Organisational unit , 16/06/2025

Research conducted within ZKI-PH 1 “AI-Fundamentals” focuses on the strategic development of novel AI technologies for public health applications. This will include designing fundamental AI methods, such as models for generating synthetic data, and novel analytical approaches to address methodological challenges. It will also include researching the ethical dimensions of AI applications in health and ensuring the quality and reliability of AI models used in medicine, society and public health.

Publication , 11/06/2025

Abstract:Background: Coronary heart disease (CHD) is the leading cause of death in Germany. Comprehensive analyses of long-term trends in CHD mortality that also distinguish between acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and non-AMI-related chronic CHD are currently lacking.Method: Age-specific and age-standardised CHD mortality rates for the period 1998 – 2023 were calculated based on data from the cause-of-death statistics of the Federal Statistical Office of Germany. Annual percentage changes (APC) and average annual percentage changes (AAPC) were estimated using joinpoint regression analysis.Results: Between 1998 and 2023, the average annual change in age-standardised CHD mortality rates for women was -3.9 % ((-4.1) – (-3.7)) per year, compared with -3.2 % ((-3.3) – (-3.0)) for men. …

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Access details for the Infectiology Seminar "HUNTT: The HIV-1 Unique Recombinant Form Novelty Tagging Tool for German HIV-1 Sequences"

Overview page , 06/06/2025

RKI newsletter on international activities

Overview page , 27/05/2025

The 10th Applied Bioinformatics and Public Health Microbiology Conference hosted by Wellcome Connecting Science in Cambridge from 21 to 23 May 2025, U.K., highlighted the transformative impact of microbial and viral genomics, bioinformatics, and data science on modern public health.

Publication , 26/05/2025

Symposium "Artificial Intelligence in Public Health Research"

Overview page , 23/05/2025

At the invitation of the Mozambican Instituto Nacional de Saúde (INS), the annual conference of the International Association of National Public Health Institutes (IANPHI) took place in the capital Maputo from April 9 – 10, 2025. More than 100 representatives from 60 national public health institutes (NPHI) attended and over 200 participants were connected online.