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…

Data on dementia, safety of childhood vaccines, taxes on sugary drinks, and social media use among children and adolescents. These are selected recent BIPS studies.

One of the main goals of the Leibniz Postdoc Network is to raise the profile of postdocs working at the institutes of the Leibniz Association. While science & research during the pandemic have been in the spotlight like never before, we…

New research from the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) to help predict the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD), especially heart attack and stroke, has been published in the European Heart Journal on Tuesday. That could help to reduce…

A media-using child in Germany sees an average of 15.48 commercials for unhealthy foods per day. Of these, 5.14 are on the Internet and 10.34 on TV. Simultaneously, the number of TV commercials per hour has increased by 29 percent.

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