Institute for Urban Public Health (InUPH)
University Hospital Essen (AöR)
Postal Address: Hufelandstr. 55 | 45147 Essen
Visitor Address: Colonia Haus | Zweigertstr. 37 | 45130 Essen
Telefone: +49 (0) 201/ 723 77-225
Aktuelles
A handbook "Evaluating the impact of nature-based solutions"
A new handbook was published by the European Commission on the 5th of May. Dr. Julita Skodra contributed to several sections of the handbook and was a coordinating lead author of the Chapter 2 (Principles guiding NbS performance and impact evaluation).
COVID-19 and the Future of Our Cities
Susanne Moebus gave a presentation at the webinar "COVID-19 and the Future of Our Cities" of the German Centres for Research and Innovation New York (DWIH New York).
Statement on the COVID-19 pandemic
The statement of the "Zukunftsforum Public Health" on the COVID-19 pandemic has been published. In a statement, members of the steering Group have published recommendations for coping with the long-term consequences of the pandemic.
Institute for Urban Public Health
The 'Centre for Urban Epidemiology' (CUE) became the Institute for Urban Public Health (InUPH) on 01.05.2020. The support of the Fritz and Hildegard Berg-Stiftung has made it possible to establish the Institute, whose overarching goal is to investigate scientific questions for an evidence-based, participatory design of a health-promoting and sustainable urban Environment.
Funding
The Centre for Urban Epidemiology (CUE) was successful in the two-stage selection procedure for the Fritz und Hildegard Berg Stiftung's call "City of the Future – Healthy, sustainable metropolises: New Ways to improve the Dialogue between Science and Civil Society". The funds will be used to support the establishment of a new institute at the Medical Faculty in Essen, which will specifically address the inter- and transdisciplinary tasks for the innovative field of Urban Public Health.
KI-LiveS
CUE participates as a cooperation partner in the project "AI Lab for Distributed and Embedded Systems" (KI-LiveS). Together with several chairs of the University of Duisburg-Essen and the TU Dortmund University the topic "AI" shall be advanced in Germany.
Master's Thesis
The Centre for Urban Epidemiology offers Bachelor’s and Master’s theses in the context of various research projects. We provide individual supervision and support on various issues such as methodological questions, literature research as well as helping to acquire specialist literature. Interested students please contact: Prof. Dr. Susanne Moebus, susanne.moebus@uk-essen.de