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Ageing - Health - Equity: Special Issue on social inequalities in the health system
Read moreIn June 2017, the high-profile research area of “Health Sciences”, University of Bremen, hosted the international conference “Key issues in current health research: Ageing – Health Equity”. Complementing the conference, a special issue of…
Guest lectureship of Prof. Hajo Zeeb at Africa University, Zimbabwe
Read moreIn the framework of an existing cooperation between BIPS, the University of Bremen and the Africa University (AU), Prof. Hajo Zeeb conducted several guest lectures during a 3-day visit to the AU in Mutare, picturesquely situated in the…
Drug Safety: BIPS appreciates decision of German Bundesrat
Read moreThe German Bundesrat (Federal Council) passed a law, which allows BIPS to maintain one of the most important databases for research on drug safety in Germany on an ongoing basis.
BIPS at CIOI 2017 in Lisbon
Read moreThe International Conference on Childhood Obesity CIOI 2017 – one of the most important international forums on public health – took place from 5th to 8th July 2017 in Portugal’s capital Lisbon. The Conference was organized by several…
IARC: Welding fumes are carcinogenic to humans
Read moreA Working Group of the International Agency for Research on Cancer IARC with participation of BIPS classifies welding fumes as carcinogenic to humans.
Colorectal Cancer Prevention Award 2016 for Ulrike Haug
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Der Darmkrebs-Präventionspreis 2016 geht an Prof. Dr. Ulrike Haug vom Leibniz-Institut für Präventionsforschung und Epidemiologie – BIPS in Bremen. Die Wissenschaftlerin erhält den Preis für eine Studie zum Einsatz…
BIPS is Collaborating Centre of WHO
Read moreObesity prevention: World Health Organization and Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidimiology - BIPS cooperate
From dietary behaviour to physical activity: I.Family researchers present insights into childhood & adolescent health
Read morePlease click here to read the news on the I.Family website: http://www.ifamilystudy.eu/from-dietary-behaviour-to-physical-activity-i-family-researchers-present-insights-into-childhood-adolescent-health/
Researching drug safety on the population level: Panel discussion on using health data in Germany
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Vor genau 60 Jahren wurde das erste Contergan geschädigte Kind in Deutschland geboren. Seitdem werden Arzneimittel zwar sehr viel strenger geprüft, bis sie die Marktzulassung erhalten, doch sind wichtige Sicherheitsfragen…
Childhood obesity in Europe: Large country differences in BMI development of children
Read morePlease click here for an I.Family article on the publication:
http://www.ifamilystudy.eu/effects-of-location-on-bmi-idefics-paper-accepted-by-scientific-journal-plos-one/
