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Social Epidemiology
Contact
Head of Department:
Prof. Dr. Gabriele Bolte
Phone +49 421 218-68820
Assistance:
Christina Müller
Phone +49 421 218-68821
Grazer Street 4
28359 Bremen
Welcome to the website of the Department of Social Epidemiology at the Institute of Public Health and Nursing Research.
Establishing Health Equity in All Policies is the mission of our research. As an interdisciplinary team, we combine social and environmental epidemiological concepts and methods from a public health perspective in our research.
Research Focuses
- Urban Health
- Environmental Justice—Equal opportunities in the context of environmental health
- Sex/Gender-Sensitive Public Health Research and Epidemiology
- Equity impact of public health interventions
For more information about our research focuses click here.
WHO Collaborating Centre for Environmental Health Inequalities
The Department of Social Epidemiology of the IPP has been designated as the WHO Collaborating Centre for Environmental Health Inequalities in May 2019. As WHO Collaborating Centre we assist WHO with our expertise in the research field of social inequalities in environment and health.
Further information on the activities of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Environmental Health Inequalities can be found here.
Teaching
We offer several seminars, courses and lectures within the degree programs Public Health/Health Sciences (BA and MA) and Epidemiology (MSc) as well as in the area of comprehensive courses (General Studies) at the Faculty Human and Health Sciences.
We supervise Bachelor’s and Master’s theses as well as dissertations primarily in the fields of our research focuses.
It is possible to carry out the period of practical training in Public Health (BA) with a focus on epidemiology at our institute.
News
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WHO Meeting in Bonn on heat health action plans
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Digital population-based health in Germany: An edition of the Bundesgesundheitsblatt highlights future potential
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Report on climate justice in Germany published for the first time
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Urban Epidemiology as an integrative approach for sustainable, health-promoting urban development
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20th issue of IPP-Info newly published - Launch of our new online reader survey
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Co-designing Public Space: In Policy and Practice
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