Prof. Linseisen and his team will establish a patient-oriented epidemiologic research programme in close cooperation with clinical units of the Klinikum Augsburg an beyond. The scientific interests refer to early detection and secondary prevention of chronic diseases and their complications, and health care research based on patient cohorts and epidemiologic registries. The work will focus on diseases which are central to the mission of the Helmholtz Center Munich, such as metabolic diseases, especially type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular and respiratory diseases.. Read more