Diabetes Epidemiology
Our team aims to improve the understanding of the development of type 2 diabetes and related chronic diseases as well as the identification of high-risk individuals in order to open new avenues for personalized prevention.
Our team aims to improve the understanding of the development of type 2 diabetes and related chronic diseases as well as the identification of high-risk individuals in order to open new avenues for personalized prevention.
About our Research
The research focus of this working group centers around the identification of novel determinants for type 2 diabetes and other major chronic diseases related to type 2 diabetes, such as cardiovascular diseases and chronic kidney disease and to investigate their interrelationship. Furthermore, we aim to assess the determinants of healthy ageing.
The research group contributes to the conduct of the Cooperative Health Research in the Region of Augsburg (KORA) and the German National Cohort (NAKO) studies, two large population-based cohort studies examining risk factors for common chronic diseases in Germany.
Members of the research group contribute to several large international consortia in the field of cardio-metabolic diseases such as MORGAM, BiomarCaRE, DIRECT and SCALLOP as well as to research within the German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD) and the German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK).
Highlight Publications
See all2021 Diabetes Care
2021 Cardiovasc Diabetol
2020 Cardiovasc Diabetol