Completed Projects

Health Literacy | Digitization

Guidance on Health Information on the Internet - Use and Enhancement (OriGes II)

Duration : 10/2020-09/2022

Project Board

Prof. Dr. Christiane Woopen
Coordinator: Anna Geldermann, M.A.

Project Partners

Hochschule für Gesundheit Bochum

Funding Institution: BMUV

Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection

Digitization

Tech Giants in Healthcare

Duration : 08/2020-08/2021

Project Board

Prof. Dr. Christiane Woopen
RA Dr. Björn Schmitz-Luhn
Coordinator: Aileen Berghold

Funding Institution: Bertelsmann Stiftung

Health Literacy | Digitization

Integrated Parkinson Care Networks: Addressing Complex Care in Parkinson Disease in Contemporary Society (iCARE-PD) – Ethical and Legal Issues

Duration : 07/2020-06/2022

Project Board

Dr. Tiago Mestre (University of Ottawa, Canada)
Prof. Dr. David Pedrosa (Philipps-Universität Marburg)
RA Dr. Björn Schmitz-Luhn
Prof. Dr. Christiane Woopen
Coordinator: Johanne Stümpel, M.Sc.

Project Team

Prof. Dr. Angelo Antonini (University of Padua, Italy) & Dr. Álvaro Sánchez-Ferro (hm-CINAC Centro Integral en Neurociencias, Spain)
Dr. Natalia del Campo (Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Toulouse, France)
Dr. Ana Castro Caldas (Hospital de Santa Maria Lisbon, Portugal)
Nadège Costa (University Hospital of Toulouse, France) & Prof. Dr. Richard Dodel (Universität Duisburg-Essen)
Jordi Farré Coma (Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Spain)
Prof. Dr. Joaquim Ferreira (University of Lisbon, Portugal)
Dr. Tereza Hendl (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München)
Mariana Hernández-González Monje (hm-CINAC Centro Integral en Neurociencias, Spain)
Prof. Dr. Timothy Lynch (University College Dublin, Ireland)
Prof. Dr. Norberto Malpica (Universidad Rey Juan Carlos Madrid, Spain)
Prof. Dr. José Obeso (hm-CINAC Centro Integral en Neurociencias, Spain)
Prof. Dr. Dr. Evžen R?ži?ka (General University Hospital Prague, Czech Republic)
Ana Sendra Tosset (Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Spain)
Martin Srp (Charles University Prague, Czech Republic)

Funding Institution: BMBF

Federal Ministry of Education and Research

Health Literacy

Ethical issues and health literacy concerning cochlear, glaucoma, and cardiovascular implants (RESPONSE)

Duration : 04/2019-12/2022

Project Board

Prof. Dr. Christiane Woopen

Project Team

Laura Harzheim M.Sc.
Constanze Hübner M.Sc.
Mariya Lorke M.A.
Sabine Schulz M.Sc.

Funding Institution: BMBF

Federal Ministry of Education and Research

Health Literacy

Use of Webcams in Neonatal Intensive Care Units (Neo-CamCare)

Duration : 04/2019-03/2021

Project Board

Dr. Nadine Scholten (Project Board Neo-CamCare, Universität zu Köln)
Prof. Dr. Christiane Woopen (Project Board Subproject Ethics)
Coordinator: Dipl. Ges.-Ök. Pauline Mantell (Subproject Ethics)
Johanne Stümpel, M.Sc. (Subproject Ethics)

Project Team

Dr. Till Dresbach (Universitätsklinikum Bonn)
Prof. Dr. Andreas Müller (Universitätsklinikum Bonn)
Prof. Dr. Ludwig Kuntz (Management im Gesundheitswesen, Universität zu Köln)
Prof. Dr. Martin Hellmich (Institut für Medizinische Statistik und Bioinformatik [IMSB], Universität zu Köln)
Prof. Dr. Indra Spiecker gen. Döhmann, LL.M. (Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt am Main)
Dipl. Gesundheitswirtin Stefanie Wobbe-Ribinski (DAK-Gesundheit)
Dr. Dirk Horenkamp-Sonntag (Techniker Krankenkasse)

Funding Institution: G-BA

Federal Joint Committee
Innovations Board

Digitization

Digitalization for a Learning Health System – Developing a Multilevel Model for Ethical Governance (LEG²ES)

Duration : 10/2017-06/2020

Project Board

Prof. Dr. Christiane Woopen
Coordinators: Dr. Milou Friele, Peter Bröckerhoff, M.A.

Project Team

Prof. Dr. Spiecker gen. Döhmann, LL.M. (Goethe-Universität Frankfurt a. M. / Forschungsstelle Datenschutz)

Funding Institution: BMG

Federal Ministry of Health

Health Literacy | Digitization

Developing Guidance in Using Digital Health Information Services - Concept Development and Digital Implementation (OriGes I)

Duration : 10/2017-12/2019

Project Board

Prof. Dr. Christiane Woopen
Coordinators: Dr. Dr. Saskia Jünger; Marc Jannes, M.Sc.

Project Partners

Köln International School of Design (KISD)

Funding Institution: BMJV

Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection

Health Literacy

Gender-Specific Health Literacy in Individuals with Migration Background: Systematic Review including a Meta-Analysis of Individual Participant Data (GLIM)

Duration : 07/2017 - 11/2019

Project Board

Prof. Dr. Christiane Woopen
Coordinator: Annika Baumeister, M.Sc.

Project Team

Prof. Dr. Elke Kalbe
Priv.-Doz. Dr. med. Nicole Skoetz

Funding Institution: BMBF

Federal Ministry of Education and Research

Aging Research

Normen im demographischen Wandel – Gesundheit und Krankheit, Solidarität und Gerechtigkeit (NoWa)

Duration : 05/2017-01/2020

Project Board

Prof. Dr. Christiane Woopen
Coordinators: Peter Bröckerhoff, M.A.; Florian Wieczorek, M.Sc.

Project Team

Michaela Evers-Wölk (IZT)
Prof. Dr. Armin Grunwald (ITAS)
Dr. Bettina-Johanna Krings (ITAS)

Project Partners

PD Dr. Alexis Fritz (Deutscher Caritasverband e.V.)
Dr. Peter Bartmann (Diakonie Deutschland e.V.)
Dr. Lena Dorin (Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft der Senioren-Organisationen e.V.)

Funding Institution: BMG

Federal Ministry of Health

Digitization

Autonomous Consent in Health Apps (AutCons-App)

Duration : 11/2016-02/2018

Project Board

Prof. Dr. Christiane Woopen
Prof. Dr. Christian Rietz
Coordinator: Dr. Marc Jannes

Project Team

Prof. Dr. Indra Spiecker gen. Döhmann, LL.M
Prof. Dr. Claudia Linnhoff-Popien

Funding Institution: Deutsche Telekom AG

Aging Research | Health Literacy

Ethical and Legal Framework for Predictive Diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease (PreDADQoL)

Duration : 06/2016-05/2019

Project Board

Prof. Dr. Christiane Woopen

Project Team

Prof. Dr. med. Frank Jessen
Prof. Dr. iur. Christian Katzenmeier
Mercè Boada, MD, PhD (Fundació ACE, Barcelona)
RA Dr. iur. Björn Schmitz-Luhn
Dr. phil. Carolin Schwegler, M.A.

Project Partners

Prof. Federico de Montalvo Jääskeläinen, Ph.D. (Universidad Pontificia Comillas, Madrid)
Núria Terribas (Fundació Grífols, Barcelona)
Antoni Gelonch (Fundació ACE, Barcelona)

Funding Institution: BMBF

Federal Ministry of Education and Research

Health Literacy

Health Literacy of Persons at Risk – From Information to Action (RisKomp)

Duration : 01/2016-08/2019

Project Board

Prof. Dr. Christiane Woopen
Prof. Dr. Frank Jessen
Prof. Dr. Christian Albus
Prof. Dr. Rita Katharina Schmutzler
Prof. Dr. Stephan Ruhrmann
Coordinator: Dr. Dr. Saskia Jünger

Funding Institution: Robert Bosch Stiftung

Digitization

Digital Self-Determination

Duration : 11/2015-05/2016

Project Board

Prof. Dr. Christiane Woopen
Prof. Dr. Christian Rietz
Coordinator: Dr. Marc Jannes

Funding Institution: Deutsche Telekom AG

Expert Groups

Standards in Medicine

Duration : 05/2016-05/2017

Project Board

Prof. Dr. Christiane Woopen
Prof. Dr. Christian Katzenmeier

Project Team

Wolfgang Frahm (Vorsitzender Richter am OLG Schleswig)

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Greiner (Lehrstuhl für Gesundheitsökonomie und Gesundheitsmanagement, Universität Bielefeld; Mitglied des SVR Gesundheit)

Prof. Dr. iur. Thorsten Kingreen (Lehrstuhl für Öffentliches Recht, Sozialrecht und Gesundheitsrecht, Universität Regensburg)

Prof. Dr. med. Hans-Friedrich Kienzle (Chefarzt der Chirurgischen Klinik Köln-Holweide a.D.; Mitglied der Gutachterkommission ÄKNO sowie des Arbeitskreises Ärzte und Juristen der AWMF)

Prof. Dr. med. Hans-Detlev Saeger (ehemaliger Direktor der Klinik für Viszeral-, Thorax- und Gefäßchirurgie der Technischen Universität Dresden; Mitglied des Präsidiums der AWMF)

Dr. iur. Anne Barbara Lungstras (Richterin am SG Berlin; ehem. Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin am BSG)

Funding Institution: Fritz Thyssen Stiftung

Aging Research

Quality of Life and Subjective Well-Being of the Very Old in NRW (Feasibility Study)

Duration : 04/2015-05/2017

Project Board

Prof. Dr. Christiane Woopen
Prof. Dr. Michael Wagner
Dr. Roman Kaspar

Project Team

Prof. Dr. Eckart Bomsdorf
Prof. Dr. rer. pol. Karsten Hank
Prof. Dr. rer. medic. Dipl.-Ing. Hartmut Meister
Prof. Dr. phil. Christian Rietz
Prof. Dr. Christoph Rosenkranz
Prof. Dr. med. Ralf-Joachim Schulz
Jun.- Prof. Dr. Ali Sunyaev
Prof. Dr. med. Raymond Voltz
Prof. Dr. phil. Susanne Zank

Scientific Cooperator: Prof. Dr. med. Ralf-Joachim Schulz (Geriatric clinic at the St.-Marien-Hospital)

Funding Institution: UoC Forum

University of Cologne

Expert Groups | Health Literacy

Risk-adjusted Prevention of Herditary Breast Cancer (RiskAP)

Duration : 04/2015-04/2018

Project Board

Prof. Dr. Rita Katharina Schmutzler
Prof. Dr. Christiane Woopen
PD Dr. Kerstin Rhiem
RA Dr. Björn Schmitz-Luhn

Project Team

Cristina Cruz, MD, PhD (Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain)

Prof. Dr. Peter Dabrock (Friedrich-Alexander-Universität, Erlangen, Germany)

Prof. Dr. Johannes Jozef Marten van Delden (Um Utrecht - Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, Universiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands)

Prof. dr. Peter Devilee (Leids Universitär Medisch Zentrum, Universiteit Leiden, The Netherlands)

Prof. Diana Eccles, Mb CHB, MD, FRCP (Clinical Trials Unit, University of Southampton, United Kingdom)

Prof. Dr. Günter Emons (Uniklink Göttingen, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany)

Dr. Antonius Helou (Bundesministerium für Gesundheit, Bonn, Germany)

Dipl.-Biol. Stefanie Houwaart (BRCA-Netzwerk, Bonn, Germany)

Prof. Dr. Stefan Huster (Lehrstuhl für Öffentliches Recht, Sozial- und Gesundheitsrecht und Rechtsphilosophie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany)

Dr. Donata Lerda (Joint Research Centre (JRC), Insitute for Health and Consumer Protection, Ispra, Italy)

Prof. dr. S.C. Sabine Linn (Antoni van Leeuwenkhoek - Nederlands Kanker Institut, Amsterdam, The Netherlands)

PD Dr. med. Matthias Perleth (Gemeinsamer Bundesausschuss, Berlin, Germany)

PD Dr. med. Kerstin Rhiem (Zentrum Familiärer Brust- und Eierstockkrebs Uniklinik Köln, Universität zu Köln, Germany)

Prof. Dr. Dominique Stoppa-Lyonnet (Institut Curie, Paris, France)

Funding Institution: BMBF

Federal Ministry of Education and Research

Aging Research

Criminal Proceedings and Demographic Change

Duration : 11/2014-04/2016

Project Board

Prof. Dr. Dr. Michael Kubiciel
Sebastian Kretzschmann, LL.M.

Project Partners

Cologne Office of the Chief Public Prosecutor

Funding Institution: Own Funds

Health Literacy

Crossing Lines between Health & Illness. Ethical, Psycho-Social, Legal and Economic Issues in Systems Medicine

Duration : 09/2014-08/2017

Project Board

Prof. Dr. theol. Peter Dabrock (University Erlangen-Nürnberg)

Project Team

Prof. Dr. Rita K. Schmutzler
Prof. Dr. Stefan Huster
(Ruhr University Bochum)
Prof. Dr. Jürgen Wasem
(University of Duisburg-Essen)

Funding Institution: BMBF

Federal Ministry of Education and Research

Health Literacy

Systems Medicine and Health Literacy (SysKomp)

Duration : 08/2014-07/2017

Project Board

Prof. Dr. Christiane Woopen
Coordinator: Dipl. Ges.-Ök. Pauline Mantell

Project Team

Prof. Dr. iur. Christian Katzenmeier
Prof. Dr. med. Stephanie Stock
Prof. Dr. med. Stephan Ruhrmann (Früherkennungs- und Therapiezentrum für psychische Krisen (FETZ), Uniklinik Köln)

Project Partners

Prof. Dr. Andrea Pfennig (DD Früh dran! Präventionsambulanz für psychische Störungen - Früherkennungszentrum, Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus an der Technischen Universität Dresden, Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie)/ Prof. Dr. Nikolaos Koutsouleris (PRONIA-Früherkennung, Klinikum der Universität München, Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie)

Funding Institution: BMBF

Federal Ministry of Education and Research

Aging Research

Prevention of Elder Abuse

Duration : 07/2013–12/2015

Project Board

Dr. Peter Pick (MDS)
Uwe Brucker (MDS)
Prof. Dr. Susanne Zank

Project Partners

Medical Service of the National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Funds (MDS)

Funding Institution: BMG

Federal Ministry of Health

Health Literacy

Modelling Economic, Legal, Ethical, Medical and Risk-communicative Effects of Risk-Adjusted Prevention in Mamma, Ovarian and Colon Carcinomas

Duration : 10/2012-12/2014

Project Board

Prof. Dr. Rita Katharina Schmutzler

Project Team

Prof. Dr. med. Stephanie Stock
Prof. Dr. theol. Peter Dabrock
(University of Erlangen-Nürnberg)
Prof. Dr. iur. Jochen Taupitz
(University of Mannheim)
Prof. Dr. med. Markus Löffler
(University of Leipzig)

Funding Institution: BMG

Federal Ministry of Health

Health Literacy

Strengthening patient competence: Breast cancer patients' information and training needs (The PIAT Study)

Duration : 3/2012–3/2015

Project Board

Jun.-Prof. Dr. Nicole Ernstmann
Dr. Christoph Kowalski

Project Team

The German Cancer Society (DKG)
The Women's Self-Help After Cancer Organization (FSH)

Funding Institution: BMG

Federal Ministry of Health

Health Literacy

Health Service Research in care of very-low-birth-weight-infants in Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICUs) - The impact of human resources, capacity, workload quality, costs and ethics (HSR-NICU)

Duration : 2012 – 2015

Project Board

Prof. Dr. Ludwig Kuntz

Project Team

Prof. Dr. Holger Pfaff
Prof. Dr. med. Dipl.-Kfm. Rainer Riedel (Rheinische Fachhochschule Cologne (RFH))
Prof. Dr. med. Bernhard Roth
Prof. Dr. med. Christiane Woopen

Funding Institution: BMBF

Federal Ministry of Education and Research

Health Literacy

Health Literacy in Germany (HEALSEE)

Duration : 01/2012–12/2015

Project Board

Prof. Dr. Stephanie Stock

Project Team

Prof. Dr. Claus Wendt (University of Siegen)

Funding Institution: DFG

German Research Foundation

Aging Research

Healthy and Qualified Ageing in the Automotive Industry – Participation and Inclusion from the Beginning (PINA)

Duration : 2011-2014

Project Board

Prof. Dr. Ralph Bruder (Technical University of Darmstadt)
Prof. Dr. Dr. Mathilde Niehaus

Project Partners

Adam Opel AG, Audi AG, Daimler AG, Porsche AG, Ford Werke GmbH, Volkswagen AG, Robert Bosch GmbH

Funding Institution: BMAS

Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs