European initiatives: HELENA and IDEFICS study
Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Wolfgang Ahrens
Academic career
[2000]
Post-doctoral thesis (habilitation) with attainment of the Venia Legendi in Epidemiology and
Public Health and assistant professorship at the University Bremen
[1996]
Dissertation (Dr. rer. nat.) at the University Bremen
[1985]
Diploma (MSc) in human biology
Professional career
[2007 - today]
Deputy director of the Bremen Institute for Prevention Research and Social Medicine (BIPS) [2003 - today]
Professor for Epidemiologic Methods at the University Bremen (W3), head of the Division
Epidemiological Methods and Etiologic Research (BIPS)
[1998 - 2003]
Head of Cross-sectional Division Epidemiological Methods and Field Work (BIPS)
[1995 - 1998]
Head of Task Force Epidemiology, Institute for Medical Informatics, Biometry and
Epidemiology, University Clinics Essen
[1985 - 1995]
Epidemiologist at the Bremen Institute for Prevention Research and Social Medicine (BIPS),
leader of various epidemiological research projects with focus on occupational and
environmental causes of cancer
Memberships:
International Epidemiological Association (IEA)
Society for Epidemiologic Research (SER)
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Medizinische Informatik, Biometrie und Epidemiologie (GMDS)
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Epidemiologie (DGEpi)
Personal
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