Societal and individual issues related to health and nutrition are reflected within HAW Hamburg’s research programme of the same name.

Through target-group-specific approaches – for example, with seniors, dementia patients or immigrants – our researchers are developing solutions to the challenges that arise in preventive healthcare within the particular group. An especially relevant activity for Hamburg is the social-space-oriented approach, which enables specific, neighbourhood-based analyses.

The projects in the Health and Nutrition research programme include the prevention of anxiety disorders at school, the production and characterisation of virus-like particles as a vaccine for dengue fever, and the investigation of the suitability of turkeys with alternative origins for an organic husbandry system.

The Competence Center for Health (CCG) aims to improve access to key health-related services and goods and thus to ensure more equality in the provision of healthcare.

Research groups

Biomedical Systems and Networks in Therapy and Diagnosis

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Food Science

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Public Health

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