Head of KORA Study Coordination
Dr. Birgit Linkohr
“The population-based KORA Cohort provides high quality health data in adults over 35 years for research on chronic diseases.”
Academic career and research areas
Birgit Linkohr coordinates the KORA study fieldwork and leads the research data management with the KORA study PI Prof. Dr. Annette Peters and the study physician Dr. Margit Heier. Her focus is on the collection and provision of high-quality data and metadata as well as support in collaborating with KORA.
Birgit Linkohr started out in clinical research in the Pharma Industry before joining the Institute of Epidemiology in 2009. She coordinated the BMBF-funded KORA-Age project on Health in Old Age from 2009 to 2014. In 2015, she took on the coordination of KORA Cohort and the Research Data Management. Since 2018 she is involved in the StMPG-funded DigiMed Bayern project and various smaller third-party funded projects.
She works on the implementation of the FAIR criteria to the long-established KORA study for longitudinal and multi-omics analyses as well as for participation in national and international research consortia. Additionally, she is interested in projects looking at changes in risk factors in the KORA Cohort over time.
Fields of Work and Expertise
Cohort Studies Research Data Management Data Protection in Epidemiological Studies Study Coordination Research Management
Professional Background
KORA.PASST - use and access platform at Helmholtz Munich
KORA study coordination at Helmholtz Munich
Study Coordination KORA-Age Project on Health in Old Age at Helmholtz Munich
