AG Umweltepidemiologie / Environmental Epidemiology
Our mission is to identify harmful exposures for human health in the environment and to contribute to prevention of environmentally-related disease. We do so by conducting epidemiological studies of short- and long-term effects and translate these findings to policy makers and the public. Our main focus is on cardio-metabolic disease, respiratory disease and mental health. We are part of several large national and international consortia.
Aktuelle Projekte - Current Projects
Klimawandel und Gesundheit - Climate Change and health
- Multi-strategy intervention for promoting bicycle mobility, health, and sustainability in the context of existing city development in Düsseldorf (UNITY) (info)
- Hitzeaktionspläne im deutschsprachigen Raum - Inhalte und Evaluationen (info)
Luftverschmutzung und Gesundheit - Air pollution and health
- Revision of the Federal Environment Agency Air Quality Index regarding the WHO Air Quality Guideline 2021 (Info)
- Effects of Low-Level Air Pollution: A Study in Europe (ELAPSE) (Info)
- Traffic-related air pollution and noise as potential risk factors in the development of obesity and cardiometabolic disease – A collaboration with the LEAD Study (LEAD Study) (Info)
- Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Selected Health Effects of Long-Term Exposure to Traffic-Related Air Pollution (Traffic Review) (Info)
Ultrafeinstaub und Gesundheit - Ultrafine particles and health
- The Berlin-Brandenburg Air Study – a natural experiment investigating health effects from changes in airport-related exposures (BEAR Study) (Info)
- Longitudinal assessment of acute pulmonary, cardiolovascular and hematologic effects of fine and ultrafine particles under real world conditions (CorPuScula) (Info)
- Neurocognition and 1000BRAINS Study (Info)
- The Design of a Pilot Study on the Health Effects of Ultrafine Particles Konzeption und Pilotieren einer Gesunheitsstudie zu ultrafeinen Partikeln (KoPilot) (Info)
- Ultrafine Particles and Cause-Specific Mortality in the Ruhr Area (UFP and Mortality) (Info)
- Research Infrastructures Services Reinforcing Air Quality Monitoring Capacities in European Urban & Industrial AreaS (RI-URBANS) (Info)
Ausgewählte abgeschlossene Projekte - Selected completed Projects
- Ambient air pollution-related burden of disease in Germany resulting from coal combustion in power plants (BoD Coal UBA) (Info)
- Source-specific air pollution effects on inflammation, cardiovascular risk factors and cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events (AIRFLAMM) (Info)
- Chronic exposure to particulate air pollution and progression of subclinical atherosclerosis (AIRCIMT) (Info)
- Effects of ultrafine Particles from Indoor Activities (EPIA) (info)
- Environment and Sleep (Info)
- European Study of Cohorts on Air Pollution Effects (ESCAPE) and TRANSPHORM (Info)
- Health Effects of Ultrafine Particles – Systematic Literature Research of Epidemiologic Studies and its Transferability to the German Context (UFP Systematic Review) (Info)
- Personal exposure during cycling and health effects (PEDAL) – a semi-controlled crossover pilot study (Info)