NFDI4Health is entering its second funding phase, marking a crucial step towards establishing a permanent infrastructure for health data. The consortium continues to focus on open and transparent data exchange – of course, in strict…

The mammography screening program for women aged 50 to 69, introduced 20 years ago, is making a significant contribution to reducing breast cancer mortality. Among women who participated in the screening, breast cancer deaths fell by…

Bremen wants to change its eating habits—healthier, more sustainable, more regional. On July 7, 2025, the Forum Küche kicked off the joint project “Gemeinsam Ernährungswende gestalten” (GEG, Shaping the Food Transition Together). Around 40…

Host Rasmus Cloes spoke with Dr. Irmhild Rogalla, head of the Institute for Digital Inclusion at Bremen University of Applied Sciences, on the Digital Public Health Podcast about solutions for an accessible digital world. According to her,…

The DFG is currently preparing a funding call for data repositories in the context of the National Research Data Infrastructure (NFDI). The background to this is the increasing demand for storage capacity for research data, which cannot be…

At the BIPS Institute seminar on June 25, 2025, Edward Giovannucci discussed how influences in childhood, adolescence, and early adulthood can shape cancer risk in middle to late life. The focus was on the growing evidence that early stages…

Back pain from lifting incorrectly? A wearable beeps – before it hurts. Esteban Bayro-Kaiser tells host Rasmus Cloes in the Digital Public Health Podcast how his company WearHealth protects industrial workers.

In bright sunshine and summer temperatures, BIPS once again took part in the B2Run company run in Bremen in 2025.

The Post-COVID Challenge, initiated by Germany’s Federal Ministries of the Interior and for Economic Affairs, is accelerating the use of health data. The winning project, Datennexus, is a proposal developed by a consortium led by European…

For the third time, Research Data Day took place in Bremen on June 11, 2025. The event promotes exchange on current developments in research data management. Organized by the U Bremen Research Alliance, the day was held under the motto…