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.

Organisational unit , 16/06/2025

The "Centre for Artificial Intelligence in Public Health Research" (ZKI-PH) is responsible for the strategic support of advances in the field of public health research using the latest AI-based technologies at the RKI. At ZKI-PH, the topics of bioinformatics, computational epidemiology, modern data visualisation as well as big data and systems analysis are combined with the central methodological building blocks of machine learning, AI, decision making research as well as the development of realistic computer simulations in the field of public health research. To meet these challenges, the ZKI-PH develops models and simulations for the corresponding subject areas, promotes the utilisation/transfer of existing solutions into public health applications and prepares the results and underlying …

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. …

Publication , 05/06/2025

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Organisational unit , 29/05/2025

In a globalised world, where outbreaks of infectious diseases easily cross borders, national and international health protection are closely linked. At the same time, interactions between people, animals and the environment get ever more intense and create additional health risks. Therefore, resilient public health systems – from local to global – as well as expert exchange and international networking are crucial for public health. The “Centre for International Health Protection” at the Robert Koch Institute, abbreviated as “ZIG” in German, works with partner countries and international public health actors to strengthen public health systems and to respond to public health emergencies worldwide.

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Programme for the Symposium “AI in Public Health Research” on 14th-15th May 2025

Publication , 26/05/2025

Symposium "Artificial Intelligence in Public Health Research"