IT, Data Management and Medical Documentation Unit

The unit in its current form exists since 1993. It provides support to all departments and working groups in the fields of study design, programming, data management, data assessment, documentation and further IT issues. The members with their different skills are involved in nearly all studies and all study phases, from planning and design through to data analysis and documentation. The unit works interdepartmentally. Services are also available for working groups and partners outside the institute.

Besides supporting ongoing studies, the unit develops tools for the implementation of studies and surveys. A set of routines and procedures for data management, questionnaires for computer-assisted interviewing and a study management system to operate and supervise data assessment have been programmed and are constantly improved. These tools are also employed outside the institute in multicentric, international studies.

Furthermore, the unit has to maintain and administrate data and to harness data to evaluations, to guarantee professional data entry and to secure an effective IT infrastructure for the institute.

All necessary qualifications and skills merge and are enhanced in this unit. The long-standing experienced staff is familiar with the whole range of epidemiological studies.

Main tasks

  • Study support

    • IT-technical counseling for planning and carrying out studies
    • Translating questionnaires into entry masks and rules
    • Design and compilation of databases for the administration of study data
    • Construction of plausibility programs / Quality control
    • Data preparation for interim and final analyses
    • Realisation of basic counting
    • Organisation and realisation of data entry
    • Coding of different medical variables such as: diagnosis coding (ICD 9 and 10); Tumour localisation and histology findings (ICDO 2 and 3); TNM-classification (5 and 6)

  • Program development

    • Developing assessment tools for computer assisted interviews
    • Compiling programs and tools for study management

  • Supplying infrastructure

    • Design, installation and administration of the IT system
    • Supervising the IT infrastructure
    • Support and training for users
    • Maintenance, administration and activation of the institute's databases
    • Supplying data for secondary analyses
    • Supervision of trainees and students working on their diploma or PhD thesis

Staff

Boekhoff, Svenja
Tel.: +49 (0)421 218-56978
boekhoff(at)leibniz-bips.de

Boye, Friedrich
Tel.: +49 (0)421 218-56967
Fax: +49 (0)421 218-56941
boye(at)leibniz-bips.de

Brünings-Kuppe, Claudia
Tel.: +49 (0)421 218-56975
Fax: +49 (0)421 218-56941
bruening(at)leibniz-bips.de

Cici, Selim
Tel.: +49 (0)421 218-56976
Fax: +49 (0)421 218-56941
cici(at)leibniz-bips.de

Desai, Krishna
desai(at)leibniz-bips.de

Engelke, Tjark
Tel.: +49 (0)421 218-56793
engelke(at)leibniz-bips.de

Gadczikowske, Yvonne
Tel.: +49 (0)421 218-56889
Fax: +49 (0)421 218-56941
gadczikowske(at)leibniz-bips.de

Gesche, Stephan
Tel.: +49 (0)421 218-56958
Fax: +49 (0)421 218-56941
gesche(at)leibniz-bips.de

Hackbarth, Jan
Tel.: +49 (0)421 218-56898
Fax: +49 (0)421 218-56941
hackbarth(at)leibniz-bips.de

Höpner, Anna
Tel.: +49 (0)421 218-56969
Fax: +49 (0)421 218-56941
hoepner(at)leibniz-bips.de

Hummel-Bartenschlager, Willempje
Tel.: +49 (0)421 218-56979
Fax: +49 (0)421 218-56941
hummel(at)leibniz-bips.de

Israel-Georgii, Sandra
Tel.: +49 (0)421 218-56976
Fax: +49 (0)421 218-56941
georgii(at)leibniz-bips.de

Janisch-Fabian, Stefan
Tel.: +49 (0)421 218-56968
Fax: +49 (0)421 218-56941
janisch(at)leibniz-bips.de

Kutz, Dennis
Tel.: +49 (0)421 218-56959
Fax: +49 (0)421 218-56941
kutz(at)leibniz-bips.de

Lehmann, Carola
Tel.: +49 (0)421 218-56963
Fax: +49 (0)421 218-56941
lehmann(at)leibniz-bips.de

Lünzmann, Hauke
Tel.: +49 (0)421 218-56973
Fax: +49 (0)421 218-56941
luenz(at)leibniz-bips.de

Preyer-Reupsch, Stephanie
Tel.: +49 (0)421 218-56977
Fax: +49 (0)421 218-56941
reupsch(at)leibniz-bips.de

Prote, Ursel
Tel.: +49 (0)421 218-56974
Fax: +49 (0)421 218-56941
prote(at)leibniz-bips.de

Reineke, Achim, Dr.
Tel.: +49 (0)421 218-56966
Fax: +49 (0)421 218-56941
areineke(at)leibniz-bips.de

Renz, Fabian
Tel.: +49 (0)421 218-56971
Fax: +49 (0)421 218-56941
renz(at)leibniz-bips.de

Seifert, Bastian
Tel.: +49 (0)421 218-56927
Fax: +49 (0)421 218-56941
seifert(at)leibniz-bips.de

Siafaka, Rebekka
Tel.: +49 (0)421 218-56795
siafaka(at)leibniz-bips.de

Voß, Sönke Knut
Tel.: +49 (0)421 218-56960
Fax: +49 (0)421 218-56941
voss(at)leibniz-bips.de

Wolter, Birgit
Tel.: +49 (0)421 218-56972
Fax: +49 (0)421 218-56941
wolter(at)leibniz-bips.de

Wulf, Thore
Tel.: +49 (0)421 218-56949
Fax: +49 (0)421 218-56941
wulf(at)leibniz-bips.de

Zaja, Marcus
Tel.: +49 (0)421 218-56985
Fax: +49 (0)421 218-56941
zaja(at)leibniz-bips.de