{"id":8354,"date":"2023-11-03T10:44:29","date_gmt":"2023-11-03T09:44:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fgw-brandenburg.de\/research\/forschungsschwerpunkte\/"},"modified":"2026-09-25T15:10:54","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T13:10:54","slug":"main-research-areas-professorships","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.fgw-brandenburg.de\/en\/research\/main-research-areas-professorships\/","title":{"rendered":"Main Research Areas of Professorships"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:60px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The FGW working groups deal with the following topics from the focus area of healthy aging:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"632\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fgw-brandenburg.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Graphic_FGW_research_areas-1024x632.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8361\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fgw-brandenburg.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Graphic_FGW_research_areas-1024x632.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.fgw-brandenburg.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Graphic_FGW_research_areas-300x185.png 300w, https:\/\/www.fgw-brandenburg.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Graphic_FGW_research_areas-1536x947.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.fgw-brandenburg.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Graphic_FGW_research_areas.png 1751w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Under the overarching theme of healthy aging, the two focus areas of prevention and intervention were established as well as health promotion, defined with the two cross-cutting themes AI and digitalization, and ethics, communication and participation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\">The research groups of the FGW deal with the topics described here from the focus area on healthy aging:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"#ahlers\">Prof. Dr. Olaf Ahlers: <em>Health Promotion<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Prof. Dr. Insa Feinkohl-Schoberth<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Prof. Dr. Pablo Villavicencio Lorini<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#mueller\">Prof. Dr. Notger M\u00fcller: <em>Prevention and Intervention<\/em> and <em>Health Promotion<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#pfeffer\" data-type=\"internal\" data-id=\"#pfeffer\">Prof. Max Pfeffer Cross-sectional topic <em>AI and Digitalisation<\/em> and <em>Prevention and Intervention<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#pieper\">Prof. Dr. Dawid Pieper: <em>Health Promotion<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#ranisch\">Prof. Dr. Robert Ranisch: Cross-sectional topics <em>AI and Digitalisation<\/em> and <em>Ethics, Communication and Participation<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#rossol\">Prof. Dr. Manuela Rossol: <em>Prevention and Intervention<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Prof. Dr. Alexander Schliep: Cross-sectional topic <em>AI and Digitalisation<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Prof. Dr. Barbara Seliger: <em>Prevention and Intervention<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#voeller\">Prof. Dr. Heinz V\u00f6ller: <em>Prevention and Intervention<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#vonmaltzahn\">Prof. Dr. Julia von Maltzahn: <em>Prevention and Intervention<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:80px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\" id=\"ahlers\">Prof. Dr. Olaf Ahlers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<p>The Institute of Educational Research in Health Sciences is located at the Neuruppin Campus of the Brandenburg Medical School. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It researches the principles of learner-centred education and training in the health professions including human, dental and veterinary medicine within a worldwide network. The research is part of Health Promotion and is assigned to the topics \u2018Interprofessional training in the clinic\u2019 as well as \u2018Decision making\u2019. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Further information can be found on our website at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fgw-brandenburg.de\/en\/members\/professorial-chairs\/health-science-education-research\/\">https:\/\/www.fgw-brandenburg.de\/en\/members\/professorial-chairs\/health-science-education-research\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:60px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\" id=\"mueller\">Prof. Dr. Notger M\u00fcller<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<p>The M\u00fcller lab located at the UP campus in Potsdam-Golm is working both on the prevention of and the intervention in chronic and neurodegenerative diseases through lifestyle modifications with a special focus on movement behavior. To that end new digital solutions that help people to adhere to a healthy lifestyle are being developed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We also perform basic research on the relation of exercise, brain structure and cognition. Finally, we aim to improve living conditions of those affected by chronic neurological disorders. Our research topics are part of both the research area Prevention and Intervention and the area Health Promotion of the FGW. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More information on our research can be found here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fgw-brandenburg.de\/en\/members\/professorial-chairs\/degenerative-andchronic-diseases-movement\/\">https:\/\/www.fgw-brandenburg.de\/en\/members\/professorial-chairs\/degenerative-andchronic-diseases-movement\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fgw-brandenburg.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Bild_Mueller1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1379\" height=\"285\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fgw-brandenburg.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Bild_Mueller1.jpg\" alt=\"Grafik Professur M\u00fcller\" class=\"wp-image-8181\" style=\"aspect-ratio:4.830188679245283;width:319px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fgw-brandenburg.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Bild_Mueller1.jpg 1379w, https:\/\/www.fgw-brandenburg.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Bild_Mueller1-300x62.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.fgw-brandenburg.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Bild_Mueller1-1024x212.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1379px) 100vw, 1379px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Graphic Professorship M\u00fcller<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:60px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\" id=\"pfeffer\">Prof. Dr. Max Pfeffer<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<p>The research foci of the Pfeffer research group are Unsupervised Learning, Explainable AI, Data Fusion, as well as mathematical modeling and optimization. The methodological work is directly applied to bioanalytical scenarios such as point-of-care diagnostics or predictive biomarker identification.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More information on our research can be found here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fgw-brandenburg.de\/en\/members\/professorial-chairs\/bioanalytics-and-data-science\/\">https:\/\/www.fgw-brandenburg.de\/en\/members\/professorial-chairs\/bioanalytics-and-data-science\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"257\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fgw-brandenburg.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Bildschirmfoto-2026-09-16-um-11.26.55-300x257.png\" alt=\"Abb. aus einer Ver\u00f6ffentlichung, die eine Analysemethode von Tumordaten zeigt\" class=\"wp-image-14235\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fgw-brandenburg.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Bildschirmfoto-2026-09-16-um-11.26.55-300x257.png 300w, https:\/\/www.fgw-brandenburg.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Bildschirmfoto-2026-09-16-um-11.26.55-1024x876.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.fgw-brandenburg.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Bildschirmfoto-2026-09-16-um-11.26.55.png 1470w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Fig. 2 from Pfeffer et al.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdpi.com\/2072-6694\/11\/10\/1434\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cancers<\/a>\u00a02019, 11 (10)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:60px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\" id=\"pieper\">Prof. Dr. Dawid Pieper<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<p>The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mhb-fontane.de\/institut-f%C3%BCr-versorgungs-und-gesundheitssystemforschung.html\">Institute for Health Services and Health Systems Research (IVGF)<\/a>&nbsp;is dedicated in particular to regional health services research. When determining the need for care, analyses of the spatial layout of the planning regions as well as the consideration of changes in need and range of services are of particular importance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the involvement of patients and stakeholders, knowledge translation supports the implementation in rural areas.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More information on our research can be found here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fgw-brandenburg.de\/en\/members\/professorial-chairs\/health-care-health-system-research\/\">https:\/\/www.fgw-brandenburg.de\/en\/members\/professorial-chairs\/health-care-health-system-research\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fgw-brandenburg.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Bild_Pieper.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"903\" height=\"508\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fgw-brandenburg.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Bild_Pieper.png\" alt=\"Grafik Professur Pieper\" class=\"wp-image-8206\" style=\"width:319px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fgw-brandenburg.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Bild_Pieper.png 903w, https:\/\/www.fgw-brandenburg.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Bild_Pieper-300x169.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 903px) 100vw, 903px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Graphic Professorship Pieper<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\" id=\"ranisch\">Prof. Dr. Robert Ranisch<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<p>The Ethics Lab at the FGW\/University of Potsdam, led by Prof. Ranisch, focuses on the ethical and social aspects of health sciences and medicine, especially against the backdrop of the increasing use of digital technologies, Artificial Intelligence (AI), and the harnessing of large data volumes (&#8220;Big Data&#8221;). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition, it addresses normative questions of biotechnology research as well as participatory health research. Our research topics are part of the cross-sectional areas \u201eKI und Digitalisierung\u201c &nbsp;(AI and Digitalization) and \u201eEthik, Kommunikation und Partizipation\u201c&nbsp;(Ethics, Communication, and Participation) at the FGW. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information on our activities in research, teaching, and ethical consultation, please visit:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fgw-brandenburg.de\/en\/members\/professorial-chairs\/medical-ethics\/\">https:\/\/www.fgw-brandenburg.de\/en\/members\/professorial-chairs\/medical-ethics\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fgw-brandenburg.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/WarburtonMedicine_2560x1440.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fgw-brandenburg.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/WarburtonMedicine_2560x1440-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Foto Professur Ranisch, Foto: Alan Warburton \/ \u00a9 BBC \/ Better Images of AI \/ Medicine \/ CC-BY 4.0\" class=\"wp-image-8200\" style=\"width:319px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fgw-brandenburg.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/WarburtonMedicine_2560x1440-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.fgw-brandenburg.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/WarburtonMedicine_2560x1440-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.fgw-brandenburg.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/WarburtonMedicine_2560x1440.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo Professorship Ranisch, Photo: Alan Warburton \/ \u00a9 BBC \/ Better Images of AI \/ Medicine \/ CC-BY 4.0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:60px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\" id=\"rossol\">Prof. Dr. Manuela Rossol<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<p>Research of the Rossol lab (BTU-CS) is focusing on the age-associated dysregulation of monocyte functions, monocyte-to-macrophage differentiation, and monocyte subpopulations during normal aging and in aging-associated diseases. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our research topics are part of the research area Prevention and Intervention (systemic and local changes and molecular and non-molecular intervention) of the FGW.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More information on our research can be found here:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fgw-brandenburg.de\/en\/members\/professorial-chairs\/molecular-immunology\/\">https:\/\/www.fgw-brandenburg.de\/mitglieder\/professuren\/molekulare-immunologie\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fgw-brandenburg.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Bild_Rossol.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"903\" height=\"677\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fgw-brandenburg.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Bild_Rossol.png\" alt=\"Foto Professur Rossol\" class=\"wp-image-8171\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.3333333333333333;width:319px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fgw-brandenburg.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Bild_Rossol.png 903w, https:\/\/www.fgw-brandenburg.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Bild_Rossol-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 903px) 100vw, 903px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo Professorship Rossol<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:60px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\" id=\"voeller\">Prof. Dr. Heinz V\u00f6ller<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<p>The professorship of rehabilitation medicine focuses on two research fields:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the one hand, we want to answer questions about phenotyping and genotyping of sarcopenia or its prevention by training\/nutrition (prevention and intervention).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the other hand, we deal with sociological aspects of occupational reintegration (health care\/care in the health system) as well as with interprofessional rehabilitation-specific components in professions working on rehabilitation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More information on our research can be found here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fgw-brandenburg.de\/en\/members\/professorial-chairs\/rehabilitation-medicine\/\">https:\/\/www.fgw-brandenburg.de\/en\/members\/professorial-chairs\/rehabilitation-medicine\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:60px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\" id=\"vonmaltzahn\">Prof. Dr. Julia von Maltzahn<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<p>The Maltzahn lab located at the BTU-CS is aiming to understand the changes in muscle stem cells and their niche during aging and in aging-associated diseases. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The final goal of our work is to improve muscle stem cell function and myogenic differentiation in age and disease. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our research topics are part of the research area Prevention and Intervention (systemic and local alterations and molecular und non-molecular intervention) of the FGW, more information on our research can be found here:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fgw-brandenburg.de\/en\/members\/professorial-chairs\/stem-cell-biology-of-aging\/\">https:\/\/www.fgw-brandenburg.de\/en\/members\/professorial-chairs\/stem-cell-biology-of-aging\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fgw-brandenburg.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Bild_vonMaltzahn.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"940\" height=\"705\" 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