He also heads the Department of Epidemiological Methods and Etiological Research at the Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology – BIPS.
Professor Stopsack researches how diseases develop and can be prevented. His focus is on prostate cancer, precancerous stages, and risk factors that influence the risk of chronic diseases and is particularly interested in how lifestyle, diet, and environment interact with genetic and molecular mechanisms. With innovative analysis methods and the further development of epidemiological study methods, he contributes to the realization of precise data collection and high-quality analyses in cohort studies such as the NAKO health study.

Stopsack shares his enthusiasm for epidemiology in his teaching. He sees the education of the next generation of scientists as a central task and teaches the basics of epidemiology and its application in his classes. He wants to show students what a special environment Bremen offers for the subject: “The University of Bremen and BIPS offer expertise that makes it possible to advance prevention research holistically – from data collection to implementation research,” explains Stopsack.

With a medical degree from Freiburg, a master's degree in biostatistics and epidemiology from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and stints at the Mayo Clinic and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Stopsack has extensive international experience. He is now looking forward to anchoring internationally recognized epidemiology in Bremen for the long term and developing it further with students and researchers.