The Institute of Health Sciences (IGW) is a central academic institution at the University of Passau and an important partner within the Lower-Bavarian Medical Campus (MCN). As an interdisciplinary platform, the IGW brings together the expertise of all departments at the University of Passau and integrates technical methods from mathematics and computer science, economic and management-oriented approaches in healthcare, and ethical considerations with health-related research questions.
Interdisciplinary Structure and Collaborative Research
The IGW already brings together members from a wide range of disciplines, including mathematics, computer science, law, humanities and cultural studies, social and educational sciences, sports, and economics. This diversity enables a holistic perspective on the complex challenges facing the healthcare sector.
In the future, professors from the Deggendorf Institute of Technology and the Landshut University of Applied Sciences will also be integrated into the institute’s activities. This will further develop the IGW into an inter-university platform for Lower Bavaria and a central hub for health-related research in the region.
Lehr- und Forschungsschwerpunkte
Our guiding principle: “Health in the Digital Age.”
The new professorships established as part of the MCN shape the IGW’s profile and create a close link between research and teaching within the medical degree program. Through the collaboration of experts from various disciplines, innovative approaches are being developed to provide practice-oriented solutions to current challenges in healthcare.
Future research will focus on:
- Digitalization and Artificial Intelligence in Medicine
- Healthcare and Prevention Research
- Health Economics and Healthcare Management
- Medical Ethics
The IGW coordinates teaching in the following MCN subject areas:
- Occupational and Social Medicine
- Epidemiology, Medical Biometry, and Medical Informatics
- History, Theory, and Ethics of Medicine
- Health Economics, Healthcare Systems, and Public Health
- Prevention and Health Promotion
Conducts research in the fields of sports orthopedics and traumatology (with a particular focus on supination–inversion injuries of the upper ankle joint), fundamental models of posture and training, the application of diagnostic methods in performance testing and exercise physiology, as well as measures for prevention and rehabilitation.
Conducts research on mathematical methods for image and signal processing, including applications in medical contexts.
Conducts research in the fields of general and applied ethics, with a particular focus on questions of justice, responsibility, and responsibility in the context of digitalization and migration.
Brigitte Forster-Heinlein
Conducts research on harmonic analysis and approximation theory, with applications in biological and medical signal and image processing.
Conducts research in the areas of constitutional law, international law, international economic law, and life sciences law, particularly on legal issues in biomedicine, biotechnology, and neurotechnology.
Conducts research on healthcare provision and prevention in resource-constrained settings, as well as quantitative impact evaluations of healthcare interventions using randomized field experiments. Focus regions: Southeast Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa.
Conducts research on the identity and ethics of the non-statutory welfare sector.
Conducts research on the visual and immersive analysis of complex volumetric and abstract data, particularly primary and derived secondary X-ray computed tomography (CT) data.
Conducts research on the development and application of new technologies, with a particular focus on the role of intellectual property rights, the governance of strategic alliances in the biopharmaceutical industry, and open science concepts, such as plasmid-sharing platforms.
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Conducts research on topics in cognitive psychology and human–machine interaction, particularly the design of virtual and mixed reality interfaces for training motor skills in surgical applications.
Conducts research on medical criminal law and bioethical issues at the intersection of criminal law and medicine, particularly regarding the legal limits of medical interventions, issues of self-determination, and the protection of vulnerable groups.
Conducts research with a focus on empirical research into learning and competency development processes, with particular emphasis on evidence-based teaching in the health and education sciences.
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