Institute of Public Health and Nursing Research (IPP)

Prof. Karin Wolf-Ostermann (IPP) has been shortlisted for the Falling Walls Foundation’s “Science Breakthroughs of the Year” award for her research on AI in nursing.

The handover took place on 30 June 2026. Prof. Dr. Ingrid Darmann-Finck of the IPP, Chair of the Expert Commission, explained at the BMBFSFJ how the Commission translated the new occupational profile into the framework curriculum.

Player protection measures in online gambling are still insufficient. This is the conclusion of a study conducted by the Institute of Public Health and Nursing Research (IPP), University of Bremen, and the Institute for Interdisciplinary Addiction and Drug Research (ISD).

Researchers from the IPP organised a symposium at the 23rd IAGG in Amsterdam and presented papers and a poster on care settings for people with dementia and on the role of hearing-assistance technologies in the social well-being of people requiring care and support.

Prof. Karin Wolf-Ostermann gave a keynote speech on the oppor-tunities, challenges and future directions of AI in nursing, whilst Dr Mena presented the latest findings from the SAVE & SAFE rese-arch project on AI-supported fall prevention at the accompanying symposium.

The Public Health Ethics Working Group (AEM/DGPH) held the workshop Methods in Public Health Ethics. Part 1: Case Discussions at LMU Munich on 3–4 July 2026. The workshop explored methodological challenges in case-based approaches and marked the beginning of a new workshop series.

Kick-off Meeting at the Institute of Public Health and Nursing Research, Department of Social Epidemiology, to Foster Networking within the InnovationsCommunity Urban Health (ICUH) in the State of Bremen

Dr. Fabienne Pradella attended the UN Climate Conference SB64 in Bonn as an Observer for the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology. Her participation focused on the links between climate, health and social inequalities.

The Department Healthcare Research, headed by Prof. Ka-rin Wolf-Ostermann, hosted visiting researcher Sena Okten from Doğuş and Marmara University in Istanbul as part of the Erasmus Staff Mobility Programme.