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241. Post-Approval Safety Studies (PAS studies or PASS)

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Date: 23-11-22

What are PAS studies and why are they important? Before a therapeutic drug receives marketing approval, it must complete various phases of preclinical and clinical trials. The final phase of this…

242. Implementation Research and Mental Health

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Date: 22-11-22

More units Applied Health Intervention Research Social Epidemiology Back Research Group Implementation Research and Mental Health The research group “Implementation research and mental health”…

243. Promoting health, preventing disease - the PRESENT final conference

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Date: 22-11-22

[Translate to Englisch:] Drei Menschen bei Vortrag

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…

244. Childhood obesity New WHO report with Bremen participation presents latest country data and highlights trends

URL: /en/media/press/single-view/adipositas-bei-kindern-neuer-who-bericht-mit-bremer-beteiligung-praesentiert-aktuelle-laenderdaten-und-zeigt-trends-auf.html
Date: 15-11-22

Childhood overweight and obesity threaten health across the World Health Organization (WHO) European Region and are linked to many noncommunicable diseases, from cardiovascular disease to diabetes…

245. PEN symposium at the European Public Health Conference

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Date: 09-11-22

The Policy Evaluation Network (PEN) will stage a pre-conference symposium at the 15th European Public Health Conference (EUPHA): "Evaluating implementation of public policy for the promotion of…

246. Dr. Achim Reineke receives prize of the DGEpi

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Date: 01-11-22

Happy about the award: Dr. Achim Reineke

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.

247. [BIPS Project] Boosting the usability of the European Union mobile app for cancer prevention

URL: /en/research/projects/detail-view.html?projID=1003&cHash=674f422b21c3b7a83a090bfef1c5d660
Date: 01-11-22

Description: The International Agency for Research on Cancer/World Health Organization forecasts a 55 percent increase in the annual number of newly diagnosed cancer patients globally over the next…

248. PREVENTING OBESITY ACROSS EUROPE: A CALL TO ACTION

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Date: 20-10-22

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

249. Birth control pill: new preparations have higher risk of thrombosis, but are prescribed frequently

URL: /en/media/press/single-view/anti-baby-pille-neue-praeparate-haben-hoeheres-thrombose-risiko-werden-aber-haeufig-verschrieben.html
Date: 12-10-22

The birth control pill increases the risk of thrombosis. This is now well known. But how high the risk is varies greatly between the different preparations. A study by the Leibniz Institute for…

250. [BIPS Project] Prenatal and childhood immunization and the risk of childhood cancer

URL: /en/research/projects/detail-view.html?projID=929&cHash=5c5d02187aab30716f818fc2224b4c82
Date: 01-10-22

Risk factors for most childhood cancers are unknown. Currently, there are some protective factors acting via immunological pathways, like infections and particularly vaccinations, under discussion.…