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Three Department of Global Health members, Sophie Unterkircher, Anil Fastenau, and Matthew Willis, collaborated on a new Lancet Global Health study analyzing over 40 years of leprosy routine data in Pakistan.

In her keynote, Prof. Dr. Gabriele Bolte, head of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Environmental Health Inequalities at the Institute of Public Health and Nursing Research, highlights the significance of social inequalities in the context of climate change and health

Adequately capturing sex/gender diversity remains a challenge in health research. The DIVERGesTOOL toolbox aims to support researchers and is currently being disseminated through teaching, lectures, and workshops.

In the Europe-wide SHIFT2HEALTH study, the team from the IPP's Health Services Research department is investigating the health of shift workers and non-shift workers in the healthcare sector

At the EDCTP Forum, Anil Fastenau presented the session "Stopping Leprosy Transmission", highlighting how integrating leprosy interventions into broader skin NTD strategies can improve early detection and support long-term disease management.

The Erasmus cooperation between the IPP's Department of Health Care Research and Akdeniz University will be further promoted and enriched by the visit of health care researchers on July, 2nd, 2025.

This question was addressed in an interdisciplinary workshop as part of the DivO-Inform project funded by the German Cancer Aid, organised by the Department of Nursing Evaluation and Implementation Research at the IPP of the University of Bremen, among others.

Prof Dr Karin Wolf-Ostermann from IPP took part in the Capital Congress on Medicine and Health in Berlin and gave a lecture.

The Care Innovation Centre (PIZ), coordinated by OFFIS e.V., hosted the first ¡®Salongespr?ch zur Zukunft der Pflege¡¯ on 12 June 2025 in the Innovationsquartier Oldenburg.

The transfer project InnovationsCommunity Urban Health has launched its first Call for Ideas on the topic of heat-adapted urban development. The initiative is seeking creative and practicable project ideas.

Ensuring the quality of doctorates, providing doctoral candidates with targeted support, offering them a good framework for their doctorate: these are some of the goals that the structured doctoral programme in Health Sciences will be pursuing from 1 October 2025.

On June 6th 2025, members of GLOHRA discussed how scientific findings could be conveyed to policymakers and the public at the 'Storytelling in Science-Policy Transfer' community roundtable event in Berlin.

The 4th International Conference of the German Society for Nursing Science (DGP) in Berlin provided an opportunity to discuss the latest research findings and innovative practical examples and to form potential collaborations.

In a Europe-wide study, the team from the IPP's Health Services Research Department is analysing the health of shift workers and non-shift workers in the healthcare sector

Bremen nursing scientist appointed to important committee for nursing science research

Prof Dr Ansgar Gerhardus from IPP explains the framework developed by his team for testing digital health applications in the podcast by Health Sciences Bremen

The event bridged the gap between the latest technological developments and their practical applications with the aim of optimising care.

The WHO concluded its second global meeting on skin-related neglected tropical diseases (skin NTDs) last week with an urgent call for more integrated approaches and intensified partnerships to achieve the goals of the NTD Roadmap 2030.

In her contributions, the Bremen health scientist spoke on the topics of environmental justice and climate adaptation strategies, in particular heat action plans, and their significance for the living conditions of people affected by poverty

Benjamin Sch¨¹z shows how relevant prevention and health promotion are in view of the current challenges in the healthcare system. A contribution to the Health Briefing series, a joint production of the Health Sciences Research Centre and BIPS

The platform is a network of experts in the field of artificial intelligence (AI). The almost 200 members from science, business and society work in working groups to develop positions on the opportunities and challenges of AI and identify options for action

Bremen health scientists publish health policy article in the Lancet

Conference of the "Future of Care" cluster - experts and representatives of the professional world meet to exchange ideas on the latest developments and the status of digitalization/technological advances in the care and healthcare sector

Prof. Dr. Gabriele Bolte, Dr. Stefanie Dreger and Ellen Senck conduct transdisciplinary research on implementation gaps in the context of environmental justice

Prof. Dr Karin Wolf-Ostermann from IPP at the University of Bremen and the ProKIP team organised the final meeting of the BMBF funding measure ¡®Making repositories and AI systems usable in everyday care¡¯ (KIP)

PD Dr Guido Schmiemann in an interview with Spiegel on the various treatment methods for urinary tract infections

Students develop solutions for practice: the Bremen Public Health degree programme combines research, teaching and transfer in three-semester research projects.

Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) promotes innovative interdisciplinary research of Prof. Gabriele Bolte and Prof. Karin Bammann at the IPP with 900.000 €

Prof. Dr. Karin Wolf-Ostermann (IPP/University of Bremen) organised a symposium on Academic-Practice Partnerships in Long-Term Care at GSA 2024 and presented TCALL.

IPP scientists present their research findings on the importance of social participation for people with dementia at an international annual conference and symposium in Seattle

The report ¡°10 New Insights in Climate Science¡± shows the threatening consequences of climate change: rising temperatures are endangering oceans, the Amazon rainforest and maternal health worldwide. Researchers call for decisive action.

New heat health action guidance being developed by WHO

Christopher Jones receives an early career research award from the Division of Health Psychology in the German Psychological Society

People with a migration history often face barrieres when they when seeking trustworthy information about their cancer treatment. To develop improved health information resources for this population, the IPP and the University Medical Centre Halle are working together on the 'DivO-Inform' project.

Melanie B?ckmann appointed to the Editorial board of the journal Global and Public Health

The Department is growing!

Prof. Dr. Karin Wolf-Ostermann and Janissa Altona from IPP at the University of Bremen presented findings from their research projects on dementia-friendly neighbourhoods at the annual meeting of the Gerontological Association of America.

In focus: Gender and intersectionality in health science research

Prof. Dr. Ingrid Darmann-Finck from the Institute of Public Health and Nursing Research at the University of Bremen was Deputy Chairwoman for five years

Workshop "Global Health - The Importance of Health Worldwide" for Bremen School Students