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
Multi-strategy intervention for promoting bicycle mobility, health, and sustainability in the context of existing city development in Düsseldorf (UNITY) (info)
Revision of the Federal Environment Agency Air Quality Index regarding the WHO Air Quality Guideline 2021 (Info)
Ambient air pollution-related burden of disease in Germany resulting from coal combustion in power plants (BoD Coal UBA) (Info)
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)
Effects of Low-Level Air Pollution: A Study in Europe (ELAPSE) (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)
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)
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
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)