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81. Health in Germany: high spending, poor results – a new analysis reveals the problem

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Date: 04-03-25

A middle-aged man stands leaning against a wall in front of a window.

Germany spends billions on its healthcare system – yet the results lag behind those of many European neighbors. Why is that? A new analysis of health policy highlights systematic weaknesses and…

82. Epidemiological Methods and Etiological Research

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Date: 28-02-25

Research Infrastructures BIPS BioBank German National Cohort Cross-departmental working groups Working Group Physical Activity Research Krasimira Aleksandrova Deputy Head of Department …

83. Podcasts

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Date: 20-02-25

Podcasts

84. Webinar Meet-the-Data@ Gesundheitsforschung: Portal for Medical Research Data (FDPG)

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Date: 12-02-25

In the Meet-the-Data@ Gesundheitsforschung: webinar series by NFDI4Health & BIH QUEST, leading research institutes present their valuable datasets from various fields of health sciences.

85. Long-term improvement in child and maternal health through home visiting programs

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Date: 05-02-25

Home visiting programs provide long-term protection, as shown in a recent publication by the Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology – BIPS. One particular form of care proved to…

86. [BIPS Project] Elevated polygenic cancer risk scores in a German population sample: prevalence, risk factors and attitudes towards risk-adapted screening (NACOP)

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Date: 01-02-25

The increasing availability of tools for cancer risk prediction, such as polygenic risk scores (PRS) combined with other factors, opens up promising avenues for risk-adapted cancer screening. The…

87. NFDI4Health Open Friday Lecture on Synthetic Data

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Date: 31-01-25

NFDI4Health will open its Friday Lecture on 31 January 2025 on the topic of "Synthetic Data in Health Research". Holger Fröhlich and Fabian Prasser, will present synthetic data as a tool to overcome…

88. Clinical Epidemiology

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Date: 30-01-25

Research infrastructures GePaRD Bremen Cancer Registry Bremen Mortality Index Ulrike Haug Head of Department (Deputy Scientific Director) Contact: Prof. Dr. Ulrike Haug Tel: +49…

89. Prevention and Evaluation

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Date: 30-01-25

Office Melody Schiek Tel.: +49 (0)421 218-56885 Sek_Prev@leibniz-bips.de Daniela Fuhr Deputy Head of Department (Head of Research Group) Contact: Prof. Dr. Daniela Fuhr Tel +49 (0)421…

90. Soaking up the sun for science

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Date: 29-01-25

The new photovoltaic system on the roof supplies BIPS with green electricity.

BIPS is going green: With its new photovoltaic system, the institute is now producing its own electricity – and making an important contribution to climate protection.