Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Wolfgang AHRENS Projektkoordinator, IDEFICS - Studie zu ernährungs- und lebensstilbedingten Erkrankungen bei Kindern; Stv. Direktor, BIPS - Institut für Epidemiologie und Präventionsforschung GmbH, Bremen
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| 1985 | Diploma in Human Biology, University Bremen. |
| 1985-1994 | Research fellow in epidemiology of work- and environment-related cancer, Bremen Institute for Prevention Research and Social Medicine, Bremen. |
| 1995-1998 | Head of the working group Epidemiology at the Institute for Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology, University Clinic Essen. |
| 1997 | PhD on "Retrospective assessment of occupational exposure in epidemiological case- control studies", University Bremen. |
| 1998-2003 | Head of the division Epidemiological Methods and Field Work, remen Institute for Prevention Research and Social Medicine, Bremen. |
| 2000-2003 | Assistant Professor for Epidemiology and Public Health, University Bremen. |
| since 2003 | W3-professorship for Epidemiological Methods at Bremen University. |
| since 2004 | Deputy Director of BIPS Institute for Epidemiology and Prevention Research GmbH, Bremen and head of the Dept. Epidemiological Methods and Etiologic Research. |
| A key focus of research are the causes of lifestyle diseases as well as their primary prevention and the scientific evaluation of intervention measures. He is currently coordinating the largest | |
| Europe-wide intervention study on overweight, obesity and other disorders in children conditioned by nutrition, lifestyle and social factors (www.idefics.eu) and a subsequent prospective cohort | |
| study on lifestyle, diet and exercise in children, adolescents and their parents (I. Family). |
Mitgliedschaften
| Deutsche Gesellschaft für Epidemiologie (DGEpi) | |
| Deutsche Adipositasgesellschaft (DAG) | |
| International Epidemiological Association (IEA) | |
| European childhood Obesity Groupp (ECOG) |
Publikationen
| Moreno, Luis A.; Pigeot, Iris; Ahrens, Wolfgang (eds) (2011). Epidemiology of obesity in children and adolescents - Prevalence and etiology. New York: Springer. | |
| Ahrens, Wolfgang; Bammann, Karin; Siani, Alfonso; Buchecker, Kirsten; De Henauw, Stefaan; Iacoviello, Licia; Hebestreit, Antje; Krogh, Vittorio; Lissner, Lauren; Marild, Staffan; Molnar, Dénes; Moreno, Luis A.; Pitsiladis, Yannis; Reisch, Lucia A.; Tornaritis, Michael; Veidebaum, Toomas; Pigeot, Iris; on behalf of the IDEFICS consortium (2011). The IDEFICS cohort: Design, characteristics and participation in the baseline survey. International Journal of Obesity, 35 (Suppl.1):S3 - S15. | |
| Pigeot, Iris; De Henauw, Stefaan; Foraita, Ronja; Jahn, Ingeborg; Ahrens, Wolfgang (2010). Primary prevention from the epidemiology perspective: Three examples from the practice. BMC Medical Research Methodology, 10:10. | |
| Hense, Sabrina; Pohlabeln, Hermann; De Henauw, Stefaan; Eiben, Gabriele; Molnar, Dénes; Moreno, Luis A.; Barba, Gianvincenzo; Hadjigeorgiou, Charalampos; Veidebaum, Toomas; Ahrens, Wolfgang (2011). Sleep duration and overweight in European children - Is the association modified by geographic region? Sleep, 37 (7):885 - 890. |
