462-471.
https://doi.org/10.1002/pds.5186 - Reinold J, Braitmaier M, Riedel O, Haug U. Anticholinergic burden: First comprehensive analysis using claims data shows large variation by age and sex. PLOS ONE. 2021;16(6):e0253336.
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0253336 PhD-Theses
- Braitmaier M. Methodological aspects of emulating target trials for causal evaluation of cancer screening programs using health claims data. Bremen: Universität Bremen; 2024.
https://doi.org/10.26092/elib/3300 Presentations at scientific meetings/conferences
- Braitmaier M. Target trial emulation avoids bias due to non-alignment at time zero in studies on site-specific effectiveness of screening colonoscopy. Workshop der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Pharmakoepidemiologie der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Epidemiologie (DGEpi) und der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Medizinische Informatik, Biometrie und Epidemiologie (GMDS), 20.-21. Juni 2023, Bremen.
- Braitmaier M, Schwarz S, Didelez V, Haug U. Target trial emulation avoids bias due to non-alignment at time-zero in studies on site-specific effectiveness of screening colonoscopy. 5th Conference of the Central European Network (CEN), 3-7 September 2023, Basel, Switzerland.
- Schwarz S, Braitmaier M, Didelez V, Haug U. 13-year colorectal cancer risk: Comparing persons with a low- vs. high-quality screening colonoscopy vs. no screening colonoscopy. 18. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Epidemiologie (DGEpi), 26.-28. September 2023, Würzburg.
- Schink T, Princk C, Braitmaier M, Haug U. Use of combined oral contraceptives and risk of venous thromboembolism: A nested case-control analysis in German claims data. 17. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Epidemiologie (DGEpi), 26.-29. September 2022, Greifswald.
- Schink T, Princk C, Braitmaier M, Haug U. Use of combined oral contraceptives and risk of venous thromboembolism: A nested case-control analysis in German claims data. 38th International Conference on Pharmacoepidemiology & Therapeutic Risk Management (ICPE), 24-28 August 2022, Copenhagen, Denmark. (Abstract published in: Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety. 2022;31(Suppl. 2):66)
- Braitmaier M, Schwarz S, Kollhorst B, Didelez V, Haug U. Effectiveness of screening colonoscopy in reducing colorectal cancer incidence - Emulated target trials from German claims data. 42nd Conference of the International Society for Clinical Biostatistics (ISCB), 18-22 July 2021, online presentation.
Presentations at scientific meetings/conferences (invited)
- Braitmaier M, Didelez V. Causal effect estimation and risk prediction: The example of screening colonoscopy and colorectal cancer. 70th Biometric Colloquium, 28 February-1 March 2024, Lübeck.
- Didelez V, Braitmaier M. Keynote: Causal analyses of cancer screening effectiveness with health claims data. Causal Inference in Health Sciences, 20 March 2024, Lausanne, Switzerland.
- Braitmaier M. Emulating target trials from health claims data to evaluate cancer screening programs. Fortbildungsveranstaltung des Instituts für Medizinische Informatik, Biometrie und Epidemiologie (IMIBE) am Universitätsklinikum Essen, 8. Februar 2022, Online-Vortrag.
- Braitmaier M. Emulating target trials from health claims data to evaluate cancer screening programs. 16. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Epidemiologie (DGEpi), 20.-22. September 2021, Online-Vortrag.
Posters at scientific meetings/conferences
- Braitmaier M, Schwarz S, Didelez V, Haug U. Time-zero violations cause bias in observational studies on screening colonoscopy. Conference of the International Cancer Screening Network (ISCN), 21-23 June 2023, Turin, Italy.
- Braitmaier M, Schwarz S, Didelez V, Haug U. Time-zero violations cause bias in observational studies on screening colonoscopy. United European Gastroenterology Week (UEG), 14-17 October 2023, Copenhagen, Denmark.
- Schink T, Braitmaier M, Haug U. Long-term outcomes of children exposed to RAAS-inhibitors during pregnancy. 39th International Conference on Pharmacoepidemiology & Therapeutic Risk Management (ICPE), 23-27 August 2023, Halifax, Canada. (Abstract published in: Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety. 2023;32(Supp. 1):527-528)
- Schwarz S, Braitmaier M, Didelez V, Haug U. 13-year colorectal cancer risk: Comparing persons with a low- vs. high-quality screening colonoscopy vs. no screening colonoscopy. Conference of the International Cancer Screening Network (ISCN), 21-23 June 2023, Turin, Italy.
- Schwarz S, Braitmaier M, Didelez V, Haug U. 13-year colorectal cancer risk: Comparing persons with a low- vs. high-quality screening colonoscopy vs. no screening colonoscopy. United European Gastroenterology (UEG) Week, 14-17 October 2023, Copenhagen, Denmark.
- Reinold J, Braitmaier M, Riedel O, Haug U. Assessment of predictors of fractures in German older adults using a large population sample. 37th International Conference on Pharmacoepidemiology & Therapeutic Risk Management (ICPE), 23-25 August 2021, online poster. (Abstract published in: Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety. 2021;30(Suppl.1):147)
Selected BIPS-Publications
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WiSe 2020/21: Supervision of tutorial (Biometrical Methods" (with Dr. Marvin Wright)
SoSe 2019: Co-supervision of tutorial "Statistische Modellierung II" (with Prof. Vanessa Didelez & Janine Witte)
SoSe 2019: Co-supervision of tutorial "Statistische Modellierung II" (with Prof. Vanessa Didelez & Janine Witte)
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