Search - Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology

221. [BIPS Project] The intelligent digital guideline editor (IDEAL): applying causal inference to evidence generation using emulated clinical trials

URL: /en/research/projects/detail-view.html?projID=971&cHash=82e8459ed9fcd9fb130d8aad923f83e6
Date: 01-09-21

The focus of the project IDEAL is the development of a methodology to use causal inference and adaptive statistical procedures to simplify the planning of efficient clinical studies and to be able to…

222. [BIPS Project] Community-based integration of a digital mental health intervention in Pakistan

URL: /en/research/projects/detail-view.html?projID=920&cHash=b1019f7252bed2458a7e05c085f073cf
Date: 01-08-21

The project WellPak is conducted to alleviate the significant mental health burden in low-and middle-income countries. It is a collaboration between the Leibniz Institute of Prevention Research and…

223. [BIPS Project] Colaborative Research Center 1320: Everyday activity science and engeineering

URL: /en/research/projects/detail-view.html?projID=962&cHash=1f65466669708ef11d2c290c38035e26
Date: 01-07-21

This project "Sensorimotor and Causal Human Activity Models for Cognitive Architectures" is part of a DFG funded collaborative research centre at the University of Bremen. The goal is to identify…

224. [BIPS Project] Drug utilisation study of eliglustat for the treatment of Gaucher disease type 1 in Europe using electronic healthcare records

URL: /en/research/projects/detail-view.html?projID=918&cHash=d876d3358dfbd42e2702cd0b2b6dc02e
Date: 30-06-21

Gaucher disease (GD) is a rare genetic disorder from the group of lysosomal storage disorders. It is characterized by the buildup of glucocerebroside in certain organs and tissues, particularly the…

225. [BIPS Project] Non-interventional PASS to investigate the risk of mortality in MS-patients treated with alemtuzumab

URL: /en/research/projects/detail-view.html?projID=943&cHash=1349154bbd11f321c29994b2f766c31a
Date: 21-06-21

Alemtuzumab (LEMTRADA®), a highly efficacious disease modifying therapy (HE-DMT), is a monoclonal antibody indicated for the treatment of relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) in patients…

226. New Score for cardiovascular disease risk prediction in Europe released

URL: /en/media/news/single-view/new-score-for-cardiovascular-disease-risk-prediction-in-europe-released.html
Date: 18-06-21

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…

227. Data Science Forum on Causal Reasoning

URL: /en/media/events/single-view/data-science-forum-on-causal-reasoning-auf-englisch.html
Date: 03-06-21

In this talk Prof. Dr. Vanessa Didelez will illustrate causal reasoning and methodology with two applications involving large databases: First we consider the question of predicting intervention…

228. Unhealthy food: protecting children from targeted advertising

URL: /en/media/news/single-view/unhealthy-food-protecting-children-from-targeted-advertising.html
Date: 04-05-21

How can children be protected from unhealthy foods?

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…

229. [BIPS Project] Mental health and gender: Development and evaluation of a digital intervention for health promotion among informal caregivers

URL: /en/research/projects/detail-view.html?projID=875&cHash=fd0523abd556707904db27f684f126e0
Date: 01-04-21

Women more frequently provide unpaid care than men, while at the same time being exposed to larger caregiving-related mental-health effects than male caregivers. Existing prevention and health…

230. [BIPS Project] Growing up healthy: Obesity prevention tailored to critical transition periods in the early life-course

URL: /en/research/projects/detail-view.html?projID=883&cHash=8cae34e4ec82062193507708c6d23ea9
Date: 01-04-21

Obesity prevention programmes often have had only limited or short-term effects. In particular socially vulnerable groups, who are affected most, have not been reached successfully. If the known…