Sustainability, Climate Justice & Health

In her keynote, Prof. Dr. Gabriele Bolte, head of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Environmental Health Inequalities at the Institute of Public Health and Nursing Research, highlights the significance of social inequalities in the context of climate change and health

The transfer project InnovationsCommunity Urban Health has launched its first Call for Ideas on the topic of heat-adapted urban development. The initiative is seeking creative and practicable project ideas.

In her contributions, the Bremen health scientist spoke on the topics of environmental justice and climate adaptation strategies, in particular heat action plans, and their significance for the living conditions of people affected by poverty

Prof. Dr. Gabriele Bolte, Dr. Stefanie Dreger and Ellen Senck conduct transdisciplinary research on implementation gaps in the context of environmental justice

Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) promotes innovative interdisciplinary research of Prof. Gabriele Bolte and Prof. Karin Bammann at the IPP with 900.000 €

Guido Schmiemann from the IPP represents the German Society for General Practice and Family Medicine (DEGAM).

This year, the Research Cluster "Healthy City Bremen" set a focus of the conference on connecting practice and research discussing the "Healthy Cities" approach from various perspectives together with experts and researchers from Bremen and Bremerhaven.

Presentation at the general meeting on November 21, 2024, in W¨¹rzburg

The report ¡°10 New Insights in Climate Science¡± shows the threatening consequences of climate change: rising temperatures are endangering oceans, the Amazon rainforest and maternal health worldwide. Researchers call for decisive action.

Last week our two PhD scholars Sudeepa Khanal and Sophie St¨¹tzle represented our department at the German Alliance for Global Health Research (GLOHRA) academy field trip to Geneva

Focus on health equity based on the expertise of Prof. Dr. Gabriele Bolte

The Senator for Health, Women and Consumer Protection presents the final report of the evaluation project of the IPP's Health Services Research Department headed by Prof. Dr. Ansgar Gerhardus

Invited lecture by Gabriele Bolte in the series ¡°City Diagnoses¡± of the Global Health Hub Germany

Stefanie Dreger and Gabriele Bolte conduct transdisciplinary research on implementation gaps in the context of environmental justice

PhD student awarded prestigious tobacco control award

Together with around 400 guests, including renowned experts from politics, healthcare, associations and science, the Medical Service discussed solutions on June 6th how the legally guaranteed entitlement of insured persons to a high quality of care in medicine and nursing can be fulfilled,…

Public Health research student from Kazakhstan visited the University in May 2024

Prof Gabriele Bolte and Dr Stefanie Dreger from the Institute for Public Health and Nursing Research (IPP) at the University of Bremen give a lecture on the topic of "Health and Nature" at an event in the Paula Modersohn-Becker Museum.

New heat health action guidance being developed by WHO

People with a migration history often face barrieres when they when seeking trustworthy information about their cancer treatment. To develop improved health information resources for this population, the IPP and the University Medical Centre Halle are working together on the 'DivO-Inform' project.

Melanie B?ckmann appointed to the Editorial board of the journal Global and Public Health

Prof. Dr. Gabriele Bolte investigates health equity in climate change impacts

Prof. Gabriele Bolte presents strategies from the recently published paper at the ninth conference City of the future - healthy, sustainable metropolitan areas

The guideline project on climate-conscious prescribing of inhalers deals with the impact of pressurized metered dose inhalers on climate change. After an evaluation by the jury and the audience, the project was awarded the 3rd prize of 5,000€

Team from IPP's Social Epidemiology Department tests new design approaches in international project

Concept development phase for the evaluation of urban development measures in Bremen, Bochum and Wuppertal