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The Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology – BIPS in Bremen, Germany, invites applications for a three-year PhD program in epidemiology, statistics, and prevention and imple-mentation science starting October 1, 2025. BIPS, a leading center for population-based research in the heart of Europe, offers the opportunity to pursue a cutting-edge dissertation project. The PhD project will be embedded in the institute’s active research program, providing an excellent environment for scientific development and collaboration.
The focus of the PhD Program and of each individual PhD thesis is on the research component, which
is embedded into BIPS’s active research initiatives and typically funded through external grants.
Research areas (and faculty members) include pharmacoepidemiology and cancer screening (Ulrike
Haug), prevention and implementation science (Hajo Zeeb, Daniela Fuhr), biostatistics, machine learning,
data science and research data management, and causal inference methods (Iris Pigeot, Marvin
Wright, Vanessa Didelez), and etiologic and molecular epidemiology (Konrad Stopsack, Krasimira
Aleksandrova).
The PhD student will be matched with a senior faculty member at BIPS who is an expert in their area of
interest and will serve as their primary supervisor. The student will become part of the faculty member’s
research group, which typically includes master’s students, PhD students, postdocs, and/or senior
scientists. PhD projects will be co-developed between the PhD supervisor and the PhD student, and
will involve applied and/or methodological research drawing on BIPS’s extensive data resources or new
data collections. An outline of the thesis aims and objectives (the exposé) will be developed within the
first six months.
PhD students will receive close mentoring on both research and career development. An interdisciplinary
thesis advisory committee with three members, led by the PhD supervisor, will serve as an advisory
board for each PhD student.
The PhD student will publish findings from the thesis project in peer-reviewed journals and present them
internally and at national and international scientific conferences. PhD students will also be supported
in exploring other ongoing research programs and activities at the institute beyond their thesis projects.
The working language is English.