Allergic Disease Epidemiology
We investigate the longitudinal development of common chronic diseases, focusing on allergic diseases, such as asthma, allergic rhinitis and atopic dermatitis. In this context, we examine the roles of environmental and life-style factors, genetic markers, and metabolic processes.
We investigate the longitudinal development of common chronic diseases, focusing on allergic diseases, such as asthma, allergic rhinitis and atopic dermatitis. In this context, we examine the roles of environmental and life-style factors, genetic markers, and metabolic processes.
About our Research
The research group Allergic Disease Epidemiology aims to investigate how our environment and life-style play a role in the onset and progression of common chronic health problems, with a focus on allergic diseases.
We apply epidemiological statistical modelling techniques to understand the complex interplay of environmental and life-style factors with metabolic and immunological processes, and further, to determine whether their associations with chronic diseases are caused or modified by genetic variants.
The group uses data from questionnaires and biosamples collected in two ongoing birth cohort studies (GINIplus and LISA). These data, covering the period from birth to young adulthood, can be combined with information collected in the adult KORA study, allowing for a life-course approach.
Highlight Publications
See all2022 Allergy doi/10.1111/all.15511
2022 Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol doi.org/10.1007/s00127-022-02267-1
2022 Biomolecules DOI: 10.3390/biom12101333
Association of Maternal Diet during Pregnancy and Metabolite Profile in Cord Blood
2022 Allergy Doi:10.1111/all.15315
2021 Allergy DOI: 10.1111/all.14709
Long-term effects of hydrolyzed formulae on atopic diseases in the GINI study
2021 Sci Total Environ Doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.143006
2018 Nat Genet Doi:10.1038/s41588-018-0157-1
2015 Nat Genet Doi:10.1038/ng.3424