An interactive, evidence-based, multilingual, and free-access platform for fitness testing and interpretation in children and adolescents is based on data from the IDEFICS/I.Family studies. A recent study explains the implications of…

How harmful is it to your health to live on a major road? Are info-mails from research institutes to stakeholders actually read? And: How must health policy be made so that plans for a healthier society actually reach where they need to?…

Preventing disease and promoting health - these two core aspects are being investigated by five research associations funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). Together they are coordinated by the PRESENT…

The "Prize for Special Services in Supporting Epidemiological Research" of the German Society for Epidemiology (DGEpi) goes to the BIPS this year. The award winner is Dr. Achim Reineke.

Policy Symposium in Brussels with a strong final statement: A CALL TO ACTION - POLICY, RESEARCH, AND FUNDING PRIORITIES FOR SYSTEMS CHANGE

Prof. Dr. Daniela Fuhr joined BIPS in mid-July. Previously, she worked at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. At BIPS, she takes over as deputy head of the Department of Prevention and Evaluation. The focus of her work is on…

Researchers from the University of Namibia, School of Public Health, visit the University of Bremen and BIPS. The background is an international project to strengthen the public health system in Namibia.

On Wednesday, experts exchanged views on the topic of family health at Bremen's Haus der Wissenschaft. The prevailing opinion: During the pandemic, the number of problems grew - but the crisis also offered the opportunity to test new help…

How can the relationship between digital intervention and physical activity be evaluated? What influence does the weather have on whether study participants show up? Which aspects are missing in physical therapist education? What topics…

A lack of media attention to the work of BIPS really cannot be complained about in recent years. Nevertheless, a report by the New York Times remains something out of the ordinary. Especially when it draws attention to a rather small…