Epidemiology focuses on research concerning causes of diseases and their advancement within the framework of large observational studies.

Our epidemiological research focuses on:

• Social Epidemiology - Migration Research
• Epidemiology of Stroke, Multiple sclerosis, Breast cancer and other diseases as part of cohort studies
• Statistical Methods in Epidemiology
• Health Monitoring in Developing Countries
• Development of Epidemiological Methods
• NAKO Health Study
• BMBF (Federal Ministry of Education and Research) Project PERGOLA2 (German)