Occupational and Environmental Medicine
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Key themes in this research group
The research of Occupational Medicine, Social Medicine and Public Health is dedicated to the prevention of diseases with a wide range of scientific methods (qualitative surveys as well as analytical case control studies and control studies as well as cluster randomized RCTs). The focus is on common diseases relevant to public health: musculoskeletal disorders, cardiovascular diseases, cancers and mental illness. In addition to etiological research, health services research - especially health services research in a professional context - is also of particular importance: the professional setting offersa an important starting point for disease prevention and health promotion for broad sections of the population. However, there are still substantial gaps in knowledge regarding the actual effectiveness of concrete preventive measures in the professional context.
Last but not least, the social understanding of "work" is currently undergoing rapid change. The keywords here are flexibilization, precarization, work intensification, activation and dissolution of boundaries. We ask ourselves what kind of preventive medicine and public health-related or social concepts this change requires.
The results of our research activities can be found in the publications of RS1.
Group leader
© Stephan Wiegand
Institute Director
NameProf. Dr. med. Andreas Seidler MPH
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Scientists
© Michael Kretzschmar
Scientist
NameDr. rer. medic. Alice Freiberg MPH
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© Stephan Wiegand
Scientist
NameDr. rer. biol. hum. Janice Hegewald M.Sc.
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© Stephan Wiegand
Scientist
NameDipl.-Ing. Karsten Rossa
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© Michael Kretzschmar
Scientist, Research Coordinator
NameLea Scheuvens M.Sc.
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© Stephan Wiegand
Scientist, Study Coordinator MPH
NameDr. rer. medic. Maria Girbig M.Sc.
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© Stephan Wiegand
Scientist
NameDr. rer. nat. Melanie Schubert
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© Bolm-Audorff, Ulrich
Scientist
NameProf. Dr. med. Ulrich Bolm-Audorff
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Further staff
© Katrin Liesk
Nurse
NameKatrin Liesk-Biskop
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Selected research projects
- Stigmatization in association with SARS-CoV-2 in the working world: rapid scoping review and interview study (in cooperation with the Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (BAuA) and the University of Health in Bochum)
- TUDo! - Need-oriented and target group-specific prevention of psychological stress and strain in study and university life
- Healthy work in pioneering industries (GAP Project). Development of a self-learning, network-coordinated safeguard system on occupational health and safety for small and medium-sized enterprises in technology networks
- NORAH (Noise Related Annoyance, Cognition and Health): aircraft noise study in the Rhine-Main region, module 2 "Health": secondary data-based case control study (submodule 1) with detailed individual survey (submodule 2)
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Practical learning venue: nursing care. Guide to a demography-based nursing practice (DemoPrax)