Sustainability, Climate Justice & Health

Fahrradfahrer an der Schlachte
Fotos von Prof. Dr. Gabriele Bolte, Dr. Stefanie Dreger und Ellen Senck
Sozialepidemiologie|

Innovationcommunity Urban Health started with management project and experimental spaces

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


Das Foto zeigt eine Hausfassade in Bremen-Blumenthal mit einer Brache und einem Bauzaun davor.
Sozialepidemiologie| Epidemiologie des demographischen Wandels|

Joint project “SalusTransform” starts: Evaluation of measures for equitable health-promoting urban development

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 €


Portrait PD Dr. Guido Schmiemann
Versorgungsforschung|

PD Dr Guido Schmiemann appointed to the Climate Conscious Inhalants Action Alliance.

Guido Schmiemann from the IPP represents the German Society for General Practice and Family Medicine (DEGAM).


Tagung Forschungscluster Gesunde Stadt Bremen 2024
Sozialepidemiologie|

"Healthy City" Conference - successful networking of practice and research on November 29, 2024

This year, the Research Cluster "Healthy City Bremen" set a focus of the conference on connecting practice and research discussing the "Healthy Cities" approach from various perspectives together with experts and researchers from Bremen and Bremerhaven.


Prof. Dr. Gabriele Bolte
Sozialepidemiologie|

Prof. Dr. Gabriele Bolte elected into the ARL - Academy for Territorial Development in the Leibniz Association

Presentation at the general meeting on November 21, 2024, in Würzburg


Eine Frau mit Baby sitzt auf einem Bett in einem kleinen Raum, der Boden ist mit Wasser überflutet
Global Health|

Melanie Böckmann contributed to section on maternal and reproductive health in a changing climate in: ´10 New Climate Insights 2025:

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.


Eine Gruppe von jungen Menschen steht vor einem großen Gebäude mit der Aufschrift „Vereinte Nationen – United Nations“
Global Health|

IPP PhD researchers visited United Nations institutions and NGOs in Geneva

Last week our two PhD scholars Sudeepa Khanal and Sophie Stützle represented our department at the German Alliance for Global Health Research (GLOHRA) academy field trip to Geneva


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Sozialepidemiologie|

Heat Action Plan Bremen – Bremerhaven published

Focus on health equity based on the expertise of Prof. Dr. Gabriele Bolte


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Versorgungsforschung|

“Securing medical and health care for people without health insurance and paperless people in Bremen - a pilot project” has achieved its goals according to the evaluation!

The Senator for Health, Women and Consumer Protection presents the final report of the evaluation project of the IPP's Health Services Research Department headed by Prof. Dr. Ansgar Gerhardus


Foto von Gabriele Bolte
Sozialepidemiologie|

Promising approaches for an integrated monitoring for health-promoting urban development

Invited lecture by Gabriele Bolte in the series “City Diagnoses” of the Global Health Hub Germany


Fotos von Stefanie Dreger und Gabriele Bolte
Sozialepidemiologie|

Great success for the IPP: Innovationcommunity Urban Health selected for funding within DATIpilot of the BMBF

Stefanie Dreger and Gabriele Bolte conduct transdisciplinary research on implementation gaps in the context of environmental justice


World No Tobacco Day
Global Health|

World No Tobacco Day Award 2024 given to Raouf Alebshehy, PhD student Dept. of Global Health

PhD student awarded prestigious tobacco control award


Prof. Dr. Karin Wolf-Ostermann
Pflegewissenschaftliche Versorgungsforschung|

Healthcare system under pressure - how do we ensure quality of care? Congress of the Medical Service 2024 in Berlin with IPP participation

Together with around 400 guests, including renowned experts from politics, healthcare, associations and science, the Medical Service discussed solutions on June 6th how the legally guaranteed entitlement of insured persons to a high quality of care in medicine and nursing can be fulfilled,…


Foto von Nikita Durnev
Global Health|

A visit from Kazakhstan at IPP

Public Health research student from Kazakhstan visited the University in May 2024


Matthias Zündel, Gabriele Bolte, Stefanie Dreger, Frank Schmidt (v.l.n.r.)
Sozialepidemiologie|

Double perspectives in Bremen's city centre: art meets science

Prof Gabriele Bolte and Dr Stefanie Dreger from the Institute for Public Health and Nursing Research (IPP) at the University of Bremen give a lecture on the topic of "Health and Nature" at an event in the Paula Modersohn-Becker Museum.


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Global Health| Sozialepidemiologie|

WHO Meeting in Bonn on heat health action plans

New heat health action guidance being developed by WHO


Prof. Dr. Birte Berger-Höger
Pflegewissenschaftliche Evaluations- und Implementierungsforschung|

Better health information for migrants in oncology

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.


Prof. Dr. Melanie Böckmann
Global Health|

Appointment to the Editorial board of BMC Global and Public Health

Melanie Böckmann appointed to the Editorial board of the journal Global and Public Health


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Sozialepidemiologie|

Report on climate justice in Germany published for the first time

Prof. Dr. Gabriele Bolte investigates health equity in climate change impacts


Portrait Gabriele Bolte
Sozialepidemiologie|

Urban Epidemiology as an integrative approach for sustainable, health-promoting urban development

Prof. Gabriele Bolte presents strategies from the recently published paper at the ninth conference City of the future - healthy, sustainable metropolitan areas


Das Goldene Plietsch PD Dr. Guido Schmiemann, MPH
Versorgungsforschung|

Bremen University Foundation Award "Das Goldene Plitsch" for the guideline project on climate-conscious prescription of Inhalativa

The guideline project on climate-conscious prescribing of inhalers deals with the impact of pressurized metered dose inhalers on climate change. After an evaluation by the jury and the audience, the project was awarded the 3rd prize of 5,000€


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Sozialepidemiologie|

Co-designing Public Space: In Policy and Practice

Team from IPP's Social Epidemiology Department tests new design approaches in international project


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Sozialepidemiologie| Epidemiologie des demographischen Wandels|

New research network "SalusTransform" on health-promoting urban development started

Concept development phase for the evaluation of urban development measures in Bremen, Bochum and Wuppertal