Prof. Dr. Christine Friedenreich is a visiting professor at the Chair of Epidemiology of the Technical University of Munich (TUM). From March 20 to 28, Prof. Friedenreich, will be at the Chair of Full Prof. Dr. Stefanie Klug. The visit by the renowned researcher from the Arnie Charbonneau Cancer Institute at the University of Calgary is financed by the Bavarian Department of State for the Sciences and Arts.
"Prof. Friedenreich is known internationally as an outstanding scientist. Her expertise lies particularly in the field of physical activity as a preventative measure. One of her fields of emphasis is cancer of the breast in women," explains Prof. Klug. Publications by Friedenreich have already been quoted more than 13,000 times and her h-index is 67. "Professor Friedenreich worked for many years as an expert at the International Agency for Research on Cancer and is on demand globally," explains Klug further.
Keynote speaker at the symposium on "Physical Activity & Prevention"
During their stay in Germany, Friedenreich will first participate as a keynote speaker at the Symposium on "Physical Activity & Prevention". The meeting held at the TUM Science & Study Center Raitenhaslach is organized by the Chair of Epidemiology and serves in the cross-linking of scientists.
As a follow-up to the symposium, a request for a feasibility study has then been made for an interventional study on physical activity and health together with Friedenreich. "We would like to carry out an interventional study with a large number of participants over a longer period of time in order to generate reliable and high quality data. These data could then be evaluated together with other international studies and the past problem within this field, that studies mostly have only a small number of participants so that their actual validity is only limited, could thereby be corrected," explains Klug.
To the Homepage of the Chair of Epidemiology
Information on the Symposium on "Physical Activity & Prevention"
Contact:
Prof. Dr. Stefanie Klug
Chair of Epidemiology
Georg-Brauchle-Ring 60/62
80992 Munich
Telephone: 089 289 24951
E-Mail: Sekretariat.Klug(at)tum.de
Text: Dr. Fabian Kautz
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