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
Associations between Cardiovascular Morbidity and Mortality and the Exposures to and Emissions of Traffic Related Air Pollution: A Systematic Review of the Literature (Info)
Ambient air pollution-related burden of disease in Germany resulting from coal combustion in power plants (Info)
The Berlin-Brandenburg Air Study – a natural experiment investigating health effects from changes in airport-related exposures (BEAR Study) (Info)
Effects of Low-Level Air Pollution: A Study in Europe (ELAPSE) (Info)
Neurocognition and 1000BRAINS Study (Info)
Personal exposure during cycling and health effects (PEDAL) – a semi-controlled crossover pilot study (Info)
Source-specific air pollution effects on inflammation, cardiovascular risk factors and cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events (AIRFLAMM) (Info)
Ultrafine Particles and Cause-Specific Mortality in the Ruhr Area (Info)
Environment and Sleep (Info)
Abgeschlossene Projekte - Completed Projects
Chronic exposure to particulate air pollution and progression of subclinical atherosclerosis (AIRCIMT) (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)